what do you dehydrate?

[PT945]

I have dehydrated most vegetables except for tomatoes and potatoes,want to just havent yet.
Fruits of all kinds.
Ground beef, ground Turkey, spam, even fish.

[Echo2]

what is your process for dehydrating meats?....I've done jerky....after a heavy brine soaking.....how do you do the ground stuff?

[Skyowl's Wife]

I've done tomatoes, peaches, apples, green onions, onions, garlic, zucchini, summer squash, strawberries, cilantro, green beans, peas, mixed veggies, carrots, blueberries, celery, parsley, even did cucumbers with the intention of turning them into powder and using in soup. They never quite got dry enough to grind. Everything else went fine. We experimented with potatoes, red ones seemed to dry best, but that's not definitive, yet.

I've been canning my meat, since dehydrating requires you get rid of most of the fat and I want that fat for my soups.

[PT945]

what is your process for dehydrating meats?....I've done jerky....after a heavy brine soaking.....how do you do the ground stuff?

Brown the meat, rinse off the grease, cook off the water then put in the dehydrated. Tastes pretty good.

[PT945]

I've done tomatoes, peaches, apples, green onions, onions, garlic, zucchini, summer squash, strawberries, cilantro, green beans, peas, mixed veggies, carrots, blueberries, celery, parsley, even did cucumbers with the intention of turning them into powder and using in soup. They never quite got dry enough to grind. Everything else went fine. We experimented with potatoes, red ones seemed to dry best, but that's not definitive, yet.

I've been canning my meat, since dehydrating requires you get rid of most of the fat and I want that fat for my soups.

Canning is my next thing I'm going to tackle. Never tried it.

[Echo2]

I've done tomatoes, peaches, apples, green onions, onions, garlic, zucchini, summer squash, strawberries, cilantro, green beans, peas, mixed veggies, carrots, blueberries, celery, parsley, even did cucumbers with the intention of turning them into powder and using in soup. They never quite got dry enough to grind. Everything else went fine. We experimented with potatoes, red ones seemed to dry best, but that's not definitive, yet.

I've been canning my meat, since dehydrating requires you get rid of most of the fat and I want that fat for my soups.

Cucumbers we found that if you slice them uber thin on a madoline......then crank the heat up...they will dry complete.

The Mrs does most of the herb garden at the end of season.

[Skyowl's Wife]

We love it. I've canned corned beef, pork country style spareribs, bacon, ham hocks, and chicken.

Be sure and check out re-usable lids when you get into it. http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/

[Echo2]

Canning is my next thing I'm going to tackle. Never tried it.

Canning is awesome....the wife put up a ton of food last year....the garden went from a 15' x 15'the year before....to a 85' x 85' last year......veggies a plenty....we even got to harvest meat from the garden last fall....:)...pesky deer...

[Skyowl's Wife]

Cucumbers we found that if you slice them uber thin on a madoline......then crank the heat up...they will dry complete.

Will try that, thanks!

[Echo2]

We love it. I've canned corned beef, pork country style spareribs, bacon, ham hocks, and chicken.

Be sure and check out re-usable lids when you get into it. http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/

do you like the reuse lids?

[Skyowl's Wife]

For fruits/veggies, we've canned tomatoes, green beans, pumpkin, peaches, and apples.

I'm probably forgetting much - I don't have my inventory in front of me.

[Echo2]

For fruits/veggies, we've canned tomatoes, green beans, pumpkin, peaches, and apples.

I'm probably forgetting much - I don't have my inventory in front of me.

The Mrs did pumpkin too....question....Why?.....the keep indefinitly.....and we don't eat that much pumpkin....

[Skyowl's Wife]

We like pumpkin cooked and mashed with butter and salt and pepper, or sometimes some brown sugar in it. It's just a big squash. Good vitamins.

[PT945]

Now I know who to come to for canning tips. Thanks for the link on the lids

[ntwbn]

Dehydrate to store

This woman has an incredible set of videos on how to dehydrate just about everything and then how to cook with it once you are finished with it. Oops. I am not allowed to post urls yet because I have not posted enough yet. Anyway go to this website and you will see her videos.
dehydrate2store.com