{"id":192016,"date":"2022-02-27T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T10:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/?p=192016"},"modified":"2022-02-27T05:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T10:33:50","slug":"192016-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/2022\/02\/27\/192016-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Storing the Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Storing the Harvest: Ways You Can Preserve Your Fruits and Veggies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s that time of year again. You have a bumper crop of certain fruits and vegetables in your garden, someone has shared their bumper crop or you\u2019ve made a trip to the local farmer\u2019s market or fruit stand. The question becomes what do you do with all of it? Here are some ideas for storing the harvest. Consider these ways you can preserve your fruits and veggies for use later in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dehydrating<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is probably one of the first methods to store food for future use. Consider Indians who used fruits, nuts and meat to create pemmican, a dried bar that provided much needed nutrients in the winter when hunting was scarce. You\u2019ve probably also seen beef jerky. You can dehydrate fruits and vegetables from your garden that can be added to soup in the colder months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dehydrating can be done outdoors in the sun, in a solar oven, your conventional oven or a dehydrator. Each method has its own benefits so you will want to consider which one is best for you and your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Canning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canning is almost as old as dehydrating. Nearly everything can be canned if done properly. Canning of most vegetables will require the use of a pressure cooker. If you haven\u2019t ever canned vegetables, you may want to get help from someone who has the experience to make sure you have canning success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canning fruit is much easier. They do require a water bath but it doesn\u2019t have to be done in a pressure cooker. Technically, tomatoes are a fruit, so water bath canning is the best method if you want to can whole tomatoes for soups or chili, crushed tomatoes, spaghetti sauce or salsa. You might be surprised how much money you can save by using home canned sauces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pickling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have more cucumbers than you\u2019ll be able to eat, consider making homemade pickles. There is nothing quite like them. You will also need onions, sea salt and vinegar. Most people think of cucumbers when they hear \u201cpickle\u201d but the fact is you can pickle many different types of fruits and vegetables in a similar manner. Peppers, apples, pears and relishes are also prepared in much the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Freezing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a lot to be said about filling your freezer with produce from your garden. It is great to be able to open the doors to the freezer and seeing corn on the cob, carrots, broccoli and other foods. It isn\u2019t advisable to try to freeze fresh lettuce or potatoes; you probably wouldn\u2019t want to eat them. Freezing is one of the easiest ways to store the harvest but remember that you may lose the food in your freezer if the power goes out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Root cellar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It used to be common for families to have a root cellar to store their fruits and vegetables. This isn\u2019t quite as usual these days, but the concept still has merit. Check with your local extension agency or land surveyor to see if it would be possible to create a root cellar on your property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article from kitchenbloggers.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_daim_seo_power":"","_daim_enable_ail":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128000],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-9462571.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":192008,"url":"https:\/\/menuculture.com\/recipeshop\/2022\/02\/27\/storing-garden-produce\/","url_meta":{"origin":192016,"position":0},"title":"Storing Garden Produce","author":"admin","date":"February 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"How to Choose Which Fruits and Veggies to Store An overabundance of fruits and vegetables from your garden means you may have a problem. 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