Thursday, June 25, 2009

The Wilderness Wiki

http://klippe.funditor.org/

Topics include:
Bowline
Char cloth
Pitchwood
Twist Bread
Frostbite
Making a Fish Trap
HI Khukuri Review
Flint and Steel Firestarter
Hypothermia
Fusing
Making a Sling
Treating Lacerations

The Conscious Universe

Planets and Stars Size to Scale



Crop Circles

Daydreaming to Whale Songs



http://www.whalesong.net/archive%20audio.htm

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Drying Foods

Drying Foods (Instruction chart in link at the bottom)

Drying or dehydration, the oldest method of food preservation, is particularly successful in the hot, dry climates found in much of New Mexico. Quite simply, drying reduces moisture necessary for bacterial growth that eventually causes deterioration.

Successful dehydration depends upon a slow steady heat supply to assure that food is dried from the inside to the outside. Drying is also an inexact art. Size of pieces, relative moisture, and the method selected all affect the time required to dehydrate a food adequately.
Methods of Drying

Foods may be sun dried with or without a solar dehydrator, in a gas or electric oven, or with a portable electric dehydrator. Dehydrators with thermostats provide better control over poor weather conditions and food quality than sun drying.

An effective solar dehydrator is the shelf above the back seat of a car. Clotheslines are another popular drying rack for ears of corn and strips of jerky. Colorful red chile ristras hung from vigas are practical as well as decorative.


http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/dryguide.htm


http://www.jrwhipple.com/sr/soldehydrate.html


http://blessingsforlife.com/recipes/kids/fruit_rollups.htm