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Posts tagged “curing”

How To: Make Blank Slate Beef Jerky

Beef Jerky is a great way to get a little pick me up during your day and is a great take along snack for your summer road trips or backpacking adventures. Although it's protein packed and great fu...

Well-Preserved by Eugenia Bone
Book Review 2009

I plan on doing a lot of 'putting up' this year, especially after my fun and successful tomato canning adventure of 2008, which led to award-winning results (at least among my friends.) And although ...

Food Science: How Meat is Cured

Glance into the meat cases at any grocery store and you'll see a whole slew of cured meat products, some of which look raw and some of which look like they could survive a cross-country back packing t...

Seasonal Spotlight: Olives

This is the time of the year when fresh olives are showing up at the local farmer's markets in California and any other olive-producing states. I remember my first Fall in California; I saw fresh oli...