Food Preparation

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Greetings Sweet Kitchen Pioneers, With so many of us stocking up, I wanted to share a number of really helpful websites to answer a whole host of questions when it comes to buying in bulk and how best to store food for the long term including how long certain foods can last. Here are the sites that I think you will find really helpful: 1) Here is an amazing site chockfull of all sorts of information on food storage from the Extension Service at the State University of Utah who are considered experts on the subject: https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-th... 2) And here is an extensive free download from them that you will find invaluable: https://extension.usu.edu/preserve-th... This booklet covers every aspect of long-term food storage! And when I say it is extensive, I am not kidding. It is 120 pages long! But don't worry - you don't need to print it out if you don't want to. You can simply download it to your device if you prefer. But this is NOT TO BE MISSED!! 3) Here is the link to the help desk at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in which you can simply type in your question regarding any food related matter - including how long food can be stored - and it will direct you to their most recent article on the topic: https://ask.usda.gov/s/ 4) If you preserve food at home either through water bath canning, pressure canning, drying, freezing, curing, smoking, fermenting, pickling, etc., these folks have information on it. They are the National Center for Home Food Preservation: https://nchfp.uga.edu/ 5) This final link is more for a little fun but it has some wonderful ideas on planting a kitchen garden, old-fashioned recipes, crafting and all things "pioneers"! It's the Little House on the Prairie site: https://littlehouseontheprairie.com/ It's a great site for helping those of us who strive to be Modern Pioneers in the Kitchen! And here is the direct link to the adorable Heart Shaped Cakes pictured above" https://littlehouseontheprairie.com/h... Hope these sites are helpful and please let me know if you have any questions. I am always happy to share my personal experiences with all of these things. And you can always access my entire FOOD STORAGE PLAYLIST here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk... Have a beautiful day! Love, Mary