American pioneers developed many sophisticated ways of preparing and preserving food. They canned fruits and vegetables and dried meat to make it through winter. There’s a special ruggedness in making your own food, not only is it more healthy than the plastic wrapped crap you buy in stores, but it’s satisfying . . . and winter is coming.
Marinades and Rubs
- Bourbon Marinade – For chicken, pork, or shrimp
- Argentinean Steak Marinade – For flat iron flank or skirt steak
- Memphis Dry Rub – spicy
- Pork Rib Rub – for oven baked, grilled, or smoked ribs
- Pork Roast Rub – for both roasting and smoking
- Pork Rub – Cuban style dry pork rub – can be used on chicken
- Salmon Rub – for broiled or baked salmon
- Southwest Turkey Rub – Good for smoked or roasted fowl
- Sweet BBQ Rub – General rub for smoking or grilling
Processed Meat/Game
- Meat Processing Equipment – a review of what you need
- Breakfast Sausage – Using elk, deer, and/or pork
- Kielbasa – Homemade with garlic and mustard, fresh version
- Elk Sausage with peppers, onions, and potatoes – hearty cowboy cooking
- Italian Sausage – Hot, using wild game and pork, with lots of spices
- Italian Sausage – Sweet, with both pork and game options
- Pan Fried Steak – Guide for cooking the perfect steak
- Seven Ways to Prepare Salmon – or other fish fillets
Smoked Food
- Building a Cold Smoker – Playing with your inner engineer
- Cold Smoked Salmon – Using a cured salmon recipe
- Smoked Bacon – Real men be making their bacon
- Smoking Fowl – Process for smoking Turkey, Chicken, or Pheasant
Cured Meat
- Canadian Bacon – Brined and smoked pork loin
- Brined Ham – A 14 day process, including time to smoke the ham
- Krakowska – The most popular Polish style cured sausage
- Kielbasa – Homemade Swojska Polska Kielbasa, cured version
- Genoa Salami – Hard Italian style salami using pork, beef, and or game
- Hard Salami – How to make a dry salami using pork, beef, and or game
- Hard Salami #2 – With red wine and garlic
- Jerky
- Dehydrator Jerky – Chemical free option
- Mountain Man Jerky – simple but tasty
- Oven Baked Jerky – Can also be smoked or dehydrated
- Pineapple Jerky – a sweet and tangy version
- Traditional Jerky – Savory
- Pineapple Jerky – a sweet and tangy version
- Oven Baked Jerky – Can also be smoked or dehydrated
Cheese
- Aging Cheese – tips for aging cheese
- Cheddar Cheese – using the cheddar process
- Creme Fraiche – Fresh, chemical free, French sour cream
- Hard Cheese – with yogurt culture
- Havarti Cheese – fresh and aged versions
- Mascarpone Cheese – Made using heavy cream
- Mozzarella Cheese – Easy homemade version
- Paneer – East Indian cheese made from whole milk
- Ricotta – Crumbly cheese from whole milk
- Ricotta – From traditional recipe using whey
- Soft White Cheese – Aged or unaged
Canning & Pickling
- Bread & Butter Pickles – With a pickling trick from my Dad
