Mt_Rider Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hooray....I finally accomplished a task. Picked last of rhubarb and chopped it up. The dehydrator is humming away right now. I've tried freezing it but it gets lost in the depths and gets quite freezer-burned. So I'm trying this. Anyone dehydrate rhubarb? MtRider - rhubarb and gooseberries are the only two 'fruit' that will grow up here. Quote Link to comment
Virginia Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Never even eaten rhubarb here in the South. Lots of apples here, so the dehydrator is going now. Quote Link to comment
Andrea Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Wow, CGA, NICE score on the green beans! Sigh, I need to go dehydrate some more peaches. I'm so tired of slimy peach skins! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Hooray....I finally accomplished a task. Picked last of rhubarb and chopped it up. The dehydrator is humming away right now. I've tried freezing it but it gets lost in the depths and gets quite freezer-burned. So I'm trying this. Anyone dehydrate rhubarb? MtRider - rhubarb and gooseberries are the only two 'fruit' that will grow up here. Philbe has a motto ... if it grows in a garden and will hold still long enough, I'll "try" to dehydrate it! LOL Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Wow, CGA, NICE score on the green beans! Sigh, I need to go dehydrate some more peaches. I'm so tired of slimy peach skins! Hint: I don't put mine into hot water, and I peel them with my potato peeler. Quote Link to comment
Andrea Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 THANKS! I'm going to give this a try! Quote Link to comment
kappydell Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Dried salt fish. The fillets come out dry and light as Styrofoam. Weird, actually, but just because I'm not used to dealing with salt fish. Tonight I re-hydrate some to get some practice in that...Creamed Salt Fish over potatoes, or Fish patties? Quote Link to comment
out_of_the_ordinary Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Parsley from the garden. After dehydrating all those onions, it's nice to dehydrate something that doesn't add a strong odor to the house! Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Have any of you any thoughts on dehydrating herbs that have bolted? Nearly all of my herbs (lemon thyme, thyme, basil, 2 kinds of parsley & chives) have now bolted. I've pulled some leaves etc., and used them to cook with, but wondered about dehydrating them before they start to die back. Also, do any of you have any experience with any of them coming back volunteer if you "don't" pull them out & replant for the next year? Quote Link to comment
kappydell Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Perennials will come back easily, others tend to self-seed esp if you help them along. Yes, I have had many volunteers come up in the garden. Thyme is perennial if protected from my harsh winters, chives come back & spread like crazy. Parsley self seeds vigorously. Basil did not overwinter for me, too cold I think. Sage makes a pretty potted plant, but it spreads from the center outward, and needs to be divided to keep it alive after a year or two. Quote Link to comment
Canned Nerd Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hint: I don't put mine into hot water, and I peel them with my potato peeler. Try the serrated peeler for thin skins and it may cause you to giggle. Now my favorite gadget. Quote Link to comment
Leanna1017 Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 I am dehydrating celery this week. I have a large shallow plastic container that I am using to "root" the bottoms so I can plant them later. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I made four big batches of cooked rice to put in the dehydrator a couple of days ago. I tried to seal it in small Mylar bags and I couldn't get them to seal. Do Mylar bags not work with a Food Saver? So, I sealed it in quart size Food Saver bags. Today some of the bags lost their seal. I guess the rice poked a hole in the bag because I made two seals on the top of each bag. I want to seal it in small bags (4-5 cups) so I don't have to open a big bag and let it sit, and then store the smaller bags in a bucket. On to Plan C what ever that is. Quote Link to comment
Canned Nerd Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You might ruin your FoodSaver doing that. Most people seal their Mylar bags with a common Iron. I'm curious why you choose the small Mylar bags instead of FoodSaver Quart or Gallon bags. Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 You might ruin your FoodSaver doing that. Most people seal their Mylar bags with a common Iron. I'm curious why you choose the small Mylar bags instead of FoodSaver Quart or Gallon bags. I was trying to use Mylar because I already had a lot of big ones that I wasn't using. So I cut a few of them down to about quart size. Also I thought they would be stronger than the plastic Food Saver bags. The Food Saver bags sealed great...until this morning. I suppose I'll go ahead and use them with an Oxygen Absorber and an iron. I've done that before with the big bags. I THOUGHT the Food Saver would be quicker. Fill em, Seal em, Bucket em and Store em. I should know by now nothing is that easy around here. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Ground up 5 lbs of venison from last year and made jerky in the bbq. Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) I made four big batches of cooked rice to put in the dehydrator a couple of days ago. I tried to seal it in small Mylar bags and I couldn't get them to seal. Do Mylar bags not work with a Food Saver? So, I sealed it in quart size Food Saver bags. Today some of the bags lost their seal. I guess the rice poked a hole in the bag because I made two seals on the top of each bag. I want to seal it in small bags (4-5 cups) so I don't have to open a big bag and let it sit, and then store the smaller bags in a bucket. On to Plan C what ever that is. Jeepers...I bought some ankle socks from $Tree and put my minute rice in them, enough for us two, and tied them off with a hair band. Then vacuum sealed them in regular vacuum sealed bags, until they're hard as a brick. Then I put them into a food save 5 gallon bucket with a gasket seal lid. A little bit of work, but worth it! I think there's a picture of my "rice tubes" wandering somewhere around here...LOL All I need to do is add boiling water and let them sit. Edited October 5, 2013 by Philbe Quote Link to comment
The WE2's Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) Just in case we can't find them...here's pics of my "rice tubes". One shows a sock of minute rice vacuume sealed, and the other shows a few of them in the bottom of my bucket. We fill them all the way to the top. Again, all I need to do is dump a tube in a boiling pan of water, cover it, and wait for it to cook. I want to try putting some of the rice into water, putting it into my solar oven, and see what the result are. I know one can put the rice & boiling water in a wide mouthed thermos bottle & let it cook. Edited October 5, 2013 by Philbe Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Great idea Philbe! Thanks. I even like the shape of them. Off to do some sock buying tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Switched from drying apple slices to applesauce roll-ups. We enjoy fruit roll-ups and haven't made them since the Farm,. 11 years ago. Also did a few trays of green peppers and turnips. Quote Link to comment
Daylily Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Pears! Red sweet peppers are next in line or maybe apples. Probably both. Quote Link to comment
Canned Nerd Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Padron Peppers, Jalapenos, and Baby Portabella Mushrooms. The mushrooms were on sale at $1/box which I could not resist grabbing them all. Nice aroma in the house. Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Applesauce into fruit roll-ups. I don't have any fruit to mix with it so we're having dried applesauce for lunchbags this winter. Will start the apples tonight for dried apples. It's hard to schedule with working every day. Quote Link to comment
Annarchy Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Another 3 lbs of deer meat into jerky. Quote Link to comment
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