The Backyard Homestead (eBook, ePUB)

Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre!
Redaktion: Madigan, Carleen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On just a quarter-acre of land, you can produce fresh, organic food for a family of four - year-round!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603425148
• Artikelnr.: 37953981

Autorenporträt

Before becoming an editor at Storey Publishing, Carleen Madigan was managing editor of Horticulture magazine and lived on an organic farm outside Boston, Massachusetts, where she learned the homesteading skills contained in The Backyard Homestead. She enjoys gardening, hiking, foraging, baking, spinning wool, and knitting.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1
GETTING THE MOST FROM FRESH FOOD
1. Setting Up the Homestead Kitchen
2. Fresh Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling, Cooking
3. Fresh Fruit: Harvesting, Handling, Cooking
4. Grains and Beans
5. Homemade Sweeteners: Honey, Maple Syrup, and Apple Cider Syrup
6. Eggs, Birds, and Rabbits
7. Fresh Milk
8. Meat: Goat, Lamb, Pork, and Beef
Part 2
FOOD PRESERVATION
 
1. Cold Storage
2. Freezing
3. Canning: Boiling-Water-Bath and Pressure Canning
4. Drying
5. Pickling
6. Making Fruit Preserves
7. Culturing Milk and Making Cheese
8. Curing Meats and Making Simple Sausage
Part 3
HOMESTEAD COOKING
1. Breakfast and Egg Dishes
2. Vegetable, Cheese, and Bean Dishes
3. Poultry and Meat Dishes
4. Desserts and Baked Goods
Appendix: Basic Cooking Methods
Resources
Metric Conversion Charts
Index