Freeze Drying More Sliced Peaches - Batch 639 - Sliced using a Spam Slicer
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Batch 639 - Freeze drying another batch of peaches in a series of peach batches.
In this video I touch on using a Spam slicer to slice the peaches, checking the heat sealer for function, and the rack/bin storage area.
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Before buying a freeze dryer, perhaps research to find out more about the downside of the machine; some people have problems with their machine and it's big and heavy and hard to return!
When trying to decide what to freeze dry you can start by asking why.
Start by asking yourself this question. Why are you freeze drying food? Knowing this should help you decide what you should freeze dry first.
I'm freeze drying because:
Just to freeze dry leftovers?
You want to make your own food for camping/backpacking?
For if/when the SHTF?
For a short term emergency?
You have your own garden and want to freeze dry the food?
You love Costco but don't have a family of 6?
You are good at finding the food sales but only have 1 freezer?
When you cook homemade chili just for yourself you make 10 gallons? Because you have 3 full freezers and are worried about power outages?
If I knew then what I know now, I would have freeze dried things in a different order. Or maybe not, because I started freeze drying because we had 3 full freezers, I was thinking of getting another one, and I decided I should buy a walk-in freezer instead. I started looking into walk-ins and realized they were expensive to buy (even used ones) AND expensive to own and operate. Then I found out Harvest Right was making home sized freeze dryers. One of my first thoughts was "I like Mountain House!" I have used their food for backpacking almost 45 years and we even kept some in our travel trailer, for just in case.
Freeze dried food will stay fresh for many years and be ready and waiting when you need it.
We do videos showing how we are using our Harvest Right Freeze Dryer to freeze dry food for long term storage. (We have the medium size machine that we got in August of 2017) We talk about how to load and unload the freeze dryer, how to know if the food is dry, is it better to freeze dry raw food or cooked food, and do a few taste tests. Freeze dried food is also great for prepping or just for camping and snacking!
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Before buying a freeze dryer perhaps research to find out more about the downside of the machine; like with any big machine, some people say they have had problems with their machine and it's big and heavy and hard to return!
Here is the list of Freeze dryers I've heard of: (If anyone knows of any others, please add to the list) (as of July 23rd 2023)
harvestright.com/ (only one I've used) All the others might be great, I've just never tried them.
p4lfood.com/ "The Cube" Same machine as the 4Patriots one? (Facebook page only a few months old?)
4patriots.com/products/4patriots-home-freeze-drying-system - Maybe built by Prep4 Life?
stayfreshfreezedry.com/ - One person start-up import business? (Judging by the corporation papers listing a home as the Registered Address)
www.cuddonfreezedry.com/products/ - Big - Probably not really a home unit. At least 20 times bigger than medium HR
wmmachinery.com/products/freeze-dryer-for-home-use - Lower priced. Shipped direct from China?
www.labrotovap.com/portfolio-item/large-home-freeze-dryer-lyophilizer-for-sale/ - Knockoff? Even used some of Harvest Right web page photos.
www.usalab.com/freeze-dryers/ - Two models? Do they make or rebrand.
freezedryco.com/equipment/food-cannabis/ Freeze Dry Company - more commercial
www.hudsonvalleylyomac.com/stratus-mp3-series-floor-model.html Hudson Valley Lyomac - not really home size units
d-freeze.com/ D-Freeze - Not out yet, being built in Canada
www.freezedryfood.de/en/ FreezeDry® German
bluealpinefreezedryers.com/ Blue Alpine Freeze Dryers - Idaho - Very new/Start-up - Looks very promising! (If I were buying one today, I'd look into this one)
I just cleaned a bunch of peach a tomato core tool
Can I ask what brand of bags you use ? You mentioned inexpensive bags that didn’t last and I don’t want to end up buying them. By the way , I’m obsessed with your tutorials. I bought a machine a few days and Im learning your ways.
We have been getting our Mylar bags and oxygen absorbers from PackFreshUSA.com for years now and have been happy with the products and service we have received from them. - They are not a sponsor, we just like their stuff. We use the 7mil bags.
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Pint bags - packfreshusa.com/pint-7-mil-seal-top-gusset-mylar-bags-1000-wholesale/
Quart bags - packfreshusa.com/quart-7x-9x3-7-mil-seal-top-gusset-mylar-bags-1000-wholesale/
And these are the 2 quart ones packfreshusa.com/two-quart-7-mil-seal-top-gusset-mylar-bags-500-wholesale/
And the oxygen absorbers we use the most -300cc Oxygen Absorbers in 10-Packs (1000) - packfreshusa.com/300cc-oxygen-absorbers-in-10-packs-1000-wholesale/
I might have misses the reason, but why take the skin off? Just personal preference or does it get too chewy or leathery?
The skins/peels freeze dry fine, I just hate the peels when freeze dried. I do like them on the fresh peach, but not when dried. 100% personal preference. At least one viewer said they don't like the peels on the fresh peach, but do when dried!
(A balance scale would be very slow)
So true!
can i use frozen peaches from the store ps love your videos
The short answer is yes. Pre-frozen , store bought fruits and vegetables are a great choice.
Freeze Drying Your First 500 lbs of Food - Batch 3 - Peaches - ua-cam.com/video/amIXFA_U3Mc/v-deo.htmlsi=BJYez_QKJjIoVfbu
🤔 Here's some of my observations: (and some guessing)
First, the fresh fruits we've done have had little or no issues, except mangoes. Every mango I tried has collapsed - fresh or individually quick frozen (IQF) The IQF fruits I've tried have mostly collapsed (and all mangoes), but not the fruit that have gone through the slower, home, freezing process; they have done fine.
With (IQF) fruits, we have tested letting them warm up to just under the freezing point of the fruits, somewhere around 26 to 30ºf (different temperatures depending on the fruit) and then we freeze them slowly. (regular freezer speed) This does seem to do much better, but still not as good as fresh. IQF vegetables don't seem to have this issue. I assume it's because of the sugar level in the fruit helps to keep it flexible and vegetables have a lot less sugars and a different cell structure.
I wonder/think/believe that the key may be, in part, what the Senior VP of manufacturing says here about ice crystals - ua-cam.com/video/OzOvsDVL_Q8/v-deo.html
I'm guessing that part of the problem is that our machines work relatively crudely, allowing the pressures to go up and down enough to slowly crush some foods that have enough surface integrity while it's still flexible.
I also think that I should lower the tray temperature for the sugary fruits when freeze drying. Maybe 110ºf instead of 120º or 125ºf.
Next, there are a few foods (sugary thing like your cherries, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, and also orange juice) that I like to make sure they are very, very dry (checking with the scale doing the "Dry Check") and then take them out after letting the temperature drop for a few minutes, down to maybe 90ºf. I will immediately pour the trays into large heavy freezer zipper bag to cool a little more before bagging. I find that some of the very sugary foods will still be flexible while still warm, but more crisp/crunchy after cooling.