Electric Pressure Canner: What It Can Safely Do
Electric pressure canners promise the thing a lot of would be canners want most: pressure canning without a stove that …
Mylar Bags: Which Thickness and Size to Buy
The reason people buy mylar bags is almost always the same story. A twenty five pound sack of rice bought …
Dehydrating Garlic: Slices, Smell and Powder
Garlic is the crop that runs out of patience before you do. A braid that was perfect in October is …
Freeze Dryer vs Dehydrator: Which One Fits Your Kitchen
This comparison usually starts after a video. Someone opens a freeze dryer full of strawberries that still look like strawberries, …
FoodSaver vs Nesco: Which Sealer Suits Your Batches
These two brands sit next to each other on every shopping page, look broadly similar, and get bought for opposite …
Canning Tools: The Short List That Earns Its Space
Canning has a reputation for requiring a drawer full of single purpose gadgets, and the store display does nothing to …
Long Term Food Storage: Which Method Fits Which Food
Long term food storage gets sold as a shopping list. Buckets, bags, absorbers, a shelf unit, done. What actually decides …
Dehydrating Fruit: Pretreatment, Heat and Conditioning
Fruit is the reason most people buy a dehydrator and the reason a lot of them end up disappointed. The …
Freeze Dryer Trays: Extra Sets, Dividers and Liners
Ask a room full of freeze dryer owners what they bought first after the machine and the answer is almost …
FoodSaver Not Vacuuming? Work Through This in Order
It worked last fall. You pulled it out of the cupboard for the first big batch of the season, put …
Canning Supplies: What You Need Before Batch One
Walk into the canning aisle in July and it looks like you need forty dollars of gadgets before you can …
How to Store Rice Long Term: Mylar, Absorbers, Buckets
The twenty five pound bag was a bargain, and eight months later it smells musty, or there are small brown …