Storing Food Without Refrigeration (print or PDF)

Name: Storing Food Without Refrigeration
Brand: The Boat Galley
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Confidently store fresh food and create great meals without refrigeration

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Storing Food Without Refrigeration is an essential guide for adventurers seeking to enjoy fresh, flavorful meals without relying on refrigeration. Whether you're boating, RVing, camping, or living off-grid, this book provides practical methods for storing and preparing a wide variety of foods, including fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy.

Drawing from traditional practices used before the advent of modern refrigeration, the guide offers innovative techniques that have been tested and refined over decades. You'll learn how to make the most of fresh ingredients and canned foods, with over 60 main dish ideas, plenty of recipes, and a four-day sample meal plan to inspire your culinary adventures.

Key Features:

Comprehensive Food Storage Techniques: Detailed methods for storing meats, seafood, fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and condiments without refrigeration.
Dairy Alternatives: Instructions on making sour cream, yogurt, and ricotta cheese using non-refrigerated ingredients.
Canned Meat Cooking Tips: Strategies to preserve flavor and texture when cooking with canned meats.
Cooler Setup Advice: Tips for organizing a cooler to prevent waterlogged food.
Meal Planning Assistance: Guidance on selecting foods that last longer without refrigeration and planning meals accordingly.

Embark on your next adventure with the confidence to prepare and enjoy delicious meals, all without the need for refrigeration.

The Author, Carolyn Shearlock

Carolyn Shearlock, a lifelong adventurer and cruiser, brings real-world expertise to Storing Food Without Refrigeration. These practical, proven methods have been developed and refined over years of hands-on experience in challenging conditions.

The food storage techniques in this book aren’t something Carolyn tested for a few days or in an air-conditioned kitchen. She’s honed them through a lifetime of adventures: tent camping for four months without even a cooler (twice!), week-long canoe trips, nine weeks camping in Africa, ten weeks traveling across the western U.S. (with a cooler that time!), and close to a hundred shorter trips.

Additionally, she lived aboard a sailboat for 17 years with such a tiny refrigerator that most of her family’s food had to be stored outside it.

In short, Carolyn knows what works—and the little tips that make the difference between success and failure.

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Print Version: 171 pages, designed and printed in the USA.
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Meet The Boat Galley Team

At The Boat Galley, we’re all cruisers. We know the joys—and the challenges—of boat life. The steep learning curve, costly mistakes, and hours spent searching for answers can be overwhelming. We’ve been there. That’s why we’ve created practical tools, trusted resources, and real-world guides to help you skip the frustrations and focus on enjoying your cruising life.

Carolyn Shearlock

Founder of The Boat Galley
17 years liveaboard cruiser
US, Mexico, Bahamas, Central America, Virgin Islands, Turkey
Cruisers University instructor

Larry Webber

Cruising Guide creator
6 years living aboard and cruising
US East Coast from Florida Keys to Maine and Bahamas
Ex-Air Force; singlehander

Nica Waters

Provisioning guru; podcaster
On & off living aboard since 1992
Atlantic crossing; US, Caribbean, and Bahamas
Years of cruising with kids

John Herlig

VHF pro and frugal cruiser
Cruiser and delivery captain
US East Coast, Bahamas, Haiti, and Caribbean
Cruisers University instructor

Pamela Douglas: Creator of the Cruising With Your Dog course, 7 years cruising the US East Coast and ICW with her dog, Honey.

Pamela Douglas (& Honey)

Creator of Cruising With Your Dog
7 years cruising with Honey
US East Coast and ICW
Part of the Go Pet Friendly team
15+ years writing about dogs

Julie Tijerina

Graphics designer
8 years living aboard
US East Coast to SE Caribbean
Design and layout for all printed products

Katherine González

Social media coordinator
Pacific Ocean: Seattle, WA to New Zealand, incl. French Polynesia
Complete newbie to sailing prior to her 11,000 nm voyage

Kimberly Ward

Boatshow booth "mom"
Sabbatical and part-year cruiser
US, Bahamas, Caribbean
Family cruising New England to southern Caribbean

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Get the hard copy!

Lots great information. Very difficult to read as I accidentally bought the pdf vs paperback

It will be put to good use. I got the cookbook in paperback!

Storing Food Without Refrigeration

The information was good. however, I had done a ton of research before reading this book, and was hoping to get some hidden gems, that I didn't already know about. This is a great starter if you plan to live off grid.

Good book for landlubbers also

Landlubber wannabe boaters like me are learning that all this electronic stuff in our lives won't do us much good if the electricity stops or a few electrons start cheating in all those computerized controls around us. I tend to throw away a lot of lettuce so following your tips about cabbage I bought some cold slaw at the market yesterday and will see what a BCT (bacon, lettuce and cabbage) sandwich tastes like. BTW, camp toast (bread buttered both sides and browned in the griddle) should make it a "killer" sandwich. Ha,Ha.
Ed Weldon

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