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Smoking meat at home is a relatively unknown practice in our country. We eat smoked meat, but it generally comes from the butchery or store, not our own back yard. If you’re going to start smoking your own meat, you’re probably going to need a cool, dry place to put...

Time to look at another method of preserving meat. We’ve already covered canning, curing and dehydrating, so this time we’ll be looking at freeze drying your meat to preserve it. A custom Centigrade solution would be a great asset with regards to insulated storage for...

So far in this meat preservation series, we’ve looked at canning and curing meat. Now it’s time to learn about dehydrating meat. All South Africans love dehydrated meat and we are known for our unique take on it with our biltong and droëwors. We’re very particular...

In our previous post we started looking into meat preservation to save money during the continuous phases of loadshedding that have become part of our lives in South Africa. Today, we’ll be looking at curing – aka salting – meat for preservation. You might be...

Unfortunately, the problem of unstable electricity supply in South Africa is getting bigger and no solution seems to be in sight. There are alternative power sources available, but the cost of each of these is too big a burden for most South African households....