Drying & Dehydrating Foods

Source: Home Directory Network

Drying Food Covers drying basics, methods and equipment, fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, and storing methods; from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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.

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.

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".

Fruit Leather - Simple instructions on making it at home, using bananas, squash, tomato, or any other fruit or vegetable.

Drying Fuyu Persimmons - Detailed instructions, including a materials list. From the San Diego Farm Bureau.

Freeze Drying 101 - Technical basics of lyophilization, also known as freeze drying.

Dehydrating Food at Home - Detailed instructions for picking suitable foods and then drying them; from the University of Utah.

Great Jerky Recipes - A collection of jerky recipes, including pemmican, and Hawaiian jerky.

Susie Q's Jerky Recipes - A nice index of jerky recipes, including oriental and smoke styles.

Anthony's Jerky - One recipes for beef jerky using a dehydrator.

Just Jerky Recipes - Beef, turkey, tofu, venison, plus a variety of marinades.

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