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The Keeping Kitchen is my second home.

Kate Hill's Gascon Year Journals • 1218 implied HN points • 19 Oct 24
🍲 Food & Drink Food Preservation
  1. The Keeping Kitchen is a specially designed space meant for cooking and preserving food. It focuses on being practical and easy to clean, with everything organized and visible.
  2. These kitchens play a big role in traditional French country living, being used for tasks like canning and making products to store for winter. They help create a flow of preserved food for the year.
  3. The Kitchen is also a place for teaching and sharing cooking knowledge, with courses in butchery and charcuterie. It encourages planning ahead for meals and using supplies creatively.

Stability in Chaos: A Solar Food Dehydrator

OK Doomer • 101 implied HN points • 23 Feb 26
🌞 Climate & Environment Food Preservation
  1. The world keeps cycling through political, economic, and climate crises, so having clear plans and basic preparedness gives you real stability. Knowing what to do and how to do it cuts anxiety and lets you work at your own pace.
  2. Multiple ways to preserve food are essential, and solar food dehydrators are especially useful because they work without reliable electricity. They’re practical to build yourself using simple DIY guides.
  3. A practical survival manual is being expanded with cleaner layouts and more informational pages, plus plans for electrical wiring and solar panels to power systems like aquaponics. A print edition is close to ready.

Survival Illustrated: We're at 90 Pages

OK Doomer • 141 implied HN points • 11 Jan 26
🚌 Education Food Preservation
  1. A 90-page PDF of the project is now available with new sections like seed saving and pest management, and the layout has been formalized in InDesign to improve appearance and make printing easier.
  2. The author is moving into sanitation and plans to add more detail on additional crops and batteries, and they’re asking readers for suggestions and typo reports.
  3. They’re planning a ~150-page micro-guide for print by spring covering planting, foraging, rain harvesting, food storage and preservation, emergency sanitation, and basic solar setups, and may release updated print editions annually with an optional dedication page for supporters.

The Best Way to Use Rhubarb

The Analog Family • 279 implied HN points • 01 Jun 24
🍲 Food & Drink Food Preservation
  1. Rhubarb can be used to make delicious oatmeal streusel bars that many people enjoy. It’s a fun and satisfying way to try out new recipes in the kitchen.
  2. Getting kids involved in cooking is a great way to bond and teach them about food. Kids often find the cooking process exciting, just like discovering the magic of how ingredients change.
  3. Having fresh rhubarb available means you can enjoy tasty desserts throughout the year. Save and freeze the rhubarb to use in recipes later!
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Housekeeping bits and bobs

Disaffected Newsletter • 1778 implied HN points • 25 Apr 23
🍲 Food & Drink Food Preservation
  1. Put your steel wool pads in the freezer to stop them from rusting. This can make them last much longer.
  2. You can use grated bar soap as laundry detergent if you run out. It's a simple trick your grandparents used.
  3. Old appliances, like vintage blenders or washing machines, can last much longer and are often easier to repair than modern ones.

Rose Wilde

Wordloaf • 393 implied HN points • 01 Feb 24
🍲 Food & Drink Food Preservation
  1. Rose Wilde has a passion for teaching and sharing her love of baking and flavors with others.
  2. She advocates for exploring a variety of flavors and ingredients to add more excitement to cooking.
  3. Her work in food is deeply rooted in social justice, focusing on providing education and support through baking and preservation.