dehydrating

[Dani]

Seems like all I'm drying right now are the peppers and southern beans, but at least my jars are getting full for the stockroom shelves. _ When grandbaby was here we picked out first watermelon of the season, but that went home with her when mom came to pick her up. It's ok, hunny had bought one for 4th of July that didn't get eaten and it got brought back home. I made my watermelon jelly out of it. The next one that gets picked will get made into watermelon butter. I found a recipe and itchen to try it out.

 

[Dani]

when i plant tomatoes next year i'm going to put a handful in each hole to give them extra potassium nourishment. i saw it on youtube and thought why not. this time i had an extra shelf. i hate running the dehydrator not full..

That is a good idea to use the peels. Normally I dig a deep hole, throw in some old hay, broken egg shells and Epson salt. A couple more things won't hurt . I saw a video where a guy put corn cobs down his hole to act like a sponge to keep them moist.

 

[timmie]

we have 3 dehydrators full of onions, should be coming off tonight. as soon as they come off we will fill them up again.

 

[Meerkat]

Not even sure it still works.

 

[Amish Heart]

Have more zucchini to shred and fill up the dehydrator with

 

[timmie]

got the dehydrators full of onions again.

 

[Tank-Girl]

I dehydrated two trays tomato slices for the first time!

They turned out AWESOME.
Those really horrible tasteless Kotlas tomatoes are really good dehydrated.
I used them because I would rather destroy produce that I was happy enough to
lose if they didn't turn out. The chickens would have eaten them.

I filled the rest of the trays with grated zucchini to make a full load.
I've decided I like grated dehydrated zucchini better than slices.

Next pension day I need to get another bulk bag of onions to dehydrate.

Best tool I found for processing a lot of produce without chewing electricity
is my adjustable madoline slicer.
I can adjust the thickness of the slices and it has two shred/ julienne size settings.
You really need to pay attention to what your doing or the tips of your fingers
get sliced off.
I always have to resist the urge to take that one last slice because it always ends badly.

 

[Amish Heart]

It ended badly for me once. I won't use a slicer anymore.

 

[lilmissy]

I did not read through all the posts u der dehydrating. Sorry if this was asked already. How long do you guys dry basil? It seems mine is taking forever. I put the leaf In dehydrater at 95 degrees.

 

[timmie]

i personally don't dry mine that way. i just hang mine to dry and then put it in mason jars. i just don't have the time to put it in dehydrator since i've got so much other stuff going in my dehydrators.

 

[Amish Heart]

I always air dry herbs, too. They don't need much.

 

[Dani]

Me three. . . Bunch together and hang upside down on my pot rack hanging in the kitchen till dry, then into mason jars. It doesn't take but a couple days doing it this way. I figure it's easy enough and doesn't require electricity this way along with it frees up my dehydrator for things that really need done that way. . . Like peppers and pumpkin that are coming in like crazy right now.

 

[timmie]

i think today we are going to dehydrate some potatoes. never done it before .

 

[Amish Heart]

Are you parboiling or soaking them in something first?

 

[timmie]

parboiling

 

[Tank-Girl]

2 trays of tomato slices and 4 trays of shredded zucchini dehydrated and put into food storage.

I'm totally in love with dehydrating tomatoes.

 

[timmie]

got 4 trays of okra dehydrating tonight.

 

[OldGrouch]

Best tool I found for processing a lot of produce without chewing electricity
is my adjustable madoline slicer.
I can adjust the thickness of the slices and it has two shred/ julienne size settings.
You really need to pay attention to what your doing or the tips of your fingers
get sliced off.
I always have to resist the urge to take that one last slice because it always ends badly.

I use a chunk of oak 1" x 3" about 8" long to push whatever I'm slicing across/through the mandolin....

--Dwight

 

[timmie]

dehydrator is full of okra and tomatoes

 

[timmie]

put okra,broccoli [out of freezer], and 1 tray of taters. they should be ready in a couple of hours. if they turn out right, i'm going to fill 3 deydrators.

 

[timmie]

i like the way taters turned out so i'm loading all 3 dehydrators. then hubby will bring in more okra this afternoon. okay , i have a new canning recipe i want to try.

 

[timmie]

just filled all 3 dehydrators again with taters. we have 2 more dishpans full until friday. then it's more onions and taters. all going on dehydrators.

 

[Amish Heart]

How are you doing the potatoes? Shred, rounds? Do you parboil or soak first? Mine come out ugly unless they're frozen hashbrowns to start

 

[timmie]

rounds. we are parboiling them. tomorrow before i get too far into dehydrating ,i'm going to rehydrate and see if we like them.

 

[Amish Heart]

Have you ever bought a box of scalloped potato, I think Betty Crocker puts them out? I've stockpiled those and repackaged them in mylar. It's just that my dehydrated potato rounds are not looking as good as those. Wonder what they do?

 

[Swing]

I tried some beef jerky dehydrating overnight in my AirFryer oven. I did marinate it in a ginger sauce before dehydrating. First taste test says I did it right.

 

[Terri9630]

Have you ever bought a box of scalloped potato, I think Betty Crocker puts them out? I've stockpiled those and repackaged them in mylar. It's just that my dehydrated potato rounds are not looking as good as those. Wonder what they do?

I think they fly it to their secret factory on the moon and spray them with a secret recipe. Wish I, or someone I know, could figure it out because my potatoes are never that pretty.

 

[timmie]

mine either, but they taste good. and besides there is some kind of preservative on betty crocker. mine taste good and no one will know by the time you get them in a casserole or whatever.

 

[timmie]

got 2 trays of okra and the rest with taters. tomorrow should finish the taters we have. . i guess we'll go back and see of she has anymore we can help with.

 

[timmie]

found a gallon of strawberries in the freezer.thawing out to go on dehydrator.