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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fallbackpuppet" data-source="post: 3949625" data-attributes="member: 38064">I have read about doing this stuff and the way the world is going we moved way out in the country and have begun to learn the practical side of the stuff we have read.  One of those things where I wanted to make sure I not only knew what the instructions said, but also had done them to verify they work and if they failed find a wat that would work. So we did and will do the garden much of the produce from it was canned.  We harvested the fruit from the trees on our land and canned them.  We got some pigs, goats, rabbits, chickens, turkeys, and ducks (not to mention the deer, squirrels, wild ducks, geese, and fish we harvest). we have a goal to be 90+% food independent by the end of the year, and intend to stay that way with or without main power.Anyway this was the simplest salting method I could find and it is really simpleIn a 5 gallon food grade bucket I layered about .5-1 inch of salt to 1-1.5 inches of boneless sliced pork up to about 5 inches from the top with the first and last layers being salt. Then I put a foil wrapped piece of plywood cut to fit with about 1/16th clearance around the edges of the bucket. Lastly I placed a 25# weight on top and sealed the bucket.</blockquote>