What does that have to do with growing and preserving food? Nothing, most of the time this comes from people who simply don't know how. Its off to the grocery store every week for those types, can't imagine anything else.
You read "End Times" headline news but missed the punch line. You are going back to the life of your ancestors, which is separate from how did people preserve food for the winter before canning, because you can't take care of yourself.
It has to do with the nostalgia for outdated practices. Doesn't really matter how people used to do things, but using the best methods available. You're correct that most people have become dependent on others to care for them. Most of them don't know how to can, either.
I'm Norwegian, and a popular antiquity there is lutefisk, which is a traditional method of preserving fish with salt and lye. It's pretty disgusting, but does serve to maintain the nutrients when the ocean freezes. Better to move south and enjoy fresh fish year round. Infatuation with the past while ignoring what we've learned is seldom the best solution.
You pick one of the worst methods and think this is it?
Just because I think canning food is not the best method isn't cause to abandon all forms of food storage I use. For storage, which is about 5 months here where not much grows, maybe a few roots overwintering in the ground can be had during warm spells or under thick mulch, otherwise there is a list of crops that need little care needing only attention to temperature and humidity, in the US our ancestor smallholders called these areas root cellars. Then there are crops that can withstand frosts to 25f extending the season of fresh. Fresh is the best and should be thought of before any storage methods. Then there are crops that overwinter in frozen ground. Then there is lacto fermentation, then there is dehydration, using the sun with proper design receives the highest marks. Then there is freezing lots less work involved than canning. I suppose I would can fish and venison if I get too much, but that rarely happens.
Food year round is a design and timing issue, it helps I don't want to feed anyone else that doesn't help out.
For the rest of humanity, take what you can get, canned bugs looks like the new menu item. Hahahahaha!
Every climate has preferred methods for food storage. Of course, life near the arctic circle isn't typical, but demonstrates the adaptations people make.
A little store on the corner with my Jr high school sold tins of chocolate covered ants. No one I knew took them seriously, but they were fun for teasing other kids. Much more popular in other parts of the world.
The people around the Arctic Circle are no longer adapted to the area. But yes, climate and geography physical and mental adaptations are necessary to survive without modern technology. Humans are going back.
I also hunt and ice fish in the winter, but these activities are predicated on vehicle fuel availability. But then again, no fuel not much canning either. But that will never ever be an issue through the "End Times".
I assumed you would tell us if you have reasons.
Consult a soil scientist and research how people stored food before canning.
And they didn't have shoes or indoor plumbing. We've made lots of improvements.
What does that have to do with growing and preserving food? Nothing, most of the time this comes from people who simply don't know how. Its off to the grocery store every week for those types, can't imagine anything else.
You read "End Times" headline news but missed the punch line. You are going back to the life of your ancestors, which is separate from how did people preserve food for the winter before canning, because you can't take care of yourself.
It has to do with the nostalgia for outdated practices. Doesn't really matter how people used to do things, but using the best methods available. You're correct that most people have become dependent on others to care for them. Most of them don't know how to can, either.
I'm Norwegian, and a popular antiquity there is lutefisk, which is a traditional method of preserving fish with salt and lye. It's pretty disgusting, but does serve to maintain the nutrients when the ocean freezes. Better to move south and enjoy fresh fish year round. Infatuation with the past while ignoring what we've learned is seldom the best solution.
You pick one of the worst methods and think this is it?
Just because I think canning food is not the best method isn't cause to abandon all forms of food storage I use. For storage, which is about 5 months here where not much grows, maybe a few roots overwintering in the ground can be had during warm spells or under thick mulch, otherwise there is a list of crops that need little care needing only attention to temperature and humidity, in the US our ancestor smallholders called these areas root cellars. Then there are crops that can withstand frosts to 25f extending the season of fresh. Fresh is the best and should be thought of before any storage methods. Then there are crops that overwinter in frozen ground. Then there is lacto fermentation, then there is dehydration, using the sun with proper design receives the highest marks. Then there is freezing lots less work involved than canning. I suppose I would can fish and venison if I get too much, but that rarely happens.
Food year round is a design and timing issue, it helps I don't want to feed anyone else that doesn't help out.
For the rest of humanity, take what you can get, canned bugs looks like the new menu item. Hahahahaha!
Every climate has preferred methods for food storage. Of course, life near the arctic circle isn't typical, but demonstrates the adaptations people make.
A little store on the corner with my Jr high school sold tins of chocolate covered ants. No one I knew took them seriously, but they were fun for teasing other kids. Much more popular in other parts of the world.
The people around the Arctic Circle are no longer adapted to the area. But yes, climate and geography physical and mental adaptations are necessary to survive without modern technology. Humans are going back.
How about this idea? Have a large enough of a garden with chickens on the edge to provide fresh in season, then eat bugs in the winter?
I also hunt and ice fish in the winter, but these activities are predicated on vehicle fuel availability. But then again, no fuel not much canning either. But that will never ever be an issue through the "End Times".