3 Fridge-Free Ways To Preserve Meat Long-Term

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Note: We do not consume or advocate the eating of pork in anyway, shape, or form!!! We are totally against that. But this article shows you how these methods of preserving food can be used on other meats, which we found interesting and important!

3 Fridge-Free Ways To Preserve Meat Long-Term

Before the age of modern refrigeration, most people relied on what we would consider primitive methods to preserve meats. If you were wealthy, or had the means, you might have relied on ice to preserve some foods. The extremely wealthy bought fresh meat and fish daily from market. But for those who did not have means — the common every day folks — this was simply not feasible.

My ancestors were farmers, frontiersmen, soldiers and other common folk. For them, the cost of buying fresh meat daily, or even feeding their family fresh beef and pork from their own farms daily, was out of the question. Killing game, or butchering a farm animal, was done when needed, and the meat had to be stretched to feed their families as long as possible.

Today we face the rising cost of groceries and the threat of terrorism, EMPs and other scenarios where the lights may go out and not come back on again for months or years. These threats are very real, and should be taken seriously. In such a time, being prepared to consistently put food on the table for your family is vital. Meat, with its life-giving protein, needs to be at the top of the list of necessities.

Of course, without refrigeration meat will spoil quickly. But there are three methods that can significantly increase the shelf life of meat that you harvest and butcher from your own farm animals, or wild game. Here is an overview.

1. Smoking Meats and Drying Meats. This is the main method in producing jerky or biltong. What is the difference, you ask, between jerky and biltong? Some of the flavorings and seasonings and preparation differ. Also, biltong is first dried and then sliced, whereas jerky is sliced prior to drying. I will let you do your own research into that manner and choose your own recipe. Drying can consist of several different methods, from drying in a cool safe place (primarily biltong), oven or dehydrator drying, and smoking…..More Here

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