Topia!: Home: Cooking: Drying and Dehydrating (30) Jerky (topiasearch) See Also: Home: Cooking: Outdoors: Smoking Shopping: Home and Garden: Kitchen and Dining: Cookware How Stuff Works - An explanation of all the different ways used to preserve food; from freezing to irradiation. Processing Meat in the Home - Detailed instructions produced by the Minnesota Extension Service. Drying Food - Covers drying basics, methods and equipment, fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, and storing methods; from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Food Drying - Covers the basics of solar food drying; from Backwoods Home Magazine, by Marcella Shaffer. Drying Foods - Comprehensive site that covers drying food indoors and outdoors, pre-treating of foods, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, food leathers, jerky, remedies for problems, FAQs; from the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Organicdownunder.com - Plans for making a solar food dryer. Quality for Keeps -- Drying Foods - Basics of food preservation methods, a little history, how to select a dehydrator, safety advice; from the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Missouri. Preserving Food Safely - Michigan State University's page of links to extension materials about food preservation. Search for information on drying foods under "D". A Review of Solar Food Drying - Techniques, equipment, problem-solving, bibliography. The Dry Store - Food dehydrating information, equipment and supplies. Drying Foods - Ohio State University Extension fact sheet on the benefits of drying foods, preparation, pre-treatment, equipment needed, and a drying table for a variety of fruit and vegetables. Fruit Leather - Simple instructions on making it at home, using bananas, squash, tomato, or any other fruit or vegetable. Drying Food with the Sun - From Countryside Magazine. Drying Fuyu Persimmons - Detailed instructions, including a materials list. From the San Diego Farm Bureau. Dehydrating Food at Home - Detailed instructions for picking suitable foods and then drying them; from the University of Utah. Freeze Drying 101 - Technical basics of lyphilization, freeze drying. EziDri - How-to information for drying foods in dehydrators. Includes guides for bananas, pineapple, and biltong. The National Center For Home Food Preservation - Publications, seasonal tips, and resources for educators. Additional categories: Stocks ceramic tile Panorama northern tools and equipment square

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