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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Food Preservation
  • Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:01:13 -0600


That Seymour book sounds familiar but don't think we have it. Would you
elaborate? What's it about and how useful is it?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net


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On 6/25/2007 at 2:10 AM Dieter Brand wrote:

>Mitch,
>
> We make preserves to conserve most of our vegetables. You heat the
> vegetables before sealing them in a screw-on glass. This works fine for
> tomatoes, zucchini, eggplants, etc., but can be tricky for beans for
> example.
>
> Most people around here, who are not connected to the grid, use AC/DC
> freezers. I haven’t heard about any complaints. You can use a timing
> device to switch the freezer on during the day, when the sun is on
> the solar panels, and turn it off during the night. We lost all our
>frozen
> food last year, when the grid collapsed and we won’t there to reset
the
> fuse after grid services resumed.
>
> I failed so far with sun-drying even though we have plenty of sun. I
>guess
> I’m always to busy with other things when we have the greatest heat in

> July and August. We also get a lot of humidity during the night when it
> cools down a quite a bit. When I get some time, I want to build some
> sort of sun drying device like the one described in Seymour´s book on
> self sufficient living.
>
> Dieter Brand
> Portugal
>
>"E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net> wrote:
> As this is the first season we've had to seriously think about
>preserving the food from our garden, we find ourselves a bit behind the
>curve and could use some help.
>
> We're using a small electric dehydrator to learn about drying & will
>build a solar dryer when we have time.
>
> Root cellars aren't viable in Central Texas, so we're considering a
>freezer. However, I don't want to increase our dependency on the grid OR
>spend a lot of money right now on solar (our electric bills are too small
>to make solar a good economic choice for other purposes).
>
> SO, I'm considering an AC/DC freezer to use with the grid now and
>off-grid stand-alone solar in the future and for disaster preparedness.
>
> Finally, the question: I'm seeking input on AC/DC freezers from anyone
>who has personal knowledge or experience. Thanks.
>
> E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
>www.hillcountrynatives.biz







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