My wife has made some tomato powder. Freeze dry the tomato, then run through a blender. Simple way to increase tomato flavor. Side benefit is the slight thickening.
Nice MRE’s, I do my own too. But I do a month worth of of each recipe. I also freeze dry the pasta too. Real MRE’s is everything in one pouch, you just add water and go. I have over 100 pouches of each meal I made. This is my main reason I got my freeze dryer. Hey you never know 🤷♂️
@@DIYfreezedry a lot is not the correct word for how much I got 😂 I need to get some totes fast. Using the freeze dryer none stop for over a year, does buildup a enormous stash. 😂
$1.99 per lbs of ground beef? It's like a dream in California. Try $4.29. Prices are KRAZY here. I started watching you videos couple days ago after we got our freeze dryer . Thank you for making it so newbies like me can do it at home.
Thanks for watching - I'm glad the videos are helpful! Yes I was so excited when I found that deal.... it's not always that cheap but when I find a deal I always but a lot haha.
Brilliant video. Love homemade MRE’s.. this is the reason I bought my freeze dryer (as well as preserving our fruit and veggie harvest each year).. I am going to make one of your recipes. Thank you so much. Would love to see more. As an Aussie , I have such a love of Alaska , and one day plan to visit .. your street, with the snow and the mountains is just so pretty.
Thanks so much 🥰 so glad you’re loving your freeze dryer - it’s useful for so many things! Hope you get to visit Alaska someday, one thing I love is it’s just so beautiful everywhere you look. I’ve always wanted to visit Australia too!! Hoping eventually I’ll get to!
I like to swap tray #5 and #3 then #4 and #2 when I'm doing weight checks before I actually weigh them so I don't have to keep track of which tray is which. Saves me from having to label my trays. The bottom tray is your limper, middle of the rack yields me the best results.
You make me want to move to Alaska! Beautiful! I think I would ship my freeze dried meals for your trip to Arizona then you wouldn’t need to carry them in your luggage. I can’t imagine how wonderful that trip will be. Be safe! I really enjoy your videos. I’m still contemplating the freeze drier purchase. Just can’t justify yet. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so enthusiastically.
Thanks so much for watching! Ok and another subscriber suggested shipping the food down too, that’s not a bad idea I should do that! I’m definitely excited for the trip and everything we’ll get to see. Alaska is never a place I’d imagine I’d ever live in but it’s been such an amazing experience. The people here are so wonderful too ❤️
How do you know how much water to use to rehydrate? This looks like a great idea. I’ve never had a Mtn House meal and thought afterwards I’m glad I ate that.
These are so much better in my opinion! So I just eyeball it, slowly add water, stir, let it sit, then keep adding until I reach the right consistency. To be exact, you can weigh your trays before freeze drying & after, the difference is exactly how much water was removed and that you should add back in
We moved to Alaska in 1997. We came from Cherry Point Marine base in North Carolina. We drove 10, 000 miles, going to numerous states and places along the way to see family and friends and also some places. We never stayed in a motel, only with family or friends. We slept 1 night at a rest area in Canada (we wanted to quickly get thru Canada). We drove to Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio (for friends, stayed awhile), Indiana, Illinois (family and friends, stayed awhile), Missouri (family), Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona (lots of family and friends, stayed awhile), California (lots of family and friends, stayed awhile), Oregon (friends), Washington state and then thru Canada to Anchorage. Our entire trip took about a month, 10,000 miles, 2 adults, 3 young kids and a full grown Akita dog in a Ford Aerostar van, with a cartop carrier, bringing along the things we needed to live with until our belongings got to Anchorage about a month after we got here. It was a crowded trip, great fun and memories for us and our kids for a lifetime. We gave each child an allotted amount of money, to spend along the way (no candy, we bought candy/junk food for them). They loved having their own money. We took lots of pics (still have the physical photo albums of the trip). 27 years later, they reminisce about our trip. I did research before we left about some places to go. We also stopped at familiar places from our past along the way. It was a amazing trip!
What an amazing trip that sounds like it's full of memories that will last forever! I hope we have a similar experience. I'm glad you loved it even back then. Love the idea of giving kids some money to buy some souveniers they would be so excited for that. I should have them start doing some work to earn road trip money, that would be a great motivator for them!
Thank you for tip on using leaf to pause!! I wasn’t sure about when to use. You haven’t named your machine LOL. You should have a contest to name it and give a magnet to the winner!!!
What is wrong with me!! Haha how have I not given it a name 😆😆😆 I like the idea of having viewers pick it and send the winner a magnet - I just may do that!
Why don’t you do it with the rice and pasta in it? Just curious as I hope to do that when mine arrives. Good luck on the family trip sounds awesome, if you’re going through my country in Alberta up through Banff/Jasper ect definitely some nice places to see.. depends on route your going
I wanted to be flexible with what I end up putting these meats/sauces on... and save space in my mylar bags. But you totally can add the pasta or rice to your meals. I have done an MRE with noodles before and it turned out great. I haven't freeze dried any meals with cooked rice in it yet but I should try next time! We do plan on taking the route through Jasper/Banff - it sounds like that's a beautiful drive! So I don't want to miss that.
@@DIYfreezedry makes sense, I want to have like stir fry freeze dried so hoping rice does good. Our machine will be here next week so that’s exciting. That is a beautiful route, Jasper and Banff both have nice things to see but it does get busy in tourism season. You will be coming through my town just northwest of Jasper called Grande Cache. If it close to when you are needed to camp a night I recommend Pierre Greys Lake it’s quite,beautiful place to stay. They have first come first serve sites, could recommend a couple nice free locations too.
You make me want to move to Alaska! Beautiful! I think I would ship my freeze dried meals for your trip to Arizona then you wouldn’t need to carry them in your luggage. I can’t imagine how wonderful that trip will be. Be safe! I really enjoy your videos. I’m still contemplating the freeze drier purchase. Just can’t justify yet. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so enthusiastically. Stupid question….. what is in the bags on the shelf next to your freeze drier that are circles in a circle? Just wondering…..
I’m so excited for the trip!!! I think I will ship - such a good idea. So the candy on my shelf right now are skittles, I also have caramel M&Ms there and High chews…..
@@DIYfreezedry you are so sweet to respond to my comments. I know you’re very busy. You remind me of myself when my children were little. ALWAYS on the move!! I’m alone now and spend far too much time by myself (a divorce after 46 years). I spend a lot of time watching you tube! Thank you SO much. Hugs from Georgia!
Looks like you live in Eagle River. I got some of that Hamburger on sale too, and canned it, along with some other meats I bought as well. The business center is pretty cool. I used to work with most of those people in there, at the other buildings, until I retired several years ago. I like that you are showing how to use that machine! My wife and I will be moving to our other homes in South America as soon as our kid graduates from high school, so we aren't getting one of those machines until we get settled in our new homes. Good news, is our best friends that work at Costco, bought one of those machines when they came in, for $1600, and they will let us use theirs, to process a lot of the foods that I've canned myself as well as the store bought canned foods and other foods I have in stock. Thanks for showing this, because we will be learning from you! Have a great day!
I've looked at several MRE's and in your comments it says the recipe will be listed below. HOW far below. I've looked everywhere and was unable to locate an actual recipe.
With all my road trips and trips I’ve been on when I was younger and my Dad had rented a Winnebago, I can’t say I’ve ever taken the trip between AZ and AK. Tons of trips with the family MN to MX, a couple MN to OR and back but I was younger then and didn’t pay attention to anything outside the camper. My own road trips have been round trip MN to Fredonia NY, MN to Atlanta GA, and separate trips MN to NV in 1987 and returning in 1993. My road trips I was busy driving and mostly at night when there was less traffic. Sorry I’m no help here. Now it occurred to me that your father-in-law has checked out the camper which suggests he lives nearby (and maybe is holding it at his place?). How about instead of flying with all those meals, you ship them to “yourself” at his address? This way you can make several shipments and load the camper with tons of MREs, and you don’t have to worry that the airline may open your luggage wonderIng what all the metal inside is, Feel free to actually “shout out” my Handle if you mention this in another video, like you did the mats but just calling me a “viewer.” I don’t just view your videos, I’m also a subscriber, 👍😁
I’m so sorry - I totally should have mentioned your name next time I will! Still figuring out UA-cam lingo, but I’m gonna do better. I appreciate my subs and all the comments and tips I get and need to give credit. And yes my father in law lives where we bought the camper so good idea about shipping the food instead of dealing with baggage I may end up doing that if I need more luggage space for clothing and whatever else we’re bringing. Sounds like you’ve done alot of road traveling - I hope to be able to travel more of the lower 48 once we’re done with Alaska. So many places to see
I buy 90% lean beef at Sam's in 10lb chubs. I cook up 3 or 4 at a time. I freeze dry most of it. I also make taco meat and pressure can it. The freeze-dried meat I add to soups, chili, spaghetti, etc. Such a time saver.
Your scale showed 2.5 wouldn’t 2.8 be 2 ½ lbs. Not trying to be mean I just don’t want you to miss 3 ounces per tray! For 4 trays that is ¾ of a pound per load.
My wife has made some tomato powder. Freeze dry the tomato, then run through a blender. Simple way to increase tomato flavor. Side benefit is the slight thickening.
@@fredbecker607 oh I love that! I want to try that soon
Nice MRE’s, I do my own too. But I do a month worth of of each recipe. I also freeze dry the pasta too. Real MRE’s is everything in one pouch, you just add water and go. I have over 100 pouches of each meal I made. This is my main reason I got my freeze dryer. Hey you never know 🤷♂️
That’s amazing you have so many meals!!! I hope to start storing up a bunch more too. It’s so nice to have them
@@DIYfreezedry a lot is not the correct word for how much I got 😂 I need to get some totes fast. Using the freeze dryer none stop for over a year, does buildup a enormous stash. 😂
I got my magnet!!! Super cute!!! Thanks for all the goodies!!!!😊
Im glad it made it to you safely!!! Thanks for your order ❤️
$1.99 per lbs of ground beef? It's like a dream in California. Try $4.29. Prices are KRAZY here.
I started watching you videos couple days ago after we got our freeze dryer . Thank you for making it so newbies like me can do it at home.
Thanks for watching - I'm glad the videos are helpful! Yes I was so excited when I found that deal.... it's not always that cheap but when I find a deal I always but a lot haha.
I really enjoy watching your clips You are so easy to watch and full of info😊
Thank you!! 😊
Brilliant video. Love homemade MRE’s.. this is the reason I bought my freeze dryer (as well as preserving our fruit and veggie harvest each year).. I am going to make one of your recipes. Thank you so much. Would love to see more. As an Aussie , I have such a love of Alaska , and one day plan to visit .. your street, with the snow and the mountains is just so pretty.
Thanks so much 🥰 so glad you’re loving your freeze dryer - it’s useful for so many things! Hope you get to visit Alaska someday, one thing I love is it’s just so beautiful everywhere you look. I’ve always wanted to visit Australia too!! Hoping eventually I’ll get to!
I like to swap tray #5 and #3 then #4 and #2 when I'm doing weight checks before I actually weigh them so I don't have to keep track of which tray is which. Saves me from having to label my trays. The bottom tray is your limper, middle of the rack yields me the best results.
Awesome thanks for the advice! I’ll try that out
You make me want to move to Alaska! Beautiful! I think I would ship my freeze dried meals for your trip to Arizona then you wouldn’t need to carry them in your luggage. I can’t imagine how wonderful that trip will be. Be safe! I really enjoy your videos. I’m still contemplating the freeze drier purchase. Just can’t justify yet. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so enthusiastically.
Thanks so much for watching! Ok and another subscriber suggested shipping the food down too, that’s not a bad idea I should do that! I’m definitely excited for the trip and everything we’ll get to see. Alaska is never a place I’d imagine I’d ever live in but it’s been such an amazing experience. The people here are so wonderful too ❤️
Awesome video!! Love MRE's! So excited for your upcoming trip and excited for all the MRE's you will be showing us in preparations for your trip!
Thanks so much! We’re getting excited - I need to think of more MRE ideas 😄
Wow looks so good
How do you know how much water to use to rehydrate?
This looks like a great idea. I’ve never had a Mtn House meal and thought afterwards I’m glad I ate that.
These are so much better in my opinion! So I just eyeball it, slowly add water, stir, let it sit, then keep adding until I reach the right consistency. To be exact, you can weigh your trays before freeze drying & after, the difference is exactly how much water was removed and that you should add back in
I’m so jealous about the beef sale!!
We moved to Alaska in 1997. We came from Cherry Point Marine base in North Carolina. We drove 10, 000 miles, going to numerous states and places along the way to see family and friends and also some places. We never stayed in a motel, only with family or friends. We slept 1 night at a rest area in Canada (we wanted to quickly get thru Canada).
We drove to Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio (for friends, stayed awhile), Indiana, Illinois (family and friends, stayed awhile), Missouri (family), Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona (lots of family and friends, stayed awhile), California (lots of family and friends, stayed awhile), Oregon (friends), Washington state and then thru Canada to Anchorage. Our entire trip took about a month, 10,000 miles, 2 adults, 3 young kids and a full grown Akita dog in a Ford Aerostar van, with a cartop carrier, bringing along the things we needed to live with until our belongings got to Anchorage about a month after we got here.
It was a crowded trip, great fun and memories for us and our kids for a lifetime.
We gave each child an allotted amount of money, to spend along the way (no candy, we bought candy/junk food for them). They loved having their own money. We took lots of pics (still have the physical photo albums of the trip). 27 years later, they reminisce about our trip. I did research before we left about some places to go. We also stopped at familiar places from our past along the way.
It was a amazing trip!
What an amazing trip that sounds like it's full of memories that will last forever! I hope we have a similar experience. I'm glad you loved it even back then. Love the idea of giving kids some money to buy some souveniers they would be so excited for that. I should have them start doing some work to earn road trip money, that would be a great motivator for them!
Thank you for tip on using leaf to pause!! I wasn’t sure about when to use.
You haven’t named your machine LOL. You should have a contest to name it and give a magnet to the winner!!!
What is wrong with me!! Haha how have I not given it a name 😆😆😆 I like the idea of having viewers pick it and send the winner a magnet - I just may do that!
How many many oxygen absorbers did u use for each bag of these mre’s? Did u use the 700 ccs u have 😊in the Amazon link?
I'm guessing 4! Alaska is beautiful. MRE meals great idea:)
Thanks you were close!
Why don’t you do it with the rice and pasta in it? Just curious as I hope to do that when mine arrives. Good luck on the family trip sounds awesome, if you’re going through my country in Alberta up through Banff/Jasper ect definitely some nice places to see.. depends on route your going
I wanted to be flexible with what I end up putting these meats/sauces on... and save space in my mylar bags. But you totally can add the pasta or rice to your meals. I have done an MRE with noodles before and it turned out great. I haven't freeze dried any meals with cooked rice in it yet but I should try next time!
We do plan on taking the route through Jasper/Banff - it sounds like that's a beautiful drive! So I don't want to miss that.
@@DIYfreezedry makes sense, I want to have like stir fry freeze dried so hoping rice does good. Our machine will be here next week so that’s exciting.
That is a beautiful route, Jasper and Banff both have nice things to see but it does get busy in tourism season. You will be coming through my town just northwest of Jasper called Grande Cache. If it close to when you are needed to camp a night I recommend Pierre Greys Lake it’s quite,beautiful place to stay. They have first come first serve sites, could recommend a couple nice free locations too.
You make me want to move to Alaska! Beautiful! I think I would ship my freeze dried meals for your trip to Arizona then you wouldn’t need to carry them in your luggage. I can’t imagine how wonderful that trip will be. Be safe! I really enjoy your videos. I’m still contemplating the freeze drier purchase. Just can’t justify yet. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so enthusiastically. Stupid question….. what is in the bags on the shelf next to your freeze drier that are circles in a circle? Just wondering…..
I’m so excited for the trip!!! I think I will ship - such a good idea. So the candy on my shelf right now are skittles, I also have caramel M&Ms there and High chews…..
@@DIYfreezedry you are so sweet to respond to my comments. I know you’re very busy. You remind me of myself when my children were little. ALWAYS on the move!! I’m alone now and spend far too much time by myself (a divorce after 46 years). I spend a lot of time watching you tube! Thank you SO much. Hugs from Georgia!
Crocs and socks: Shows you are a true retired Arizonan at heart (socks and sandals). Seen a lot in Phoenix/Sun City.
Haha totally 😂😂 it’s about being practical and comfortable 😆 my kids love their crocs too
Looks like you live in Eagle River. I got some of that Hamburger on sale too, and canned it, along with some other meats I bought as well. The business center is pretty cool. I used to work with most of those people in there, at the other buildings, until I retired several years ago. I like that you are showing how to use that machine! My wife and I will be moving to our other homes in South America as soon as our kid graduates from high school, so we aren't getting one of those machines until we get settled in our new homes. Good news, is our best friends that work at Costco, bought one of those machines when they came in, for $1600, and they will let us use theirs, to process a lot of the foods that I've canned myself as well as the store bought canned foods and other foods I have in stock. Thanks for showing this, because we will be learning from you! Have a great day!
In Montana go to glacier national park. Going to the sun road.
Awesome I’ve never been and that sounds amazing!
You bought 8 or 10 tubes of the meat. Love your videos ❤😊
It was a lot 😅 thanks for watching!!!
Enjoyed your video so much I decided to make a batch of the old Chun King hamburger chopsuey that I had when I was a kid. I sucribed also.
@@charleswalter2902 how nice thank you 😄😄 and wow that sounds delicious!!!
I've looked at several MRE's and in your comments it says the recipe will be listed below. HOW far below. I've looked everywhere and was unable to locate an actual recipe.
Turn the big bag upside down, heat seal and remove the bottom. Then you still have the zipper
Ok this is genius!! Thank you!
No shame with crocs and socks 😂
Haha thank you 😂😂 comfort over fashion
Holy cow please don't be embarrassed that's pretty much all I wear here is shorts t-shirt and Crocs
I was gonna guess 10 haha
Haha close
8 tubes
Pretty close!
With all my road trips and trips I’ve been on when I was younger and my Dad had rented a Winnebago, I can’t say I’ve ever taken the trip between AZ and AK. Tons of trips with the family MN to MX, a couple MN to OR and back but I was younger then and didn’t pay attention to anything outside the camper.
My own road trips have been round trip MN to Fredonia NY, MN to Atlanta GA, and separate trips MN to NV in 1987 and returning in 1993. My road trips I was busy driving and mostly at night when there was less traffic. Sorry I’m no help here.
Now it occurred to me that your father-in-law has checked out the camper which suggests he lives nearby (and maybe is holding it at his place?).
How about instead of flying with all those meals, you ship them to “yourself” at his address?
This way you can make several shipments and load the camper with tons of MREs, and you don’t have to worry that the airline may open your luggage wonderIng what all the metal inside is,
Feel free to actually “shout out” my Handle if you mention this in another video, like you did the mats but just calling me a “viewer.” I don’t just view your videos, I’m also a subscriber, 👍😁
I’m so sorry - I totally should have mentioned your name next time I will! Still figuring out UA-cam lingo, but I’m gonna do better. I appreciate my subs and all the comments and tips I get and need to give credit.
And yes my father in law lives where we bought the camper so good idea about shipping the food instead of dealing with baggage I may end up doing that if I need more luggage space for clothing and whatever else we’re bringing. Sounds like you’ve done alot of road traveling - I hope to be able to travel more of the lower 48 once we’re done with Alaska. So many places to see
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Please run away with me will enjoy life food and a great time
Of course I don't think that's a good idea cuz I'll end up 450 lb LOL
I buy 90% lean beef at Sam's in 10lb chubs. I cook up 3 or 4 at a time. I freeze dry most of it. I also make taco meat and pressure can it. The freeze-dried meat I add to soups, chili, spaghetti, etc. Such a time saver.
Yes so awesome! I want to learn how to pressure can - I need to add to my food preservation skills
Your scale showed 2.5 wouldn’t 2.8 be 2 ½ lbs. Not trying to be mean I just don’t want you to miss 3 ounces per tray! For 4 trays that is ¾ of a pound per load.
10 packages of beef