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huskerwater Full Member Offline Posts: 114 Location: Omaha Nebraska USA Joined: Jan 12^th, 2005	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #40 - Dec 1^st, 2005 at 4:38pm	Quote Print Post
	I've done some very limited experiments with dehydrating (brother got one for christmas, so I did some experiments with it....) Was wondering if you could dehydrate cooked white/brown/wild rice? Just wondering as some of these can take a long time to cook up, but might be very easy to rehydrate, and warm up... Just currious it it would be worth the time, or edible... thanks


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flpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 929 Location: Florida Joined: Jun 23^rd, 2003	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #41 - Dec 1^st, 2005 at 5:40pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: Was wondering if you could dehydrate cooked white/brown/wild rice? Just wondering as some of these can take a long time to cook up, but might be very easy to rehydrate, and warm up... IMHO It's not worth the time. To shorten cooking times for rice you can pre-soak them in water 1 to 2 hours before cooking ( 1 c. rice to 1 c. water). When your ready to cook the rice add 1 c. of water bring to a boil and remove from heat allow it to rest 10 mins. (don't remove the lid) stir and serve. flp


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Bannock Inukshuk Offline Posts: 656 Joined: Dec 6^th, 2002	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #42 - Dec 1^st, 2005 at 8:29pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: Was wondering if you could dehydrate cooked white/brown/wild rice? Just wondering as some of these can take a long time to cook up, but might be very easy to rehydrate, and warm up... Isn't it called Minute Rice?


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huskerwater Full Member Offline Posts: 114 Location: Omaha Nebraska USA Joined: Jan 12^th, 2005	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #43 - Dec 2^nd, 2005 at 12:57pm	Quote Print Post
	thanks for the tip on presoaking... as for minute rice, never tried it! Grew up using only real rice, and that is all I've ever used myself....


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monjon Senior Member Offline Posts: 342 Joined: Jan 29^th, 2004	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #44 - Dec 2^nd, 2005 at 6:06pm	Quote Print Post
	Minute rice-either white or brown- works in the BWCA just like at home. I often bring brown minute rice to go with a fish dinner.( Catching a fish is another story).


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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Food dryer tips Reply #45 - Dec 4^th, 2005 at 12:41am	Quote Print Post
	I have taken plastic screen door screen and cut it to fit several shelves of my dryer. When drying ground meat the screens keep the meat from dropping through. The screens lift off for easy washing with other dishes and last for years. To get small crumbly pieces off the dryer without dropping any pieces put the hole dryer shelf in a plastic garbage bag then turn it over and tap it. After empting several shelves this way the dried food can be pored out of the bag with no mess.


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asmjock Inukshuk Offline Posts: 641 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Joined: Jan 4^th, 2004	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #46 - Dec 5^th, 2005 at 12:20am	Quote Print Post
	For getting gooey stuff (like tomato paste or watermelon) off of the plastic liners used with dehydrators, throw the liners into the freezer for a while. The frozen stuff will crack off of the liner with relative ease. Some tough cases (crushed tomatoes) may need several freeze cycles. One warning , work fast to get the stuff into bags or containers as frost from the air quickly forms on the frozen stuff, partially rehydrating it. This has never been a real problem for me as I usually over dry stuff that would normally be gooey. -aj


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BrownTrout01 Inukshuk Offline Posts: 510 Location: Northern IL Joined: Feb 28^th, 2006	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #47 - Apr 8^th, 2006 at 4:16pm	Quote Print Post
	Here is a question for all of the backcountry chefs out there. For dehydrating ground turkey and ground beef... After cooking and rinsing, is it necessary to add salt for a cure when dehydrating both the turkey and ground beef? We just started experimenting with the dehydrator and wanted to try a few things out. Thanks, BT


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monjon Senior Member Offline Posts: 342 Joined: Jan 29^th, 2004	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #48 - Apr 8^th, 2006 at 4:51pm	Quote Print Post
	No, according to Cliff Jacobson in "Camping's Top Secrets". I have followed his receipe and it worked well. I think part of the trick is to rinse the cooked meat with boiling water-gets rid of the fat and grease.


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Paddlin_Mark Inukshuk Offline Posts: 197 Location: Marshfield Wisconsin Joined: Feb 6^th, 2006	Re: Dehydrator stories Reply #49 - Apr 8^th, 2006 at 5:00pm	Quote Print Post
	Quote: Here is a question for all of the backcountry chefs out there. For dehydrating ground turkey and ground beef... After cooking and rinsing, is it necessary to add salt for a cure when dehydrating both the turkey and ground beef? We just started experimenting with the dehydrator and wanted to try a few things out. Thanks, BT BT You do not need to add anything at all just rinse it with very hot to boiling water and package it up . We use a vacuum sealer. M and A


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