Comments on: Long Term Storage http://livingprimitively.com/2007/10/long-term-storage/ We are a group of people who are passionate about the old skills of living in and with nature. We don´t live in the same area, but instead work in different environments and have different approaches to what we do. With this site we´d like to share our passion with the larger world and connect with like minded people. Posting might be infrequent, because our lifestyle doesn´t involve internet access at all times. Sun, 20 May 2012 21:47:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://livingprimitively.com/2007/10/long-term-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-396 admin Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:13:45 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=261#comment-396 Great Sam! Thanks! Great Sam! Thanks!

]]> By: Sam_acw http://livingprimitively.com/2007/10/long-term-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Sam_acw Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:58:14 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=261#comment-395 I think the clay is intended to go around fresh food to keep it cold and protected for a while. The rawhide containers are similar to those used by the Native Americans see wikipedia here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parfleche For the stones there is a layer on the ground then the food is placed then there is a pyramid of stones built over the food. After this water is poured over the stones so it will freeze them together. This way it will keep food safe as long as the weather is cold. For underground storage look at http://waltonfeed.com/old/cellars.html I think the clay is intended to go around fresh food to keep it cold and protected for a while.
The rawhide containers are similar to those used by the Native Americans see wikipedia here- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parfleche
For the stones there is a layer on the ground then the food is placed then there is a pyramid of stones built over the food. After this water is poured over the stones so it will freeze them together. This way it will keep food safe as long as the weather is cold.
For underground storage look at http://waltonfeed.com/old/cellars.html

]]> By: admin http://livingprimitively.com/2007/10/long-term-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-393 admin Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:48:25 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=261#comment-393 Thanks for your input guys! Regarding the storage under ground I don't know anything about it. Except that you can do it with grain. There are several other methods worth investigation though. You can supposedly sink meat under the ice in winter to store it. You can ask though... Why not just freeze it? Also, an ancient Norwegian method called "graving", formerly involved burying the fish in a bog to make it preserve and get a rather pungent taste. Another way of getting such taste is the Nunamiut's method of short term storing fish. They just hung them up, intestines and all for a few weeks. Don't try these without further investigation though. I for one, am not going to. Sam I'm a little uncertain of what you mean: - The clay wrappings, was the food dried first? - Rawhide "parfleche", what is that? - What do you mean with stones and the water? Where does the food come in? Regards Torjus Thanks for your input guys!

Regarding the storage under ground I don’t know anything about it. Except that you can do it with grain. There are several other methods worth investigation though. You can supposedly sink meat under the ice in winter to store it. You can ask though… Why not just freeze it?

Also, an ancient Norwegian method called “graving”, formerly involved burying the fish in a bog to make it preserve and get a rather pungent taste. Another way of getting such taste is the Nunamiut’s method of short term storing fish. They just hung them up, intestines and all for a few weeks. Don’t try these without further investigation though. I for one, am not going to.

Sam

I’m a little uncertain of what you mean:
- The clay wrappings, was the food dried first?
- Rawhide “parfleche”, what is that?
- What do you mean with stones and the water? Where does the food come in?

Regards
Torjus

]]> By: Sam_acw http://livingprimitively.com/2007/10/long-term-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Sam_acw Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:35:26 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=261#comment-390 A couple more ideas: -Food could be wrapped in clay and then dried -Rawhide "parfleche" containers could be used -You could use stones in winter and pour water over them so they freeze together I remember a couple of these ideas from Auel's Earth's Children series. I know it is fiction but they are a good primitive read! A couple more ideas:
-Food could be wrapped in clay and then dried
-Rawhide “parfleche” containers could be used
-You could use stones in winter and pour water over them so they freeze together

I remember a couple of these ideas from Auel’s Earth’s Children series. I know it is fiction but they are a good primitive read!

]]> By: Marc http://livingprimitively.com/2007/10/long-term-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Marc Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:50:10 +0000 http://livingprimitively.com/?p=261#comment-389 Thanks for this topic Torjus, very important now the second question offcourse will be how to built a raised cache with airtight containers!!! What about burrial of food underground in containers? I remember somewhere some notice on how food was burried underground for storage. very helpfull mate! Marc Thanks for this topic Torjus, very important
now the second question offcourse will be how to built a raised cache
with airtight containers!!!
What about burrial of food underground in containers? I remember somewhere some notice on how food was burried underground for storage.

very helpfull mate!

Marc

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