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Food Storage and Preparation

All that food in your garden in September isn’t going to do you a bit of good come February unless you know how to store it, keep it fit to eat, and turn it into something edible when needed. All our great-grandparents knew this stuff inside and out.

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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book

Betty Crocker cookbooks from the days before they turned into marketing tools for General Mills packaged foods are a trove of information on all subjects concerning food. This edition was recently reprinted, so IP; anything else from the early 50s might be worth looking at.

 

 

Root Cellaring

Once upon a time, every house in the country had a root cellar, which could be used to keep many foods in fine condition for months at a time. This is the best book on how it’s done.

 

Cheesemaking Made Easy

I forget who it was that said: "cheese is milk’s leap toward immortality." It is also an excellent way to preserve milk for future reference. The authors of this book are co-owners of the New England Cheesemaking Co., probably the most important supplier of home cheesemaking equipment

 

 

Passport To Survival

The bible of long-term survival food storage, this book shows how to eat well on wheat, powdered milk, honey and salt - four foods that keep nearly forever, and provide everything you need to survive

 

The Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking of Meat,Fish & Game

By most accounts, the book on the subject, full of necessary information. Includes detailed instructions for building and using a smokehouse out of available materials (e.g., an old refrigerator).

 

 

Stocking Up

A detailed handbook on natural ways to preserve the food that you grow. One of the standard books on the subject.

 

Stillroom Cookery

A treasure, this book is full of old-fashioned know how and recipes, including a wide range of preservation methods.

 

 

Putting It Up With Honey

Mostly oriented toward canning (which may become much less of an option once manufactured lids and rings stop being readily available) but with useful chapters on pickling and drying.

 

Home Preserving Made Easy

A good general guide to most forms of food preservation and storage, inspired by the crises and shortages of the 70s.

 

 

Nitty Gritty Foodbook

A product of early 70s commune life, this book tries to cover everything and spreads itself a little thin in the process. Still, some useful info.

 

Putting Food By

Good general handbook on storing and preserving food.

 

 

Making and Using Dried Foods

One of the standard guides to dried and dehydrated foods, with plenty of recipes.