How do I store dairy and meat with out a refrigerator?
Question by Shanna: How do I store dairy and meat with out a refrigerator?
I lived in the woods once and had a super insulated 5 day cooler. I made blocks of ice at the farm and set them under a rigged shelf made of cooling racks. Worked okay. Like an icebox I suppose.
Other methods especially ones that do not require procurring ice? What is a safe temperature for meat and dairy? I know a bit about root cellars. Is there any way I could store fresh goat’s milk in here? Did people ever used to submerge stuff in wells?
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7 Responses to How do I store dairy and meat with out a refrigerator?
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I store them in my mouth like a gerbal
Mr. Stupid
January 3, 2013 at 4:45 pm
u can salt the meat and hang it, let bugs eat the outside and then wehn u go to eat it, shave off a good part of the outside and cook
i dont know bout dairy
Kevin F
January 3, 2013 at 5:13 pm
They used to use wells to keep things cool. The main thing for dairy products like milk and cheese is to keep them between 35 F and 40 F and the same thing goes for meats that are thawed out or fresh and waiting to be used. Meat should be used within a day or two max. If a well is that temperature then it will work for you. Keeping things frozen without ice is nearly impossible with out modern refrigeration.
Hebrew Scared
January 3, 2013 at 5:39 pm
store the dairy as cheese. put in a cool, dark place, with a parafin shell. you can store meet by salting and smoking it. it will last for a long time
sailors of years past, used to have salted pork in barrels. also, cheese rounds.
if you go to europe, to a country such as spain, you will see legs of lamb and pork hanging from the rafters. you will see cheese rounds on the shelves. they last for years.
ray z
January 3, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Try an ice chest. Yes they did.
gulfbreeze8
January 3, 2013 at 6:07 pm
you either cut them into long strips and dry them outside -then fry them with oil –and you can have them for a month
or
store them in honey –honey cooks meat without fire!
Rafik
January 3, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Salted and/or cured meats will keep until they get mouldy….quite a long time. Fresh meat should be eated fresh, or cooked will keep for another day or two. Butter can be kept in a bowl overturned in a second larger bowl 1/2 full with water…..keeps out air and keeps butter cool. You can store underground, or make a small earthen cooler by lining a pit and recovering wrapped items with sod. I have read somewhere about keeping bottled milk cool down a well, can’t recall where I read it now. I would imagine if you stored it watertight, you could put just about anything down a well, as long as you had a drawline for it. When we are in the woods at our cabin, we frequently use the stream as a beer and watermelon cooler, groundwater temperature usually averages about 50 degrees, so that is a possibility also if you have a shaded flowing area.
If you are venturing away, take as much as possible in a frozen state, and it will help keep the other items cool as well, especially if you can bury them.
Amy 911
January 3, 2013 at 6:58 pm