Prior to refrigeration, my grandparents preserved meals by the process of dehydration and hydration through the cooking process. Currently, my family continues to dehydrate meats; pork, fish as well as seeds and other fruits.
Dried Meat/Carne Seca is made of thin slices with sprinkled salt, hung up in the sun to dry, roasted over coal and beat turning it into machaca. I have brought cachaça with vegetables. It is cooked with onions, tomatoes, and chili. Beans and hand-made tortillas are typically included in this entrée. There are other ways to prepare this meat some are machaca with eggs, cachaça soup, burrito and machaça with vegetables along with a side of beans and tortillas.

STEP 1

Dry the Meat under the sun.

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STEP 2
Break it up into shred.

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My grandparents, parents, siblings, my children and husband are the most important people in my family. I lived with my grandparents as a young child during the time my
parents migrated to the United States. During that time my grandparents cared and gave me what they knew and had to offer that includes food. They also taught me the value of a good work ethic as all food was made from scratch and it was hard work to prepare a meal.

Final product Machaca with Vegetables

Picture by Nora @ El Sinaloense