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LH 160: Preserving Your Own Gourmet Meat With Curing, Smoking and Drying
LH 160: Preserving Your Own Gourmet Meat With Curing, Smoking and Drying
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Sep 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
LH 160: How to preserve protein-packed foods with gourmet flavors In this episode, host Theresa Loe talks with author Karen Solomon about turning your kitchen counter into a deli counter by preserving your own meat with dry curing, brine curing, smoking, and drying. Karen is the author of "Cured Meat, Smoked Fish and Pickled Eggs" and she shares the secrets to success with each of these techniques and how you can enhance the flavors of what you preserve. You’ll Learn: The ease of dry curing in your refrigerator How brine curing works for things like pastrami and ham If you can safely skip using nitrites and nitrates The difference between hot and cold smoking in preservation How to stay safe when curing meat Why you don’t need a dehydrator to dry meats The special safety recommendation when working with game meat A simple trick for keeping your dry meats dry in storage How to make ‘Sour Orange Beef Jerky’ for road trips And SO much more.. For the printable recipe Karen shares on the show, go to www.LivingHomegrown.com/160 and you can also get links to everything mentioned. There are also more episodes in the show notes related to curing and smoking. This episode was brought to you by Theresa Loe's Living Homegrown Membership where you have access to an entire roster of food and garden experts, a library of classes and a farm fresh community for support of an organic, farm-to-table lifestyle. Go to www.livinghomegrown.com/path to learn more.
Released:
Sep 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
LH 01: Why Bother With Canning and Preserving?: Learn why should we consider canning and DIY food crafting, how we are tied to the story of our food and what we can do to bump up flavor. by Living Homegrown Podcast with Theresa Loe