General Freeze Dried Food

[Rambo John J]

I am making some right now, 1st batch on the new machine

Bananas
Apples
Mandarin Orange Slices
Avocado Slices

Lady been talking about getting one for 5 years, now we have one.

Gonna be fun experimenting with stuff

We harvest hundreds of pounds of fruit each year so those will all be experimented with, and we also have backyard chickens so we will try eggs(cooked and uncooked)

The possibilities are endless...

 

[kvr28]

Which pump did you get, if oil make sure you are keeping up on the oil maintenance

 

[Rambo John J]

Which pump did you get, if oil make sure you are keeping up on the oil maintenance

Oil, and yes it will be maintained well.
I think they are all coming with the advanced pumps that use oil now.

Sounds like you have some experience with this type of thing.

 

[Fan_of_Fanboys]

harvest hundreds of pounds of fruit each year

I was just thinking how useless this must be for most people, then I read this. Makes a lot more sense

I feel like I remember you, or someone, asking about one of these a couple years ago

 

[Enock-O-Lypse Now!]

 

[Rambo John J]

I was just thinking how useless this must be for most people, then I read this. Makes a lot more sense

I feel like I remember you, or someone, asking about one of these a couple years ago

Yep, been talking about it for years.
Costco carried the small version and I am tired of talking about it so now we are doing the damn thing.

My lady needs projects at all times to remain sane, so this thing will get used often.

I guess it is good for cannabis as well so I will try that, can dry/cure buds in 2 days instead of 2 weeks.

 

[segfault]

Can't stand the texture of anything freeze-dried. Like munching on chalk. But a way to store something that you're going to later reconstitute, looks handy. All the prepper hoes on Youtube are showing them off.

 

[Rambo John J]

Can't stand the texture of anything freeze-dried. Like munching on chalk. But a way to store something that you're going to later reconstitute, looks handy. All the prepper hoes on Youtube are showing them off.

I actually love how some stuff tastes and the texture. Strawberries are amazing.

Some stuff does need to reconstitute or it just ain't right.

 

[NiteProwleR]

Yep, been talking about it for years.
Costco carried the small version and I am tired of talking about it so now we are doing the damn thing.

My lady needs projects at all times to remain sane, so this thing will get used often.

I guess it is good for cannabis as well so I will try that, can dry/cure buds in 2 days instead of 2 weeks.

No wonder you go full rage on good ol country boy Shurrifs.

They drew first hit.

 

[NiteProwleR]

I actually love how some stuff tastes and the texture. Strawberries are amazing.

Some stuff does need to reconstitute or it just ain't right.

Peppers 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶

 

[Rambo John J]

Peppers 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶 🌶

That would be nice
I usually grow 30 plants or so 10 jalapeño and then various other spicy and sweet peppers that we like to cook with.

 

[MountainMedic]

Which pump did you get, if oil make sure you are keeping up on the oil maintenance

That might be the most old man thing you've ever said.

 

[MountainMedic]

I was just thinking how useless this must be for most people

I'm waiting for the prices to come down as these become more common.
I am a goddam wizard with my yardsale RonCo dehydrator. I can't wait for my craigslist freezedryer.

 

[MountainMedic]

That would be nice
I usually grow 30 plants or so 10 jalapeño and then various other spicy and sweet peppers that we like to cook with.

How do you "store"?
Can or dry hanging in a corner?

 

[Rambo John J]

How do you "store"?
Can or dry hanging in a corner?

Much goes into salsa(grilled salsa and fresh salsa), which is canned.
Lot of peppers gets fire roasted on the grill then dehydrated and put in a Jar or a vacuum pack bag.
We cut a lot of jalapeños and sweet peppers fresh into diced size and freeze them in bags to throw into stuff.

Can't really hang things in the corner here unless you control the environment with dehumidifier/heater, I am 50 miles from the Pacific so that wet air rolls inland each night then retreats during the day most mornings in fall(big humidity swings each day). Peppers do love the summer here though, yield can be overwhelming.

Dehydrated peppers sounds interesting, I've never had any.

 

[MountainMedic]

What I've seen people do is just literally needle and thread through the stalk stubs and hang em in a shady windy corner, then hang em in the kitchen as wall art/consumables lol.

I usually make way too much canned salsa with all of it, lol. I'm trying to think of other ways and also just canning tomatoes and peppers separately this year instead of making a whole production out of it.
Thinking about my garden this spring and what I want to do...

 

[MountainMedic]

Dehydrated peppers sounds interesting, I've never had any.

Totally works! Back when I was a guide I got so sick of the food when we were in the field (issues out of the medium secure juvenile detention center kitchen) that I went nuts and tried pretty much anything I could think of in my dehydrator and then got a budget for different week meal plans.

Peppers and onions are super easy and come back well. Or you can grind em up after and have some nice additions to the spice cabinet.

 

[Rambo John J]

What I've seen people do is just literally needle and thread through the stalk stubs and hang em in a shady windy corner, then hang em in the kitchen as wall art/consumables lol.

I usually make way too much canned salsa with all of it, lol. I'm trying to think of other ways and also just canning tomatoes and peppers separately this year instead of making a whole production out of it.
Thinking about my garden this spring and what I want to do...

We do end up gifting a good amount of the salsa

I'm also looking forward to the spring and summer growing season

 

[NiteProwleR]

Totally works! Back when I was a guide I got so sick of the food when we were in the field (issues out of the medium secure juvenile detention center kitchen) that I went nuts and tried pretty much anything I could think of in my deh
ydrator and then got a budget for different week meal plans.

Peppers and onions are super easy and come back well. Or you can grind em up after and have some nice additions to the spice cabinet.

I was wondering if you could make your own seasonings this way.

 

[Rambo John J]

I was wondering if you could make your own seasonings this way.

Yep
I think it is in part of lots of spice makers process

 

[MountainMedic]

I was wondering if you could make your own seasonings this way.

Absolutely.
You can sun dry or dehydrate in the oven. Then you just need a cheap Amazon coffee grinder.

 

[MountainMedic]

Most of this can be done outside, so it'll feel comfortable for you mijo.