A Guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing & Smoking Meat, Fish & Game

Ready to preserve your harvest and stock your pantry with delicious, high-quality meat, fish, and game? This guide unlocks the secrets to traditional preservation techniques, turning you into a self-sufficient expert and ensuring no part of your hard-earned bounty ever goes to waste. You'll get step-by-step instructions for everything from canning and freezing to the nuanced arts of curing and smoking. Learn the essential tools, time-tested safety practices, and specific methods for different types of meat, empowering you to create flavorful, shelf-stable foods right in your own home.

With over four decades of experience as a master butcher and professional food preservation instructor, Wilbur F. Eastman is a leading authority on traditional meat handling techniques. His expertise was forged not in a classroom, but in the rural smokehouses and community butcher shops where he first learned the craft as a young man. This book distills a lifetime of hands-on knowledge, passed down through generations and perfected through practice, into a guide for the modern home preserver.