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It is like candy @Terri9630 . I wasn't expecting that, but dang, I'm hooked.
Thank you. We like cabbage and I hadn't really thought about dehydrating it before. I might check at the store, but I have several sprouting so if they liveNope, no blanching. I've been doing alot of it this week because of the St Patrick's Day sale on it.
Also have been going through my older bins of dried beans, I think I have a dz large totes of vacuumed seals beans of all colors. Am soaking them, cooking them, and dehydrating them for "fast beans". Have done two days of great northern beans, am soaking 2 very large pots of kidney beans tonight for tomorrow. A good thing to get done when the garden is not growing and all that is on sale is cabbage.
I make kraut a couple times per year when I catch cabbage on sale. St. Patty's Day usually has good sales.We eat cole slaw and sauerkraut a whole lot and I like to grow it, too. But those awful cabbage bugs went nuts last year. I got one of those tennis racket looking bug zappers and had little granddaughter out in the garden swatting at the "white butterflies" last year. And then the rabbits came. Ended up with one large green cabbage and 4 large purple cabbages. They were good. At the moment I have 5 green and 4 red in the broken ice box in the milkhouse. They keep well.
I think you should try it and let us know the resultsI am thinking of dehydrating some of my squash since I have so many. Most folks just add the to soup, stews. I am wondering about dehydrating them well and grinding them as a flour if needed. It works with rice, oats, acorns (after leaching them), etc. Just don't want to use up all my jars canning squash. LOL Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Does the powdered squash store well?I make powder squash and zucchini for my daughter's smoothies. I also slice think and add spices and have a chip. This don't store well. Better to eat fast..
Would like to know how they turn out!!I put 20 lbs of potatoes into the dehydrators tonight. 10 lbs mashed for powder and 10 lbs cubed for soups and stews.
If I like the results, I will do another 30-50 lbs. Our four days of summer ended and went back to cool rainy spring.
Could mashing them better before drying help?Well the potatoes taste like mashed, but the texture sure messes with the brain and unless there is a way to powder them into dust, they will have to be hidden in something to use them.
I really think the answer is freeze drying to make the product into a full powder. It is amazing with the difference of methods. I know because I am fortunate to have both now.I put them through a ricer. They were nice, smooth and creamy. The problem is after drying. They are crunchy and I have not been able to figure out how to grind them into a consistently fine, dust like powder.
A similar problem occurs with eggs and ginger, but I am able to refine those with a pestle and mortar. Not so, with the dried potato. I have let them soak and tried reheating, hubby mixed the heck out of the sample and made paste.
Somehow, there has to be a way to grind them into pixie dust.
Something like this?I put them through a ricer. They were nice, smooth and creamy. The problem is after drying. They are crunchy and I have not been able to figure out how to grind them into a consistently fine, dust like powder.
A similar problem occurs with eggs and ginger, but I am able to refine those with a pestle and mortar. Not so, with the dried potato. I have let them soak and tried reheating, hubby mixed the heck out of the sample and made paste.
Somehow, there has to be a way to grind them into pixie dust.
This Lehman's brother blog describes making potato flakes and mentions the starch which could be the issue.Something like this?
Multifunction Smash Machine Grinder, Ultra Fine Dry Food Grinder, Electric High-Speed Kitchen Mill for Spice/Herb/Cereal/Beans/Pet Food. https://a.co/d/1RAjvca
Otherwise a ball mill grinder may be required.
Ben
I was going to ask how Clem cooked them before dehydrating!! So Clem, what did you do? LadyLocust, I'm on your tail, hijacking a thread---when are you starting the Christmas count down?????@ClemKadiddlehopper
Hope it's okay to post this here. A friend emailed instructions and I did a post. It's been so long, the pictures aren't loading on my screen, but you can read what she did and the differences. Might be helpful.
https://www.thelocustblossom.com/2015/01/marys-dehydrated-potatoes-from-scratch.html
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