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31511 said:
In the interest of decreasing reliance on outside goods, have you ever tried the old fashioned parafin wax method? I think the wax is reusable, but othere than that I dont know much about it.

could, I would probably boil off the parafin to skim and separate any left over food particles, the usda looks down on it due to safety reasons, but I know plenty of people that pack their salt pork in lard for the winter, same principle, your just using the lard to keep the air out, I think I made a thread about preserving pork chops in lard, let me see if I can find it