Preparing Dehydrated Food for Storage
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2021
- We have had many questions regarding dehydrated foods and this video answers most of them. Dehydrating food is a very effective and economical way to preserve nutrients in food to a greater degree than canning. The shelf life is a year or more depending on several variables.
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Thank you all for all you do. It is like taking an extension class from the university. I truly appreciate the time you all put into these video's to help us all.
I feel the same way!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comments.
Completely agree. After a few episodes I felt brave enough to buy a dehydrator and even try my hand at the powdering. I’m actually excited about this! So much to change my food preps.
I can’t believe it she is so beautiful lady and a great lady
My husband has started to use my dehydrator for his dried apples. I'm so impressed with him. Thank you Pam for introducing dehydrating to me!
I used to dehydrate a lot of foods, but since I got my freeze dryer, I haven't dehydrated since. With the freeze dryer, I know my foods will last a lot longer than a year, without losing nutrients. Positive note: You are an excellent teacher, and I enjoy your channel so much. I thought I was subscribed a long time ago, but lo and behold, I saw today I wasn't! But, I am now. I could listen to you lecture all day long. I walk away with so much knowledge! I love your voice, your examples, the proof of what you have done! Keep up the great work. You are touching many lives.
Thank you so much! And especially for subbing! I still like dehydrated foods in addition to our freeze dried foods, so I am glad to have options. We appreciate your comments.
Sometimes UA-cam un-subscribes you. It must be an algorithmic thing.
I love the fact that I can trust what you are telling me. We live in a blue state that has mandated vaccinations. My husband and I are learning food preservation on the fly for when the governor says unvaccinated people can't buy food. I keep returning to your channel because the directions are easy to follow, you're safety conscious, and I just plain think your cool. Thank you for you help.
So, it sounds like you becoming more self-sufficient and enjoying it in the process. Let us know how things go.
Wow, maybe it’s time to move!
@@cynthiafisher9907
It is not that simple nor easy for many people, especially if you are older and your only family you need for help is not where you are living.
@@bakokat6982 I’m sure that’s true, that would be difficult.
Patricia, we are in the same situation. It's pretty scary watching the government do what they are doing. Time to prepare.
You’re getting down to all the points I had questions for, I want to start dehydrating to be more self reliant. Thank you! You are wonderful!
This video came while I was eating lunch ( I usually watch you early in the mornings) This reminded me once again of my dear Aunt that passed on a few years back; Long story , but she back in the late 1980s got into food dehydrating. Started with drying some fruit out in the yard on tales, ( but she wasn't fond of the flies) . Next step she decided to try dehydrating a bushel of sliced apples in her clothes dryer! ( it worked she was proud of that feat but to her dismay she had to purchase a new clothes dryer after she proceeded to dry many many loads of apple slices which she stored in several lard cans in one of her many pantries)! . Fast forward to 2013 (after her passing) I discovered several lard cans filled with dried apple slices that she had stored in those lard cans from the 1980s! I opened them , they still looked and smelled fine but I did not try to taste them, but I imagine they would have been fine! I am glad to report though she had purchased a new dehydrator immediately after her clothes dryer mishap, Without a doubt I had ate fried apple pies made from those "clothes dryer /lard can apples all though the next three decades as she loved to cook those fried apple pies! They were fabulous! Great video as always, Many blessings to you and Jim on this Wednesday afternoon !
Nate, that is a fabulous story. Jim is sitting right here and we laughed ourselves to tears over the clothes dryer! So amazing. Those fried apple pies sound fabulous. Hope you have the recipe! Thanks for sharing this.
Fried apple pies....you just reminded me of the first time I ate at McDonald's in 1981 (it was super rare since we were so poor, probably was a b-day). Now I can't eat McD's or I feel so sick!
I'm going to attempt to make an apple pie in my air fryer today! I am currently using up a can of apples from 2001 - they make great powder! 🥧
My grandma made the BEST fried apple pies from her dried apples!!
@@T_Barb my Grandmother made good fried pies too, but for some reason her oldest daughter (My Aunt B that I was referring to in my little story) made them much better . I think those homemade fried pies are a lost art here in the South.I wish I had got her to teach me how she made them!
@@fireofevender5515 try making some fried apple pies in a cast iron skillet ! If they are good,, email me a few of them-lol
My kids ask me how long my dehydrated and freeze dried foods last, too. I tell them they're good until they're not. Simple. 😊
I LOVE that! Thank you!
I love this channel , preserving foods my new hobby.
That is great! Thanks.
I’m 64. I watched my grandma dehydrate apples on a screen in a frame and placed in the attic under a hot tin roof.
That should work.
thank you. I have been watching several of your videos and have learned alot. I can't wait to start my canning this year, along with dehydrating fruits and veggies and making some powders.
This is the voice of reason and experience. Thank you for the education.
Just discovered your you tubes last week and can't stop watching them!! Thank you so much for the great advice - I am so happy to learn how to store food safely for my family.
I have a degree in Animal Science, so I, too, appreciate the educational, scientific background that you include with your videos. I don't have a freeze dryer, that's way down the list! But a few years ago, I did upgrade from the round food dehydrator to an Excalibur.
Change in mindset over putting food up: I used to can and freeze in the summer only, when vegetables were ready in the garden. Now, I try to can, dehydrate, and freeze all year long, which includes meats.
As always, thanks Pam and Jim!
Our pleasure!
Hi there. Thank you so much for the informed videos. I live in Newfoundland Canada, we are an island and the shelves are pretty bare and the prices of groceries is higher due to the trucks have to board ferries to deliver our items. There is of course the extra amount of money added to fruits, veggies and meats because of this. Your channel has helped so much with preserving food. I borrowed a friends dehydrator and am now going to purchase my own with a fan. Just a small one as I live alone and would like the convenience. Thank you so much. I have watched other videos and do find the information you give for storage and dehydration so much better. You know how to preserve and teach in an amazing way.
Thank you for all this great information. Sending it along to my busy son and grandson. They need the information but are so busy, I find the info for what they are looking for,so they can use it. Seems to me I end up sending info from you often. Thank you
Thank you for being a trusted source of information. I truly appreciate all the time and effort you put in to produce these videos. I have learned a great deal from you! I always look forward to your next video, no matter the topic. 😊
Thank you so much. I really appreciate that. The best thing you can say to a teacher is that you learned something!
Pam, you are a great teacher and one of my favorite go to sites of preservation & knowledge! I hope you know just how much you help so many people, families, preppers absorb every word you speak! Your lessons do not fall on deaf ears! Thank you, Pam! 💚 We all need your advice for our future! 🌎
You have become my go to for information. Thank you
Pam, very informative & easy to understand! Thanks for sharing. ⚘
You are welcome.
Miss Pam, Fantastic video!!! Love the way you teach!! Very informative and factual answers!!! Thank you so much for making this fun and informative video!!! I LOVE to watch your videos!!! I see that you have put up a new video, and I hurry through whatever I am doing online so that I can sit back and enjoy your video!!! Thank you and Mr. Jim for making these videos!!! May the Good Lord bless and keep you both!!!! 🙏❤️
Thank you so much! You always post such positive comments and they brighten our day!
Am really enjoying your tutorials. Love your can do attitude and the way you explain things makes it so easy to follow your instructions. You truly have mastered the art of store what you eat and eat what you store. It has taken me years and lots of wasted food to get that concept into my brain. Wish I would have found you earlier. My pocketbook would be much heavier.
Just bought a dehydrator and vacuum sealer. Will be trying it out soon. Thanks for all the great videos.
Just found this in our spam folder--not sure why it went there. So excited for you and your new equipment! that is awesome.
Great information, I love learning about food safety, preparation and storage. Thank you Pam and Jim, you guys are my go-to on these things, now I'm off get my dehydrator working 24/7. 🌹
You go, Girl! Enjoy that dehydrator! Thanks for your kind words.
I like the LEM brand bags. They are heavy duty bags used in restaurants and can be found at some farm stores in the processing areas of the store, as well as restaurant supply stores. (and online)
Thanks for the tip.
I was given 100 of those bags & they are great! Mine are large enough to put a whole farm raised chicken in.
Ya, a lot of times it's not the seal that fails it's the bag itself. The thin plastic either turns brittle and develops micro failures or the food in the bag is sharp and causes micro-punctures and overtime there are air leaks. I just purchased a box of LEM, my ONLY complaint is their boxes. I have twice purchased the wrong thing due to similar packaging. I bought the giant gallon bags instead of rolls. LOL. They are HUGE.
I also do a double seal on bags that go in the freezer.
Thank you for sharing this. I have just received my food saver jar sealer from the USA. Am so happy to have this; your video has been so informative and helpful. 👍😎 🇬🇧
I am so happy to hear that! I hope you will enjoy vacuum sealing lots of jars of wonderful food now! Thanks for sharing.
Hi, Pam and Jim! This was a fine tutorial. Thank you very much.
I really like the way that you try to remember everybody, including those who read a bit of a disadvantage financially right now. I came across something online that I thought was ingenius: For those who want to vacuum seal but do not have a vacuum sealing unit, it’s possible to just pick up the attachment to go on the bottle, and to use the brake bleeding gadget from the garage to bleed it. There may also be a way to adapt the vacuum sealing gadget that people use for sealing partially full wine bottles, to work with the vacuum ceiling cap for Mason jars.
TY Pam for sharing some of your vast knowledge with us. It is sooooo important to share knowledge…especially with the younger generations!!! 💕🌸💕
So true!
Thanks for the lessons. You are the one that inspired me to get a dehydrator. I love it !!! I live alone and my produce was always spoiling before I could eat it. The only produce that goes bad now is a cucumber. Having dried veggies makes soups, stews, and dumplings so much easier and faster.
I love your channel! I stumbled across it about a week ago and now both my mother and I watch it. We are both on the novice end of canning but want to do more. I am interested to learn more soup recipe to can. I saw one in your intro video that looks like chicken soup with a lemon slice in it. I have 2 Ball books and 1 Amish Canning book but have not found a recipe like that uses a lemon. Thank you, and your husband, for taking time to share with the world! I'm 100% sure everyone here appreciates you both!!!
Thank you so much and welcome to our channel! We have a video on chicken soup and the day we canned the soup for the entry video I simply stuck a dehydrated lemon slice in for looks and a little tang. It was great!
I have learned a lot from you and your husband thank you so much And God-bless you and be safe
You are so welcome
I love all the safe information you give us, thank you so very much.
You are so welcome
Making into a powder we hadn’t considered. Thank you for all these wonderful ideas and lessons.
You are so welcome!
This video addresses so many key questions with perfect answers. Thank you.
You are very welcome.
Thanks so much for your wealth of knowledge! I always learn something new and fun watching your videos.
My pleasure! Thank you for your comment.
Tfs! Always good information! Please stay safe and sending hugs to you both 💜🙏😎
Great information!! I'm just starting to use my food dehydrator. My goal is to create a soup pantry. I tried it with freeze dried, but it was a hassle to keep the freeze dried foods properly stored. I'll probably can some freeze dried meats for one time use. When I say "can" I mean vacuum seal after freeze drying. We are fortunate that we all love soup! I made soup last week using exclusively dehydrated vegetables, and none of my kids were the wiser. 😉 Take good care and be well! ❤️
Yours are the only videos I can share with anyone. You are a true professional. Thank you so much for the hard work you contribute to our world.
Thank you for your trust.
Thank you so much for your advice on how to process food for storage! I started canning again. Haven't done this since I was a teenager with my mom. I bought a dehydrator recently and I am determined to make powders and try out the soup recipes.
That is fantastic! So glad you are going in this direction! Hope you will love it!
I recently discovered yoir channel and I'm loving it. I grew up in a large family so the food we canned and dehydrated didnt last long. Now with just my husband and I, I'm learning to store for long storage.
Sort of my story as well. Growing up in a big family I never got enough bananas! So now I have plenty and I dehydrate them as well! Thanks for your comments.
Great informative video. Thanks for all you do.
My pleasure! Thank you.
I have an Excalibur dehydrator that I use to make venison jerky but now I am inspired to dehydrate all kinds of foods, thank you again!
You are welcome.
Sorry for double posting. First post was before watching this video. You are “Super Woman” I am amazed with your talents. You garden, you can, you dehydrate, you share your knowledge and teach us so much and you work outside the home. We are so blessed and lucky and we greatly appreciate the time you spend with us. Thank You!
Wow--thank you so much. That means a lot!
You've answered a lot of my questions, thank you!
this woman knows her stuff! as smart as my pioneer Nana and me mum were. love having someone to continue to learn from.
Thank you.
Awesome information Pam- I have been dehydrating all summer and I always feel better about my food preservation after I have heard & watched your knowledgeable opinion and experience concerning each of the preservation choices available to each of us! Thank you and God Bless🥰
You are so welcome!
I honestly don't know how this channel hasn't surpassed several hundred thousand subscribers yet! I am confident that it will with the wonderful information you give. Because of you, in the last month I have dug out the dehydrator and dried anything that doesn't move...purchased a vacuum sealer and the can attachments (works like a charm!)...and a labeller so I can tell what those wrinkly bits/ powders are on my shelf! Ha ha. Next up...those dried soup recipes, so my backpacking/camping family members can travel light!
Your comment made me laugh right out loud..."and dried anything that doesn't move..."! Love it. We appreciate your kind comments very much.
It is probably the bags. I had that same issue of the bags not staying sealed over time. Switched bags and now all works fine.
Thanks so much for great shortcuts. I just loaded up my dehydrator with frozen veggies: 1 bag each of : asparagus, green peas chopped spinach, riced cauliflower, and mixed berries. So easy! And no blanching!
Fantastic!
Another good vid with great information. Thank you
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
Thank you Pam! hope you are having a good day. I've been doing a lot of dehydrating this summer because my jars were running low and I can get more tomatoes in one jar when they are dehydrated. Although, I admit I'd rather can them. I like the natural juice from the tomatoes. Maybe I'll try powdered tomatoes and basil to incorporate into artisan bread this winter.
This sounds fabulous.
Much needed...thx. mine is a magic mill, and our oven has a dehydrator setting and cooked meat be dehydrated? Rendered beef tallow preserves very low or no fat meats. I have also found that mylar & o2 absorbers take less room. But then I store the mylar in food safe air tight containers. I 'm new to this, just this year, but have learned so much from reputable peppers such as you...thx so much!
I feel I always learn something with you! Many things! Good work!
Thank you!
Just found your wonderful channel! Long may you continue! Blessings from Ireland.
Thank you for watching.
I fond that adding an additional lid during the sealing process helps to get a quicker seal. Also, sealing jars are a great use for “generic” brand lids. Love your channel. I’m dehydrating frozen veggies right now.😎
Thanks for the tips!
Pam I truly appreciate all that you so selflessly share with the community. I too have had those mice issues in my detached garage. I was planning on storing an auto for long term and was warned how much damage they'd do from nesting and destroying the wires ect. The suggestion was to put moth balls on the ground all around the perimeter of the auto. I also added bags inside to add additional security. After eight years of storage and without it ever being started during that time we needed to move it so we checked the lines, the exhaust, and charged the battery at which time it started right up and was driven without issue to be checked out further. No mice damage. Believe me we found droppings in other areas of the garage. I did add moth balls twice a year to keep them strong. Hope you find this helpful. I do dislike the smell of moth balls but I loved my car.
Vicki: Yes, we appreciate the suggestions. Fortunately, we do not store the cares in the garage, because we have to drive them every day. The droppings have diminished because we have placed lots of poison mouse cubes out there. Jim
Very knowledgeable young lady. I learn much from her videos
Thank you so much for taking the time to educate all of us!
You are welcome.
… I’m grateful to have found your channel … please explain your issues with the Mylar bags … I just bought a couple of rolls that is specifically for using in a vacuum seal machine … thank you ! .. BTW … I was also considering double bagging using the regular bags first, then the mylar to keep out light … I also have the packets to keep out moisture and remove oxygen to insert as an additional safeguard …
Amazon has a payment plan if you need it. I would deter from buying a dehydrator from Nesco. My unit was only just shy of two weeks when I decided to return it. Well, they do not allow returns. I had to fight like crazy as every tray came very warped. I think their warehouse has excessive heat. Anyway, they still hem-hawed over it so just gave it away. I did purchase a Magic Mill and I use it almost weekly! I absolutely love it!!
I’ve been following only Rose Red Homestead on many food preservation methods and I have been BLESSED with great results!!
THANK YOU Pam and Jim!! 🙌🙌
I love the videos! You explain things so well
Thank you you are a real blessing it's important to learn this 😊
OMG... Mice having class to figure out how to get into the mylar bags .. love the humar!
This was so so helpful. Thank you!!!
Thank you for all your informative videos!
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much. L9ve watching your channel. You remind me of watching my Aunt Hazel when she was cooking. Beautiful ladies y'all are. ❤ from Conroe Tx.
Thank you so much.
I’m finally got for my self Food saver sealer for jars and I start my Journey in this road.I have 3 dehydrates round olds style but works wandifull.
Just made tomato powder from my cherry tomatoes,not bad. I also start buying rice and thinks start put in hard and start seal them in jar.Tanks to your Chanel I learn I can do that. So ty for share you knowledge with us.🙏❤️
That is fantastic! So glad our videos were helpful for you. Thank you for your comments.
I just love the two of you. Ty
You are welcome!
Wonderful information. Thanks for the vid.
Glad it was helpful!
Exactally the Video I need, and want. You read my Mind.
Thank You ♥️ so very much
We appreciate you watching our channel.
Wonderful video with such great information.
Glad it was helpful!
Perfect timing. Im doing walla walla onion right now. I havent used my dehydrator in about 10 years so this info is a great refresher. I pulled it out if storage and it works great. I have a round, 9 shelf garden master brand.
We LOVE Walla Walla onions! I have dehydrated lots and lots of them. Some are now 3 years old and still perfectly wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
@@RoseRedHomestead Any advice on how to get the onion smell/taste out of the dehydrator?
@@cynthiafisher9907 on another channel someone dried a bag of frozen onions (from the grocery store), to avoid that smell. They were tiny after drying! They also stuck to the plastic drying tray. Maybe freeze them then put on paper liners before drying.
This was the perfect video for today. I just got my dehydrator in the mail. 😊
That sounds great! We hope you like it! Update us on your progress. Jim
I stopped using my prep pantry about a month ago and I'm adding to it. I'm using what is in my kitchen pantry and kitchen freezer for my every day cooking until the shortages are over. If I run out of something, I go to the store and buy it. What I've been noticing in the stores is forcing me to be more cautious. I bought a case of canned green beans, it used to have 12 cans now it has 8 for the same price. I enjoy your videos so much. Thanks!!
Thank you for that information. Things are indeed getting more expensive for what w get.
Thank you. Great info.
Great channel! Thanks again you two!!
Thank you! We appreciate that.
excellent information , thank you
Hi Pam, could you do a shorty about how you adapted your vacuum sealer to fit the jar sealer? Unfortunately my sealer is the same and would love to know how to make it all fit. Thanks for all your GREAT information! Alex.
Anyone on a budget looking for a dehydrator might keep their eyes open for local garage sales. Often folks buy a dehydrator and then don’t use it. Therefore many garage sale dehydrators are very lightly used!
Very nice suggestion.
I got a very nice 9 drawer dehydrator on Amazon for less than $90 with free shipping. I also have the round one but wanted to get the better one to handle vegies and fruits. Very happy with my purchase.
I bought a 5 tray dehydrator for $15 from an op shop was like new even had the instruction manual. it's brilliant.
@@beigebiscuit8081 great buy! Incidentally if anyone picks up a used appliance WITHOUT the manual, many manuals are available to download from the manufacturers’ websites!
Hiya Pam! I had a bit of a chuckle today when you mentioned your lovely viewer's DYI dehydration idea. We have a couple of old vehicles on our property (a bone of contention that I won't get into right now,) and I was thinking to myself, I could try that because, where we live in NSW, the temperature inside those vehicles would probably be perfect! The only problem is that in one of those vehicles we have a resident Diamond Python who likes to bake himself on the back shelf! (True story!) I'm not sure whether he would be too happy having his slumber disrupted for any reason, let alone in aid of me shrinking a few slices of veg! Hahaha! Cheers from Oz! 🦘
Love that story. Jim and I did selective breeding of ball pythons for a decade and sold they all over the country. Sometimes I miss that, but we were more than ready to move on! I would probably avoid that particular spot for dehydrating! LOL
You can make a simple solar dehydrator. There videos on UA-cam. Also, you can buy hanging air dehydrators on Amazon that are non electric. Apples can be thinly sliced and hung up on a dowel to dry. Look up " leather britches" for how to string up green beans to air dry
. Also some people dry their peppers by stringing them up.
@@Stella2U Thanks for the tips! Cheers.
I just love this channel. Great information and i do take action! Thank you
RocknRollDina: You are so welcome! Jim
Don't cap for conditioning until completely cool. Thank you for so much great info 🌹🦋
My brother calls me the appliance queen.. they don't set for long they get used.. I love to dehydrate fruits and vegetables.. love to can.. it's just me in this house but seems someone is always hungry.. lol.. thank you for all your hard work that you share with us.. it is much appreciated. I have learned a lot..
That is awesome!
I love your shirts! Where do you find them? Thanks! Thanks for all the work you and Jim do! I love watching your channel, and I have learned so much from you!!! 🌸💐🌺 Blessings!!!
A really Great way to seal jars is with the freeze dryer! Check out Retired at 40, Brian, jars seal beautifully with this technique, Love your channel, Dianne
Yes, I have done that. However, I have recently that it is not good for your freeze dryer to do that. We did it once and then quit.
I trust you! Learn from you! I appreciate you!
Wow--thank you so much. That means a lot.
Gotta love rose red. Thanks so much for video! 😀
My pleasure 😊. Thank you.
Food security, self reliance, emergency preparedness are becoming obviously important. Your channel might grow even more in these times. Shared with several friends already.
Yes, we hope so.
This was a great video. I have only been dehydrating a short time. And not a lot. So this answered so many questions. I have some peaches coming later this week and now i can dry them and know that i dont have to dry them to the point of breaking my teeth when i eat them. Thanks so much Pam
This video came at the perfect time. I has peaches that needed my attention. I did can them, however, I considered dehydrating. Your peaches looked so good in your jar. I dehydrated blueberries on Tuesday. After 17 hours, there was a fair amount that were sorta like raisins. Unsure of myself, I put them in the oven for 1 1/2 hours. They came out very dry. I wonder if I should have left them in the raisen state and used an oxygen observer?
Glad it was helpful! But no teath-breaking is allowed! Thanks, Lyn.
Sometimes it takes a few tries to get things just right. If they rehydrate OK, or if you can eat them as they are, then you have a success.
This helped me bcs I been thinking of starting dehydrating food
Please tell me what stove burner you have found works best when canning outside in your garage.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! Thank you!
I would love to be your neighbor so we could chat while you do prep. Anyway, I just want to say, over the year of watching you I have truly appreciated your willingness to teach, not preach or push products. Also, this video was a pleasant surprise as we got a peek into your natural persona! :+} Watch! LOVE your content!
Wow, thank you
Always good information. Thanks for the vacuum sealer and jar adapter info. Purchasing today. Just got my freeze dryer set up. First batch was potatoes to powder to try to replace packaged ones with all the preservatives. With your guidance from other videos, it went well. Have you tried to freeze dry buttermilk? I am concerned about the fat content. Thanks. Susan B, Cypress, TX
Excellent! That is great news. We have not done buttermilk. The fat content of foods is indeed a concern when freeze drhying. If you haven't discovered the UA-cam channel, "Retired at 40" you might see if he had done. His in one freeae drying channel I liked and learned from.
Thank you for so much great information. Wish I would have found you sooner. 💗
You are welcome.
Hi, which majic mill did you get?
Thank you so much for this information. I havent used my dehydrator yet. I'm going to get as much information as I can first. I do, however, vac seal jars with freeze dried food, quite often. Try putting 2 lids on when your sealing. The second lid will come right off, but, it seems to make them seal better. I think there may be a little to much room in the sealing cap.
Interesting.
love to watch you. Question, do you store your dehydrated foods in the garage also? I was thinking of doing that but I was worried that it would get too warm. We live in Texas and it gets pretty hot. our garage is well insulated but still gets warm during the summer months. Thank you & Jim for all your wonderful videos.
Texas boy here, store them inside house where temp is constant for best result...remember HEAT SHORTENS STORAGE higher the temp the shorter the time it store
After watching your video on dehydrating frozen vegetables I got some and tried it. I put them in canning jars. I used the food saver to vacuum seal the jars. I then decided since canning jars and lids are so difficult to find right now, I decided to empty the jars and use the vacuum sealer to seal everything. I use the veggies to make my homemade pet food. I was also not sure that ALL the moisture was out though now after watching this video I realized I had no condensation in the sealed jars! That was a very helpful bit of info for me! The question I have about the jar of peas is , could you make a powder out of them instead of discarding them? Thank you for all the valuable information you and Jim provide for us!😊
The powder is only as good as the original food, so before doing that, I would rehydrate some and taste them. If they tasted OK, then I could easily do that. Thanks!
I just started. Do you know what to do if the fruit isn't fully dehydrated and it's time for bed. LOL. Serious question though. It's taking a long time for apples and bananas. Can I turn off the unit and let it sit over night in the machine or do I store them in a jar or bag and dehydrate more tomorrow? ty
Thank you so much for your valuable information!! I appreciate you!!
Thanks for watching our channel.
Your videos are superb in their detail and clarity of demonstration! I have learned so many new and exciting things about food storage which I am using. I have dehydrated and powdered canned beets, and am ready to vacuum seal them, but I'm concerned about fine powders being sucked up and damaging the Food Saver. Could you show how you use coffee filters for that process?
I just take a coffee filter, cut it to size to fit inside the jar over the powder. It stays in the jar after the process. Someone else suggested using a cupcake paper, which is just about the right size.
Very good info. I have never watched my jars after dehydrating. BUT, I do dehydrate to the nth degree. I have beets going right now and they were much thicker slices because I was going to f.d. before it died AGAIN! They are still slightly bendy - I will not stop until they crack when I break them. I have not had any problems with dehydrated (EXCEPT before I built the closet with closing doors to keep the jars out of the light) except discoloration (and I throw those out, but they were 6 years old).
I understand about the mylar bags. I am presently storing mine inside dog food containers or 5 gallon buckets to prevent mice from smelling. My understanding is that the stronger the mylar bag, the less problem. If they can't smell the food, they will leave it alone.
Thank for sharing your experiences. Good information.
I have foods, rice, beans and peas that I stored in foodsaver bags over 10 years ago. Occasionally one will lose its seal but by far most are like bricks.
I might be doing something wrong, then. None of mine held their vacuum for even a year. I need to figure that out! Thanks for sharing.
I can’t remember who’s video I saw this on, but they suggested double sealing the bags because they had been occasionally losing a seal. Couldn’t hurt to try.