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Sugar-Free Beef Jerky in a Dehydrator
Make sugar-free beef jerky in a dehydrator: lean cuts, a no-sugar marinade, USDA-based safety steps, doneness tests, ground-beef and no-dehydrator options.
Drying, Freezing & Smoking
Smoking, Jerky & Seafood
Smoking and curing meat, jerky and fish.
Bourbon Smoked Sugar Recipe
Make bourbon smoked sugar at home by smoking sugar at low heat and infusing it with bourbon. Includes wood choices, storage, and ways to use it.
Canned Cockles Recipe
Canned cockles recipes including a quick tinned cockle pasta and a ceviche-style salad, plus how to eat jarred cockles, storage tips, and home-canning cautions.
Dried Oyster Recipe
How to soak and cook dried oysters, with a braised dried oyster and mushroom recipe, storage tips, and food-safety notes for fresh oysters and home drying.
Dried Prawns Recipes
Dried prawns recipes from kismur and sambal to fried rice and soups, with soaking tips, substitutes for dried shrimp, storage, and cautious health notes.
Hot and Spicy Jerky Recipe
A hot and spicy beef jerky recipe with marinade timing, ways to control the heat, what vinegar does, a sweet-and-spicy twist, and USDA-based safety steps.
Smokehouse Recipes
Smokehouse recipe ideas for meat, fish, cheese and more, plus hot vs cold smoking, safe temperatures, the 4-hour rule explained, and DIY smokehouse tips.
Wood Smoker Recipes
Wood smoker recipes for beginners: how to run a wood smoker, which woods suit which foods, easy things to smoke, and safe temperatures and the 4-hour rule.
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