Just Jerky : The Complete Guide to Making It

Here's the do-it-yourself guide to making your own jerky in an oven, smoker, or food dehydrator with strips or ground beef, venison, poultry, fish and even soy protein.

Drying and preserving your fresh garden herbs is a simple and inexpensive way of having herbs readily available for your needs through out the year. Drying herbs can be preformed by two methods. Air drying or with the assistance of a dehydrator. Both methods work well under two different circumstances.

Air drying works best with herbs that don't have a high moisture content like, dill, oregano, rosemary and thyme. letting these types of herbs dry naturally with the air method helps to preserve the oils in the plant. Herbs like, basil, chives and mint have a higher moisture content and can be dried with the assistance of a dehydrator.

When air drying herbs you want to do it in an area that is dry, warm, dark with low humidity and well ventilated. The ideal temperature for air drying is sixty eight degrees Fahrenheit. If you don't have a dark area available you can simply cover the herbs with brown paper bags and punch holes through the bags to allow for ventilation. Under the proper conditions it can take anywhere between one and three weeks for your herbs to dry.

Harvesting of herbs needs to be done before the plants starts to flower. If you have been harvesting throughout the growing season there is no need to worry about the plant turning to seed. This happens at the end of there growing season. Late summer is a good time to start harvesting. You want to start before the cool weather starts.

The best time of the day to harvest is in the mid-morning. This leaves time for the morning dew to dry from the plants.

A environment friendly and healthy way of gardening. Organic Gardening is away of gardening in harmony with nature. Growing a healthy and productive crop in a way that is healthier for both you and the environment.

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Nesco American Harvest FD-61 Snackmaster Encore Dehydrator and Jerky Maker

This convenient dehydrator makes great tasting, healthy snacks & jerky! Introducing the Snackmaster?? Encore???. It's Grey top and marbled design features 500 watts of drying power, and generates maximum speed and quality for dehydrating fruits, vegetables, beef jerky, and venison jerky. Helps dry food in hours, not days like ordinary food dehydrators. The top mounted fan eliminates the worry of liquids dripping into the the heating chamber!You can make delicious beef jerky, turkey jerky, fish jerky, trail mix, homemade yogurt, apple snacks, banana chips, dried soup mixes, dried tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, mangoes, papaya and other dried fruits at a fraction of the cost. Make dried herbs and spices; also make potpourri and dried flowers for any occasion.

Few things are more embarassing to a backyard grillmaster than running out of gas in the middle of a barbeque party. We've all been there before. You've got everything running smoothly and your guests are munching on hot dogs and burgers while they wait for the steaks. You take a swig of your beer and then look down to see your grill flames have gone out. You're out of propane!

Hopefully you have another tank of fuel in the shed or the garage. It's embarrasing enough to have to scurry around swapping out the old propane tank for a new one in the middle of a party. What's worse is having to run out to get a new one while your guests stand around with grumbling bellies. Besides, you've already thrown off the cooking time of the meat on the grill so you'll never get it "just right" now.

Don't you think its time to ditch the clumsy propane tanks and go with a natural gas barbeque grill? Natural gas grills have many advantages over propane. You'll never run out of gas again. No more running out of fuel right in the middle of a big cookout. Also, natural gas is cheaper. Depending on where you live, you could save 50% or more by switching to natural gas. And natural gas barbeque grills are cleaner and better for the environment.

Just about any propane grill can be converted to natural gas. All you need is an inexpensive conversion kit that you can get from the manufacturer or a third party retailer. Basically all you have to do is change the regulator. Then all you need to do is run a gas line from your house into your backyard. This is a job for a professional. Running a gas line to your deck or patio isn't something you should do yourself unless you are a qualified contractor. Just contact your gas company and ask for some referrals. It's a simple job that should only take a couple of hours and won't be too expensive. And once it's done you'll never have to worry about running out of gas during a cookout again.

Want to impress your friends and family with the most delicious BBQ ever? Check out http://How-To-Barbeque.com for more barbeque tips from the pros.

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