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Ancient_Angler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 353 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2006	dried foods Jan 13^th, 2007 at 1:52pm	Quote Print Post
	Anybody prepare their own dried food? Entrees in particular. I'm thinking about it. Tips, warnings...all appreciated. Tim


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Paddlin_Mark Inukshuk Offline Posts: 197 Location: Marshfield Wisconsin Joined: Feb 6^th, 2006	Re: dried foods Reply #1 - Jan 13^th, 2007 at 2:26pm	Quote Print Post
	Tim You should look through the "Whats Cooking" section. There has been a lot written there! I will send you a PM later tonight or tomorrow. I have to go work today so I do not have time now. Amy and I dry all entrees and take no boughten food for dinners. Watch your P.M. I will tell you about somethings we do when I get home tonight or tomorrow. Mark


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pjg6161 New Member Offline Posts: 7 Joined: Dec 26^th, 2004	Re: dried foods Reply #2 - Jan 13^th, 2007 at 10:17pm	Quote Print Post
	Hello Mark, I would also be interested in your recipes and suggestions/tips for dehydrating meals. One of our favorites is mexican meat for tacos or however else you want to use it. I use Chi-Chi's Restaurante seasoning packets, cooked ground meat, and canned diced tomatoes with chiles for the moisture (instead of water). Experiment with amounts to suit your taste. Cook. For deydrating, I add an extra amount of diced tomato, drained. Dehydrate on solid trays. Rehydrates best if you can add hot water and let sit before you have to cook it. Thank-you, Paula


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azalea Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1084 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 13^th, 2004	Re: dried foods Reply #3 - Jan 14^th, 2007 at 3:34pm	Quote Print Post
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dunnd1 Full Member Offline Posts: 124 Joined: Aug 1^st, 2005	Re: dried foods Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2007 at 8:55pm	Quote Print Post
	Ancient_Angler wrote on Jan 13^th, 2007 at 1:52pm: Anybody prepare their own dried food? Entrees in particular. I'm thinking about it. Tips, warnings...all appreciated. Tim Yes, I have done tried to pre-my own dehydrated meals. I am good with my fruit. Apples, nectories, strawberries. I have tried watermellon, it is ok at best and very sticky. Banannas are not that great. hamburger is easy enough baccon is easy chicken wasn't that bad. My biggest hint i can give is for you to test our whatever you dehydrate at home. I tried spagetti sause, it didn't work. I am SOOOO happy I figured this out at home. I have tried a few other items that didn't work, but they slip my mind right now.


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asmjock Inukshuk Offline Posts: 641 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Joined: Jan 4^th, 2004	Re: dried foods Reply #5 - Mar 26^th, 2007 at 11:20pm	Quote Print Post
	dunnd1 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2007 at 8:55pm: I have tried watermelon, it is ok at best and very sticky. You should seriously consider cutting it thinner and/or drying it longer (or avoid it altogether). "Dehydrated" food that is still moist enough to be "very sticky" can be dangerous if not kept cool. Other foods that are high in fat, like bacon, can also be dangerous if not kept cool, even after being "dehydrated" - it doesn't work on fat. -aj


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dunnd1 Full Member Offline Posts: 124 Joined: Aug 1^st, 2005	Re: dried foods Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2007 at 2:47pm	Quote Print Post
	asmjock wrote on Mar 26^th, 2007 at 11:20pm: "Dehydrated" food that is still moist enough to be "very sticky" can be dangerous if not kept cool. -aj First, I over dehydrate. Because of my schedule I have been known to leave stuff in the dehydrator for days at a time. It just continues to dry and continues to dry. So, I would normally agree, but watermellon is different. It ends up with a cotton candy texture. The moisture in your hands makes it sticky. Or maybe it is just sticky. It kind of reminds me of corn surup. Corn surup is sticking and you can't dry it. It is also so sweet that bacteria will not grow in it.


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asmjock Inukshuk Offline Posts: 641 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Joined: Jan 4^th, 2004	Re: dried foods Reply #7 - Mar 27^th, 2007 at 11:10pm	Quote Print Post
	Some foods like cherries, pineapple, and watermelon will "case harden" early on in the drying process if you start at too high a temperature. After that it is very difficult to get them properly dried for room temperature storage. Maybe that's the problem. I use relatively low temperatures for drying most fruits and some vegetables and only crank it up for meats. I also just leave it go for an extra day, when I don't have time to unload. I found out the hard way that split cherries aren't going to get any better after two days if you start out to hot. Since I lowered my temperature, I can make raisin-like cherries. I've had gooey batches of watermelon in the past, mostly because I cut it too thick. I now cut in thinner and get it dry enough to crack instead of bend. Still has some stickiness, but not enough to "mind meld" the pieces in storage. I agree that it and similar dried food (tomato paste and other dried tomato stuff comes to mind) can start to rehydrate from the air when the package is opened and get nasty. Using more and smaller packages helps quite a bit when there is a lot to deal with and the package will be opened and closed many times. There is hope... -aj
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dunnd1 Full Member Offline Posts: 124 Joined: Aug 1^st, 2005	Re: dried foods Reply #8 - Mar 28^th, 2007 at 5:08pm	Quote Print Post
	Just a reccomendation for anyone starting dehydrating. Get "Mary Bell's Complete dehydrator cookbook"


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Ancient_Angler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 353 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2006	Re: dried foods Reply #9 - Mar 29^th, 2007 at 12:24am	Quote Print Post
	I know I started this thread. And, with the help of many of you, I'm doing pretty well. Some disasters. But the pea soup I made my wife said was better than what she did without drying it! I'm not going to have a problem with watermelon. I don't like watermelon off the back of the truck! Probably will get me lots of nasty comments -- but won't be the first time I got them. And to those who have helped me, both on the site and in personal messages, thanks. Tim


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