Dehydration of Foodstuffs.

[gtrip]

looks like your really into dehydrating, ive not been using mine enough....simply lazy

ive used mine for camping meals so all i need to do is add boiling water to the meal.

 

now broccoli is back inseason ill be getting back into it again....

looking at 6 tins of 4bean mix to blend up and make a bark mix for meals.

 

never deyhydrate onions....thanx for your tips ;-)

[SydVaper81]

Well yeah I quite like it. Mainly just because of the trial and error experience. It's very interesting to me to see what works, what doesn't, check out combinations and the like.  

 

Why no onions, does the machine retain the smell or does it just stink out the house?

...cos yeah I'd really thought about making onion/garlic flakes...I don't mind if the house smells, just don't want it clinging to any smells/flavours in the machine.

 

So beans - that work for the kind've camping food you're talking about?

[dING2]

Made a solar dehydrator couple years back

 

During the summer dry tomatoes onions cabbage

 

Cauliflower swede ect ect and use em

 

During the winter for soups n stews ect

 

Tis all good stuff have dried most fruits

 

And lotsa different veggies

 

Dried a lot of grapes last year and

 

Turned em into sultanas

Edited June 6, 2013 by dING2

[SydVaper81]

So like, a sunbox kind've thing?

I've heard of some pretty good jerky being made in those. 

I just did a bunch more apples and pineapples, they're almost read now. Place smells great. 

 

If you like dehydrating though, you should really look into buying one of the electrical ones, they're relatively

low in terms of power consumption and it's just awesome to be able to use it whenever you want.

[dING2]

N ah electric is crap

 

Solar much better and quicker at

 

Times does not cost bugger all

 

And you can do twice as much at a time

 

Not a real good picture but gives ya the idea

 

We dry heaps of stuff all summer

 

And eat it all winter tis good for Jerky also

 

Made one lot to try it out

[SydVaper81]

Well, I mean I'm sure electric is not ideal as per the natural method...but, like personally I go with the benefit of just doing it whenever I like. 

I see validity to both though, each to their own. I don't doubt that on a good day it'd likely be faster...but then, there are some really commercial units that look like they could do amazing stuff. 

Looks like a nice unit though. I'm in an apartment so it's kind've a no-go for space here. 

[dING2]

But I am a bit o a gardening freak

 

I like to know what I am eating

 

And where it comes from

 

So mostly grow my own

 

But thats not something that

 

I am on my own with on this site

 

So we eat fresh in season

 

And dried out of season

[dING2]

Bugga ------------ try again

[Cacafogo]

Nice effort