Dehydrated spinach today, pics

[CoM]

Our 8' x 4' spinach patch is about to bolt so we picked most of what was left. We picked about a laundry basket full and after blanching for 2 minutes ended up with just enough to fill 8 dehydrator trays with a little left over. I used one of those plastic sandwich boxes to hold the left over blanched spinach and will freeze it. It turns out that little box is about the same size as a store bought box of frozen spinach.

 

I have learned something today. It would take acres of fresh spinach to dry enough for a year and considering the time to germinate, plant, water, fertilize, pick, blanch, dehydrate & store...it would be better to eat the fresh spinach fresh and buy frozen spinach to dehydrate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Violet]

It looks good, but I guess it does take a lot to make much.

Thanks for your pictures and sharing your experience.