Dry

Fruit

Making Fruit Leathers (FN1586) Fruit leathers are nutritious, high-energy snacks for children and adults. Fruit leathers are portable, making them convenient additions to school lunchboxes or backpacks when camping or hiking. Making fruit leather is a good way to use leftover canned fruit and slightly overripe fresh fruit.

Drying Fruits (FN1587) Making dried fruit can be a fun family activity with a tasty end product. Dried fruit is a portable snack and it also can be used in recipes. Proper and successful drying produces safe food with good flavor, texture and color. Whenever you preserve foods, choose the best-quality fruits and vegetables. As with other food preservation methods, drying does not improve food quality.

How to Make Raspberry Fruit Leather (1:13)

Meat

Jerky: A Native American-inspired snack we all can enjoy today (FN2266) Though there have been many forms of dried meat throughout history and across the globe, jerky as we are used to seeing it today, originates from the Native peoples of North and South America. In North America, Native Americans were often on the move and made use of large animals, such as buffalo, elk and deer. This publication provides step-by-step directions about how to create delicious jerky.

Vegetables

Drying Vegetables (FN1588) Drying is a long-standing, fairly easy method of food preservation. Whenever you preserve foods, choose the best-quality fruits and vegetables. As with other food preservation methods, drying does not improve food quality. Proper and successful drying produces safe food with good flavor, texture, color and nutritional properties.