Canning and Home Prep Class
Well the class went very well and we delved into a ton of different food preservation subjects. The class covered a ton of different subjects including: canning, caching, jerky, drying foods, pemmican, jelly, modern food storage methods, etc. We also did an in depth lecture and some field exercises in preserving food primitively. Robert made a quick smoking tripod with primitive cordage made of roots, yucca leaves, and cedar bark cordage. After we constructed the tripod we made a primitive food cache in the ground and discussed how to bury food and keep it fresh without the animals getting into it! After making some canned vegetables, banana jam, dehydrated fruit, jerky, etc; we then jumped into making pemmican! Pemmican is one of the best wilderness foods you can get your hands on. Ancient northern tribes would live on pemmican for upwards of 6 months out of the year because it is a complete food. One could live off of it indefinitely and not be malnourished as long as they got some other vitamins and minerals from teas. Pemmican can last an extremely long time because the fat in mixture acts as a waterproofing agent to protect the ground jerky from absorbing moisture. They have found caches of pemmican that were hundreds of years old that were still good! We also go into how to make modern caches and what type of products can be used to bury food and supplies in case of a disaster! These are just some of the many topics we cover in our courses! We plan to host many more home preparedness and primitive food preservation courses in the future! Hope to see you at one of our future events.
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