Dehydrating & Freeze Drying Carrots
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Carrots are a wonderful vegetable to have stored in our food supply. If you don't grow your own, watch for sales this fall and bring home a bunch to preserve by canning, freeze drying, or dehydrating. You will be very happy to have them available as ingredients for many, many dishes.
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Aaaah, what sweetheart. Reminds me of my beloved who was as thoughtful as your Jim.
On our 30th anniversary, my beloved husband took a picture of my wedding bouquet of white daisies and white roses, and had the original florist recreate my wedding bouquet.
It always so very uniquely and thoughtful, a kindness I miss, but he did pass this kindness on to all our children. He passed away suddenly 5 mos after our 32nd anniversary, 7 yrs ago. It truly warms my heart to witness, a thoughtful husband cherishing his wife. Cherish every little random act❤
Aww, Jim is so sweet, giving you roses for no reason, just because. That’s the best reason to get roses or any kind of flowers from ones hubby. You did good Jim! He’s a keeper, Pam!
You are a treasure. I can see that these videos will teach people for years to come. No one that I have seen does as much research or take us through the process in such detail as you do. One day, you made 4 loaves of bread to show us the differences of the baking pans. I appreciate your sharing your experience and experiments. You have a great channel and are an exemplary teacher. Thank you.
You explain things so well. Thank you
Glad to see some dehydrating technique. As fascinated as I am with the freeze dryer, it probably is beyond many of our budgets.
Hello all
I vacuum sealed pot roast yesterday. It has all my seasoning, onions,carrots,Celery, rosemary in the bag. I just today read where you shouldn't vacuum seal onion & garlic. Should I take the bags out of freezer, remove these items, or am I alright. Thanks
There is a layaway plan with a down payment but your right it is expensive if you are not going to use all the time, I was thinking if you can’t afford alone go in on it with friends or groups like gardening or clubs and share the price. Just a thought 😊
Pam, that is a rule that everyone should apply to all their food preps 'WHAT IS THE END USE". Excellent vid.
Mr. Jim is precious 🌷
How lucky & blessed you both are for having each other.
I love that you show us the great moments and the not-so-great moments.
We fail. It's refreshing to watch a UA-camr be "human" like us 💜
Thank you for another great video! Prayers going out to you as your school classes begin 🙏
PJ: Thank you so much! We prefer to be regular and ordinary people. Jim
Years ago when I was in school I was having trouble with my sewing machine. I talked with my teacher about the problem and she said, "Carolyn, check the nut at the wheel and see if that helps." I went back to my sewing machine and sure enough it was the nut, ME. I forgot to put the bobbin cover back on the machine. I dearly love your channel and everything that you share with us. Have a blessed school year.
Beautiful color!
Five or ten years ago I watched a video from Bexarprepper where she is microwaving shredded carrots for dehydrating. She used a plastic freezer bag and a tiny bit of water. 2.5 minutes on one side, and 2 minutes on the other side. I've been using that method, for years and I'm very happy with it. I dehydrate (in batches) about 5 pounds of shredded carrots at a time. That's the amount to fill my dehydrator. I make carrot salad with the re-hydrated shreds, and they're perfect. No one knows they're not fresh carrots.
I have learned so much about canning from you, thank you so much.
Just general information, carrots can be grown in early spring and a second crop planted 2 or 3 weeks before autumn and then harvested after the first frost (those are extra sweet) since you're living in high desert, you might have better luck growing carrots in large planters with good quality potting soil, worm castings and a layer of mulch to help protect the carrots from heat and cold extremes.
We plant carrots late, hoop them covered in clear plastic, then harvest in February. We can grow most root crops over the winter in zone 8. Pretty much our only hope of decent carrots here.
@@dillodefense We live in zone 8b. I've had volunteer chioggia beets sprout and grow through the winter and picked them in the spring. I haven't deliberately planted a fall root crop but I just might this year. We always miss a few of the potatoes so I have volunteers that just keep on coming year after year. They are in one of those half whiskey barrels that you can sometimes find in the garden department of McClendons, Lowes and Home Depot. Only a couple of actual nurseries near us and I haven't really checked them out as they are difficult to get to. I had carrots that survived an Idaho Falls, ID winter because it snowed before I got them dug up. They were so sweet and crisp
@@rkng1 I am near Austin so I may be in 8b. We have raised beds because there is no way to plant on all that rock (Hill Country woes).
@@dillodefense Our home was built in 1960. People didn't know as much about Roundup and other bad forever chemicals. I figured raised beds would be healthier.
Perfect timing!! I am about to harvest my carrots and came to do a search of your channel because you always have the best info, and you had just uploaded this! Thanks for all of your hard work!
What a cool lady.
I go the EASY route in dehydrating carrots: buy frozen slices, let them thaw, then dehydrate those babies! ALL of the work has been done before the slices hit the bag, including blanching. Prices are going up, but not quite as much for frozen veggies as for other things. A 1lb bag was $1.29 in central NC for about 1/2 of forever; it's now up to $1.69 but still a bargain with ALL of the work already done.
I buy A zure's frozen diced carrots. That way I don't have to do any processing myself. I simply put them into either the dehydrator or freeze drier. It makes life so much simpler. I have 50 lbs of frozen diced celery coming next week which I plan to dehydrate &/or freeze dry. They do all the work & I have minimal effort on my part.
Can the carrots be dehydrated from the frozen state?
@@nancyannmaushart6378 Yes although if I plan ahead I usually try to throw them in the refrigerator over night first. It's not necessary though they can be dehydrated directly from the freezer.
@@clw.7146 I am new to all of this, I suspect that carrots that are already thawed would dehydrate a bit more quickly?
@@nancyannmaushart6378 Yes that's why when I remember to thaw them overnight in the fridge they dehydrate faster. With our freeze drier it's the opposite. You want to keep the carrots frozen & the freeze drying process goes faster.
"Baby" carrots you purchase are all the reject carrots. They are cut into uniform "lengths" and put into large drums to resemble baby carrots. They are soaked in a chlorine bath... so that's why they may have turned "white." I used to work in a Produce Dept. I hope that helps!
Thank you for saying the truth! That’s why I only buy full length carrots and particularly from our local area grown carrots.
Thank you for that information!!
This is true. Those chlorinated carrots have ZERO nutrients in them. I quit eating them when I learned this about 8 years ago.
I never buy baby carrots. I tasted them once years ago and thought they tasted awful and that they didn't look like what they are called 'baby' carrots. I was always suspicious about that name and thought they should look like a mini, whole carrot.
According to Snopes, that is not true. However, ‘baby carrots’ are smaller, young carrots bred to have higher sugar content to appeal more to children. ‘Baby-cut carrots’ are larger carrots pared down to the smaller size. All are rinsed in a light chlorine bath to keep them safe for transport and storage. This is industry-wide practice with most “grocery store” fresh food to prevent food-borne illness and is no more chlorine than we have in our drinking water. Trade-offs. We don’t live in a perfect world. Never have.
The more I watch, the more I want a freeze dryer. Lol
I just love your food preservation and freeze drying videos. The results are really fun to see and I learn a lot.
Thank Pam & Jim. I'm still working on my tomatoes, but next dehydrating project will be carrots, celery, onions and garlic. My cooking is mostly savory so these ingredients are my go to for just about everything. Thanks again.
Wow, you've been really busy with those Carrots, & have the Orange Hands to proove it, at least your Hands can see in the Dark now. Lol. 🥕👐
TFS RRH, & take care too everyone. ❤️🙂🐶
Thank you for choosing carrots as my family of 4 love carrots.
Thank you for the tip about sealing regular-mouth jars. I bought a set of these vacuum attachments and have had no problems with them, but it's nice to have an option if needed.
Just pulled carrots from the garden so a very timely video. Thank you.
You have such a thoughtful husband, enjoy they don’t last nearly long enough. I can’t wait to powder some carrots.
Good video. I always use my food processor to shred juicy or wet vegetables. It contains everything.
Beautiful roses Jim. Have a great week.
Me, too. I think it might be faster.
@@shelbylamothe8833 Yes it will.
I got the food saver set years ago and it came with a manual pump rather than relying on an electric vacuum. I like to stay away from electric devices since they won’t do any good during a blackout or a power outage. I also don’t want to have a big vacuum machine on my counter all of the time. BTW, Pam, I am a high school chemistry teacher in CA. Thank you for the support that you give to the science teachers in your state. My professor for the MA in Science education was Norm Herr, if you know him…He’s growing close to retirement too, I believe, and I don’t know what we will all do without him!
This comment is about an old video "how to make gluten bread" 6 months ago. I can't make any kind of bread but for the first time in my life (I'm 75) this bread came out perfect. It looks, taste and feels like real
bread. Thank you so very much. I am new to your channel. I will try more recipes.
Pam: That is awesome! Congratulation on you success. Let us know how your other gluten free projects work out. Jim
Great demonstration! Beautiful roses Jim :-)
The Ankasrum Vegetable cutter has a grey coloured attachment that holds the slicing drums in place - then it works beautifully. Check the front of the box and see the picture. I see now that you figured it out! Happy slicing and grating.
Thank you Pam And Jim you are a sweet heart. I know I can count on your knowledge . I would only be able to dehydrate. Something to think about.❤️
Carrots are so veritable. Bread, soup, snacks, cake, muffins. Nutritious and great tasting. Thank you.
Thank you for the video. I fed the Wednesday night kids at out church for years, so I researched all the foods I gave them. As 13soap13 said, I found that they are bleached at some point in their processing. God Bless and stay safe.
I was so happy to see that you use 2 lids on the powders. I haven't been able to get any of my powders to seal. I'm delighted to find there may be a solution.
Maybe it was a speed issue with the fancy machine? Gotta say I really enjoy your tutorials and I have learned a ton☺️and have told a lot of folks about your channel👍👍👍
Thought the same with the new machine, maybe it needs to be on a faster speed.
You are an excellent teacher❣️
Thanks for the heads up on Augason Farms sale on Amazon, picked up a few items! Picked my carrots the other night and was wondering what I should do with them, timely video!
Thank you so much we have had a problem with how to use the small vacuum sealer. Your an angel 😇
You had me rolling 🤣 the way you were flustered over the stoppage. I was looking in a mirror I affirm!! Of course you reasoned it out and like the scientist you are found the solution. I would still be biting the air. 🤭
Perhaps not so much, after realizing that it was operator error. I wouldn't be speaking to myself for a whole day!!! I love to talk to myself so that would be quite the punishment!! 😉. The sticky kitchen floor, I just know you would rid your fluster by slathering up all the sticky and ousting it from the kitchen!!
Thank you for the mirror it was great! The carrots 🥕 look fantastic and so a job well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 😀.
I am totally thrilled with the way freeze dried foods come out. I am seriously thinking of getting a freeze drier.
The most attractive trait of a man is how he treats the women in his life. I'm so glad Jim treats you so well.
anonymous: Thank you! Jim
Pam, for shreds, slices and so much more, we have a Braville Sous Chef food processor. It is expensive but TOP NOTCH for ALL food prep from making nut butters to cutting French fries! It does everything with speed and precision. I can’t recommend this machine enough! Well worth the cost! That along with our VitaMix gets used DAILY in our home. ❤️
Thanks for the information. Jim
Thanks for the great video
Busy, busy, busy you. Moss certainly doesn’t have a chance of growing under your feet. You inspire me to do more. I need that nudge. If you can’t do, what excuse can I make that is reasonable, well, none actually.
Happy new school year. Glad you are carrying on the education in the land of Dixie.
nadurkee46: Thanks and we are happy to help nudge you along. Jim
Pam, I have a tall Foodsaver canister and have found that if a jar fits I can vaccum it in the canister. This allows me to recycle other jars like those pasta sauce comes in for my dehydrated foods! Also, I had the same problem with baby carrots and I have since learned that they are often treated with a bleach solution. That would explain the turning white and funky taste. Thank you for these videos and looking forward to your new cookbook for making meals form dried foods.
I have a "brake bleeder" from Amazon that I keep as backup to my FoodSaver. No electricity required. The regular food saver accessories work just fine... Both wide mouth and regular.
K: Very true. Jim
So looking forward to the next book! As much as I would like to I can't justify a freeze dryer, so I can only dehydate. Can't wait to have soups/meals in jars.
Jocelyn: Then, enjoy the dehydrator. The soups/meals in a jar coming pretty soon. Thanks for watching. Jim
Great video! I love my kitchen aid grater for my cheese as I can’t have pre-grated cheese as the dusting they put in there doesn’t agree with me. Sugar is why I can’t have carrots anymore😟. Jim and Pam, thanks for another great video. Beautiful roses 🌹
Sharon: We are sorry the dust from pre-grated cheese causes problems for you. Yes, carrots have a lot of sugar in them. Thanks. Jim
Try fermenting carrots to reduce the sugar..
@@maxkendall1298 thanks
Great job. Really learned a lot❤❤❤
Glad it was helpful! Jim
I would caution you that Auguson Farms cheese powder is not very cheesy. To me, it just tastes salty more than anything. I have been pleased with everything I have bought from them thus far, with the exception of the cheese powder. Their broccoli cheese soup is a little iffy, too, just because there are bits of dried broccoli that do not soften up and are "stalky" no matter how long you cook it. We really like their creamy potato soup!
Shelby: Thanks for the information. Jim
Thanks Pam. I can't grow carrots either. Go8ng to check out Auguson Farms. Can't wait for your cook book!
Just bought the Cuisinart pot on Amazon and it was on sale for $69.99 ❤
Hi Pam and Jim! I cannot tell you how much I love your videos and how much I have learned from you! I am very grateful for the time and effort you put into helping us with food security! I have forgotten which video it was in (I have watched them all) but you had a butane burner on your counter that was the right size and able to take the weight of your big canner. I would love to know the make and model of that burner since I have scoured all the single burners on Amazon and have not been able to find one that meets both requirements. Thank you for all you do!
I dehydrated 25 pounds of carrots a few weeks ago. I use a mandolin that you push through a shoot. It only took about 30 minutes to cut all 25 pounds. I am so happy to have them in my food storage. I do not have a freeze dryer, maybe one day.
vickie: Twenty-five pounds of carrots is a feat, especially on a mandolin. Jim
Hi Rose. I have been looking for the video you did on pressure canning whereby you tested out an electric pressure cooker that you found did get to pressure and was deemed safe for canning. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the machine. I woul like to start canning and am wanting do do various spaghetti sauces. Love listening to your videos. You are so clear and concise and have inspired me to start storing and canning. Regards Jenny
Sorry I called you Rose instead of Pam
I promise I’ll finish my last two classes this week!
You are an AMAZING TEACHER! You remind me of my Fathers teaching methods he two science biology human anatomy zoology I took all of his classes! Also you said you were doing an in-depth video on the life cycle of clostridium botulinum I can’t seem to find it? Just wondering if you in fact did the video?
I've got a hand grater similar to yours but it's manual. I haven't used it yet. I dehydrated some frozen sliced carrots turned out really dark, still had some orange to it but still... I'll shred some and blanch them next time! Tfs. Please stay safe and sending hugs to you both 💜🙏😎
Vikki: Let us know ow your change in methods works out for you. Jim
You mentioned in your video that vegetables don't need to be conditioned. You may want to look into this. The books I've purchased say all dehydrated foods need to be conditioned. I do as a routine, but I'm just getting started.
I have looked into it and there is mixed info. So if you are more comfortable doing it, then go for it!
I have something like that it's called (Salad Shooter) I get them from thrifty stores.
Tam: Yes, I have heard of them. The are advertised on tv a lot. Jim
Ty
The Augusan farms deals are always fluctuating :) I add them to my wish list and when the price drops I buy several
Thanks for the heads up on the sale❤️
Lee Ann: You are so welcome! Jim
Oh my gosh you are in academics. Nailed it ☺️
Scan you demonstrate how to use the dehydrator, I bought one that you reccomended
You can't beat a KitchenAid
Lorraine: Pam has found that her new Ankarsrum does a better job than the old Kitchen Aid she had for years. Jim
you were using a much faster turn ratio on the kitchen aid
Thanks for this great video. Please explain all the things you do with the carrot powder. Very interested.
FYI: baby carrots in the store are cut from large carrots and then they're wash with a bleach solution. Maybe that is why the carrot powder turned white.
I read about that a while ago and absolutely refuse to buy them anymore
Awesome. I dehydrated some carrots & some had black spots like they burned, so I threw them away. But I hvnt used the remaining ones yet. I would love to hv a freeze dryer!
Nita: Sorry about your carrots, the temp may have been too high or they could have been too thin. Let us know what you do with the rest of them. Jim
@@RoseRedHomestead I did cut them thin, thinking it wouldn't take as long, temp was probably the other factor, thanks
Do you blanch zuchinni ? I sweat my onions so it doesn’t smell too bad.
Pam I’m sure this. Is operator error also. Trying to check out on amazon and the prices are not the same. I am a prime member THANKYOU VICKIE
Superb Madam exelent... Morvalous
I steam mine alittle instead of blanching
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The link to the Amazon store does not work. Is there any other way to do it? I am interested. amongst other things, the Augason Farms suggested items. Thank you.
@RoseRed Homestead What freeze drier do you use? I did not see one in you amazon store?
Hello all
I vacuum sealed pot roast yesterday. It has all my seasoning, onions,carrots,Celery, rosemary in the bag. I just today read where you shouldn't vacuum seal onion & garlic. Should I take the bags out of freezer, remove these items, or am I alright. Thanks
A few days ago I responded to your melon growing in your garden container which came up on its own. I said I thought it was Kajari Melon. My tablet changed the spelling. I'm sure these can be purchased through seed catalogs. They are suppose to be very tasty but ripen quickly and spoil quickly so watch them carefully.
Gram: Thanks for looking for us. We have determined that they (2) are cantaloupes. Jim
Many motors don't have the same torque at lower speeds. You might try grating the carrots at a higher speed.
Steve: We agree. One of the problems that Pam found was that she was missing a part for the grater. Once, placed it into place, it worked fine. Thanks for watching. Jim
How long can these be stored this way? Can you prolong the storage in mylar bags?
I am excited to own a freeze dryer and from what I was told we still have to place an oxygen absorber in vacuum sealed jars because the vacuum sealer doesn’t remove all oxygen and the veggies will release oxygen.
I would like to take the water-bath canning course
Have you tried a Bosch processor? You might like it better.
Maybe we missed it, but which carrots do you prefer - freeze dried or dehydrated? Augason Farms and Thrive Life seem to only sell dehydrated carrots - not freeze dried...
Nothing is showing up in the amazon store, just blank rectangles. , will check back later.
I don't know what I am doing wrong but each time that I have visited your Amazon store it's blank. It does show the headings, i.e., Canning Equipment, Food Processing Equipment, etc. Nothing but the headings and there isn't anything to click. Can you help me?
Thank you both for this video! I'm curious, did the powder hold its colour?
Nope! Sadly, nothing I have done to prevent carrots from bleaching out has worked.
How did this batch of carrot powder do? Did it hold its color or turn white? Also is the carrot coins like the Baby carrots and treated the same way?
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I had the exact problem with my carrots that I dried freeze. They turned white and tasted weird except mine were full size sweet organic carrots that I blanched for about 2 mins (most likely not long enough, which caused the blanching).
However, just like you I am wondering what caused the change in taste.
Thanks for the great video and info.
Daughter had me put coffee filter on top of lid. And then seal. Worked great!
Can you share which brand of freeze dryer you have?
There is a piece missing on the machine that holds the slicer in place.
Thanks, do you know what it is? Please let us know. Jim
Pam, where do you purchase the red gingham lids and rings? I would love to have these for my pantry 😊
Judi: I think we have them listed on our Amazon Store. Jim
Do you blanch bell peppers before freeze drying them if so how long.
I put carrot shreds and slices In The freeze dryer and they were great. I didn’t blanch them. They turned white. Is it because I didn’t blanch? Are they still safe to use or should I pitch them and start over?
It looks like the shredder attachment is slipping forward. Might there be a locking ring that goes on the front to keep it in place?
Rose, thank you. I was told once flour oats and the like are frozen that when you take them out to use that you must put the remainder back into the freezer or mold can grow. Ibelieve you are the one to ask : Is this true ? Also I always buy organic carrots and celery. They taste so much better.
Jo: Yes, that sounds reasonable. That could take a up a lot of freezer space. We store our flour in four-gallon food- grade buckets and seal them. Jim
Haha! I was right.😁
Do you blanche these before?
Can you use frozen carrots to pressure can.
On the sealing lids have you tried to seal in a canister type sealer?