dehydrating

[timmie]

got some cayenne pepper and tomato skins on the dehydrator tonight.

 

[timmie]

got collards on dehydrators tonight

 

[Amish Heart]

Just took off green onion, mushrooms, and zucchini rounds.

 

[WVDragonlady]

I have more frozen potatoes to do but haven't gotten to them yet

 

[Amish Heart]

I've got 15 lbs of carrots to peel, blanche and dehydrate. They take some time to get ready.

 

[Terri9630]

I've got potatoes cooling in the frig. I'm going to shread them for hash browns tomorrow so I can get them on the dehydrater.

 

[dademoss]

Making ground beef jerky, a nice fall/winter snack

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Got several trays of diced potatoes and three trays of bell peppers going in dehydrator now.
Still need to finish doing up hash browns, onions, carrots.
Hit several grocery stores hit produce aisles pretty hard.

 

[Amish Heart]

Emptied the dehydrator of carrots. Got 12 more pounds diced, but ran out of time to blanche. Will do in the morning and get those in. Then comes onions. I bought a 50 lb bag.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

If don't have son and grand daughter today.
Will be chopping up carrots for the dehydrator.
Yea Haw.
Getting my ingredients dehydrated for homemade versions of cup of soup.
Just need advice on how to make boullion cubes.
As I am new to the world of dehydrating. Or just out of practice.

 

[Amish Heart]

I made a bunch of dry vegetable bouillon just for that purpose, Mo.
The twins insisted I take them to Walmart last night so they could do some Christmas shopping. Granddaughter is making most of her gifts she's giving. I really dislike our Walmart. So, I had to not see what they were buying, so I cruised the grocery area. A lot of their prices are higher than our Kroger Store, but I did pick up 10 lbs of frozen veg (corn and peas) and got them put in the dehydrator. There's were $1 a lb. Krogers is $1 for 14 oz.

 

[Terri9630]

I've never done Mo it but Mrs V has.

 

[timmie]

got my dehydrator full of marshmallows. we were given 4 bags of the large square ones. daughter and i spent almost 1/2 of the day chopping them for hot cocoa.

 

[Amish Heart]

Thanks for the recipe, Terri. Our son dehydrated a bunch of rabbit bones with some meat on them, ground them, and used them for added nutrients to his dog's dog food. We dehydrate the mini marshmallows for hot cocoa often. Have a real big container of hot cocoa mix and marshmallows on the kitchen counter. The twins have a 3/4 mile walk to the bus stop in the morning and they leave at 6:20 a.m. so it's pretty cold. They always make some cocoa to bring with them in a travel mug.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Okay ladies and gentlemen,
I need some information.
How do you keep your potatoes from turning brown in the dehydrator?
Do you soak them in salt water? Lemon or Lime water?

 

[Terri9630]

Okay ladies and gentlemen,
I need some information.
How do you keep your potatoes from turning brown in the dehydrator?
Do you soak them in salt water? Lemon or Lime water?

Blanch them.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

I've never done Mo it but Mrs V has.

Thank you Terri630 for the information.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Blanch them.

That makes sense.
I must be really tired to not to have thought of that.
Thank you for the information.

 

[Terri9630]

Your more than welcome Mo.

 

[Amish Heart]

My favorite youtube of that is Deep south bama with Mr. Tom. Check that one out.
I have to empty the dehydrators of tomatoes and zucchini. Need to fill them with apples, have 10 lbs on the table. Also want to dehydrate and powder a lot of pumpkin puree.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Going to retry potatoes now that I've gotten some sleep and can semi think.
Only got about 25 pounds or so.
10 pounds was in one box from CSA.
Then I opened the other box there to my surprise was another 5 pounds.
Two weeks ago I had bought 5 pounds of potatoes.
Go figure.
But anyway thanks for the information, I appreciate it.

 

[Amish Heart]

Filled the dehydrator with pureed pumpkin

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Going to retry potatoes now that I've gotten some sleep and can semi think.
Only got about 25 pounds or so.
10 pounds was in one box from CSA.
Then I opened the other box there to my surprise was another 5 pounds.
Two weeks ago I had bought 5 pounds of potatoes.
Go figure.
But anyway thanks for the information, I appreciate it.

My potatoes are still turning brown.
So will go to plan B.
Lots of baked potatoes turned into stuffed twice baked potatoes.

 

[timmie]

got 7 trays of celery

 

[Amish Heart]

Mo, if you have freezer space, you can freeze mashed potatoes.

 

[Terri9630]

Did you slice them before blanching? Maybe there's some minerals in the water.. Sorry Mo. I can't think of anything else.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

I didn't know you could freeze mashed potatoes.
Well maybe I did. DUH! TV dinners .
I scrubbed the potatoes, rinsed, put in pot of boiling water, kept them there for a couple of minutes.
Pulled out of water, rinsed in cold water, let cool for a few minutes.
Then sliced.
Maybe I will try scrubbing the potatoes, rinse, slice, then blanch etc.
Or maybe I should get more than 4 hours sleep before I try again.

 

[Terri9630]

Get some rest. I always slice and rinse before blanching.

 

[Terri9630]

I went back and looked through my watched YouTube videos.

 

[LadyLocust]

I cooked up 3 huge spaghetti squash and now have them on the dehydrator. It's packed so will probably take a bit.