Food Farmer Earth
Designing an Indoor Cold Storage Space: Tips for Homesteaders
Learn how to build and use an indoor cold storage space to keep your harvest fresh longer. This guide provides practical advice on storing everything from onions to apples at optimal temperatures.
Food Farmer Earth
Essential Tips for Growing and Pickling Cucumbers: From Garden to Jar
Discover key strategies for cultivating cucumbers and turning them into delicious pickles. Learn how to maintain crispness and flavor from harvest to preservation.
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Mastering Food Preservation: A Journey in Canning
This video follows a learner's journey into the world of food preservation, specifically focusing on canning. It features an expert home economist who teaches the basics of canning, from sweet spreads to more complex techniques,...
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Mastering Food Preservation: Canning and Freezing at Home
Explore the science behind preserving food through canning and freezing. This segment explains the sterilization process involved in canning, which ensures food safety by killing harmful microorganisms at high temperatures. It also...
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Refrigerators and Pressure Cookers: Kitchen Innovations that Changed Our Lives
Explore the fascinating history and technological advances behind two kitchen staples: refrigerators and pressure cookers. Discover how these inventions have revolutionized our food storage and cooking practices. Learn how refrigerators...
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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Food Preservation
Discover how our ancestors minimized food waste long before modern preservation techniques, with a journey to Chamerolles castle in the Loiret. Join Mac Lesggy and medieval cuisine specialist Fabian Muller as they explore traditional...
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Reducing Food Waste with Historical and Modern Techniques
Explore practical ways to combat food waste as Mac Lesggy takes us on a journey from medieval preservation methods to today's refrigeration techniques. Learn how to better use your fridge to extend the life of meats, fruits, and...
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The Future of Food: Innovations for 2030
Explore the revolutionary advancements in food technology expected by 2030. From lab-grown meat and 3D-printed meals to smart packaging that ensures food safety, discover how our dining experiences will evolve. Learn about the science...
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Daily Life in the Colonies
From bustling cities to quiet farms, colonial life was filled with the diverse experiences of European settlers, Indigenous communities, and the enslaved.
Weird History
What Was The Viking Diet Like
The perception of Vikings as crude, dirty troublemakers doesn't match up with the refined nature of their meals. Viking cuisine incorporated a range of food and drink options, creating the balanced diet that made Viking men such...
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The Importance and Uses of Tin
This video provides an overview of the importance and uses of tin throughout history. It explains how tin is used in alloys like bronze and pewter, as well as its role in soldering and plating. The video also touches on the significance...
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The History and Making of Pickles
Pickling is one way to preserve foods like cucumbers. Pickles are soaked in a salty brine and tightly sealed in jars where they begin to ferment. Learn how to make your own pickles!
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The History and Making of Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is a fermented cabbage dish that is made by soaking the vegetable in brine. It has long been a common method for preserving cabbage in Eastern Europe and Germany, though it's thought to have been brought to Europe by Genghis...
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The Development and Importance of the Can Opener
The can opener is a simple yet essential device found in many kitchens. Learn how the tool has evolved over time from crude tools like knives and hammers to the convenient and safe design we have today.
Food Farmer Earth
Path to Food Preservation: Householding
Householding seeks to restore the pride and practice of home economics with an emphasis on sustainability, equity, and health." —Harriet Fasenfest, author of The Householder's Guide to the Universe In this video, Harriet Fasenfest shares...
Food Farmer Earth
Preserving Food And Friendship
From the archives: it was once a common way to extend food beyond the immediate season. Two friends become involved in the ancient practice of preserving food, and in the process form a closer bond with nature and each other.
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Food in Space
Learn about the International Space Station's menu. From the early days of pureed beef and vegetables in toothpaste-like tubes to the modern era of freeze-dried meals and international cuisine, we learn about the challenges and...
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Decomposition and its Implications in Composting, Food Preservation, and Biogas Production
This is a video discussing decomposition, the process by which organisms break down waste material and dead plant and animal material into simpler substances, which can then be recycled back into the ecosystem to be used by other...
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The History and Recipe of Chutney
Chutney is a combination of spices and fruits that can be served fresh or pickled. It began around 500 B.C.E in India and spread to Europe during British colonization of the Indian subcontinent. Learn how to make one kind of chutney and...
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How Does a Refrigerator Work?
This video provides a clear and concise explanation of how a refrigerator works. It explains the process of evaporation and condensation of a refrigerant to maintain a cool temperature inside the fridge, preventing the growth of bacteria...
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The History and Recipe of Jam
Jam is a form of preserved, spreadable fruit that is usually sweetened. Jam may have originated in the Middle East and spread from there to Spain. Learn about the evolution of jam and try making stawberry jam!
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Thermographic image, CU of hands opening and eating bag of crisps, identical shots with info bar on DB 302
Thermographic image, CU of hands opening and eating bag of crisps, identical shots with info bar on DB 302
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Fish caught in Lake Malawi, on drying racks at Cape Maclear, Malawi, Africa.
Fish caught in Lake Malawi, on drying racks at Cape Maclear, Malawi, Africa.
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Fish drying racks drying a catch of small fish at Cape Maclear on the shores of Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa.
Fish drying racks drying a catch of small fish at Cape Maclear on the shores of Lake Malawi, Malawi, Africa.