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General |
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Allotment Garden | lots of info on all kinds of food storing and preserving |
Food Preserving FAQ | HUGE resource – FAQ with every question you could think of about food preserving |
Fruit Expert | info on storing and preserving fruit |
Love Food Hate Waste | campaigning against wasting food |
Master in the Kitchen | traditional methods of food preservation |
National Center for Home Food Preservation | US site with lots of info |
PreserveFood.com | another US site with lots of info |
ThoughtCo | fascinating article on food preservation techniques in the Middle Ages |
USDA Publications | a series of pdf guides to selecting, preparing & canning/bottling vegetables, tomatoes, fruits, jams, jellies, meat, poultry, seafood, fermented foods and pickles |
Wikipedia | entry on food preservation – info on different methods |
The Women’s Institute | campaign against food waste, plus info on other food-related issues |
Drying / dehydration |
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How Do I Dry? | how to dry a range of foods – from the NCHFP |
Mother Earth News | build a solar dehydrator |
Part Select | how to preserve food by drying |
The Solar Cooking Archive Wiki | wiki article on solar food dryers |
SunWorks | information on solar food drying |
Fermenting |
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How Do I Ferment? | how to ferment a range of foods – from the NCHFP |
Preparing and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables | 35-page pdf guide from the USDA via the National Center for Home Food Preservation |
Jams & jellies |
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How Do I Make Jams & Jellies? | how to make a huge range of jams & jellies – from the NCHFP |
Preparing and Canning Jams & Jellies | 13-page pdf guide from the USDA via the National Center for Home Food Preservation |
Pickling / chutneys |
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AllRecipes | pickle recipes |
Home Cooking | chutney recipes |
How Do I Pickle? | how to pickle a range of foods – from the NCHFP |
PickYourOwn.org | making homemade pickles – loads of info |
Preparing and Canning Fermented Foods and Pickled Vegetables | 35-page pdf guide from the USDA via the National Center for Home Food Preservation |
Salt & sugar preserving |
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Jan the Journal | preserving food with salt |
WiseGEEK | why salt and sugar preserve food |
Wikipedia | curing |
Storing / clamping / hanging / root cellars |
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1900s.org.uk | storing root vegetables the old way: clamping |
Morning Chores | 25 root cellar design ideas |
How Do I Store? | how to store a range of foods – from the NCHFP |