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Simple Secrets of Food Dehydration
The Survival Mom ^
| June 18th, 2009
| ChocChipCookie
Posted on 06/20/2009 5:23:10 PM PDT by appleseed
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To: PatriotGirl827
You will laugh. Mine is 25 years old. Basically a dehydrator is just a machine to blow warm air. Just make sure you get one that you can clean the trays easily and do one tray or 6 at a time. If you have a Walmart I would go there. The woke is in the prep. Make sure the stuff it dry.
I would spend a little more money and get a vacuum sealer. I love that thing. I use it to vacuum seal just about everything. I have the plastic jars with it and can vacuum marinade meat and poultry too. I will flash freeze fruit on a tray in the freezer and then vacuum seal it. When you dehydrate stuff you can vacuum seal it and it will keep for ever. It stores nice too.
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posted on
06/21/2009 6:29:02 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: appleseed
After posting I reread this article. MOTHER EARTH NEWS. OMG. I remember that mag in the 70s. Great articles. But I never wanted to go back to the land. LOL I did however want to build one of those Russian fireplaces though. Thanks for the post. Dehydration is one of those “work a little wait a lot” types of jobs like making beer or wine. I like that. I have a way to make coconut that will knock you socks off.
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posted on
06/21/2009 6:33:07 AM PDT
by
70th Division
(I love my country but fear my government!)
To: Big Giant Head; Big Giant Air Head
Dehydrating ping! I never thought about drying ‘shrooms before, but it makes sense. They are very expensive dried. Next $.99 sale, I’m doing this!
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posted on
06/21/2009 6:49:02 AM PDT
by
Marie Antoinette
(Proud Clinton-hater since 1998.)
To: PatriotGirl827
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posted on
06/21/2009 7:45:31 AM PDT
by
whd23
To: toomanygrasshoppers
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posted on
06/21/2009 7:58:51 AM PDT
by
FrogHawk
(watchforlowflyingfrogs)
To: alicewonders
My daughter has a very large plastic one she bought on line. It has a hose and valve, and she uses it to water her plants.
To: whd23; 70th Division
Thank you for the suggestions! I just tried canning for the first time ever, and I am really enjoying it.
I have a very large Mango tree in my yard that produced about 350 Mangos this season. So we have made Mango jam, Mango salsa, and Mango chutney. Now I am going to try dehrydating them.
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:13:54 AM PDT
by
PatriotGirl827
(Pray for the United States of America!)
To: appleseed
I always keep a couple cans of dehydrated water in the pantry just in case.
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posted on
06/21/2009 10:15:51 AM PDT
by
mysterio
To: mysterio
As long as it’s not hydrogen hydroxide. ;)
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posted on
06/27/2009 8:41:39 PM PDT
by
Professional Engineer
(Yo ho ho and a thousand trucks, Gonna take a bath with a Rubber Duck...)
To: appleseed
saved for later, thanks all.
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posted on
06/27/2009 9:08:20 PM PDT
by
annieokie
(i)
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