Useful book found re food/food prep

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I found a great out-of-print book last week called Home Food Systems (what a terrible name; I almost didn't pick it up) by the Rodale folks, printed in 1981. It's chock-full (475 pgs) of great info on grains, beans, drying, canning, storage, beekeeping, dairy, animals, and even has a section on "basement aquaculture" (!) (We have had snakes in our basement; wonder if we could eat those?) I would strongly urge people to look for this book. A quick check on bookfinder.com shows 2 copies but I bet local used bookstores would also have this. It's hardcover. It's full of wonderful anecdotes and quotes, such as this one from Harry Truman: "No man should be allowed to be President who does not understand hogs, or hasn't been around a manure pile."

-- judy (wednesdayschild@hotmail.com), January 07, 1999

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Judy:

Could you be so kind as to provide the ISBN and publisher information for "Home Food Systems?"

Sounds like a great find!

TIA

Regards, Bob Mangus # # #

-- Robert Mangus (rmangus@mail.netquest.com), January 07, 1999.


How funny that you mentioned this book! Two days ago my dad picked up a book for me at Goodwill also published by Rodale, called "Back to Basics." It sounds like a companion book. It has everything from building a log cabin, including splitting logs and plans, to canning and preserving food, and making a quilt. It also shows what plants to look for to show how deep you need to dig to find water -- really a neat book! It's also hardcover, and dad paid $2.50.

-- jeannie (hollander@ij.net), January 07, 1999.

The book was published by the Rodale Press, Inc. in 1981, was edited by Roger Yepsen, Jr. and the ISBN for hardcover is 0-87857-325-9 (paperback is same except ends in 320-8). Hope this helps.

-- judy (wednesdayschild@hotmail.com), January 07, 1999.

These are wonderful resources. Just be very careful on canning by these recipes as the vegies etc have changed and the current recipes are different (eg: tomatoes are NOW so LOW in acid that water bath canning is not recommended.)

cr

-- Chuck, night driver (rienzoo@en.com), January 09, 1999.


That's a very handy book, Judy. I got a softcover copy of it years ago and really like it. It has lots of information on human powered technology too, something that might be useful to know about.

-- Noah Simoneaux (noaj@yournet.com), January 10, 1999.


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