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1:33 pm
September 2, 2008
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I have placed an order with Santa for a large dehydrator. Can't make my mind up between an Excal or the Cabala's model.
4:19 pm
July 16, 2010
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Nothing, lol, but yesterday(or maybe it was the day before 
)I was dehydrating deer jerky.
I like to dehydrate mushrooms that I get on sale in mine as well.
4:43 pm
February 10, 2009
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Oooh, Mushrooms! That would be awesome since there's not a real good way to preserve them otherwise and they just don't keep, and dehydrated ones are very usable!
I often have some going bad in the fridge when I get them and don't use them up. Does anyone else have a good 'other' way to do it? After the last half a package I threw out I was thinking I should have tried sauteing them and freezing them that way. Anyone tried that?
6:46 pm
February 8, 2009
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If you saute them in butter or broth they'll keep a few more days. I do that sometimes when I buy some and don't get around to doing what I'd planned with them. Then the sauteeed shrooms can go on burgers, in omelettes, on spaghetti, etc. I am not happy with freezing them. I really like them canned though. I can them in water sliced, quartered, and whole/small so that I have whatever form I need in a flash. Dehydrated is pretty good, but my family thinks they are too chewy when rehydrated no matter how long they soak or simmer. Some people dehydrate and then powder to use in gravies, etc.
dede
9:39 pm
March 27, 2010
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Ok. I have thought about getting a dehydrator, but I want to know how long dehydrated foods can be stored…and how do you store them? Vacuum bags, mason jars? I know that dehydrating leaves more moisture in the food than freeze dried.
12:43 am
August 20, 2010
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Properly dehydrated and packaged, most foods will last for many years. Vacuum sealing is recommended — especially if you are trying to store items for years, but any airtight container will work. I have a vacuum bag sealer, but usually I only need a small portion of something at a time, so resealing a bag can be a pain. I generally use jars — and usually not canning jars — because you don't need to. I have a pump-n-seal vacuum sealer that I use on jars. It's quick and handy — in the kitchen drawer.
8:44 pm
November 23, 2008
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Brocolli, celery, cranberries, cherry tomatoes, diced potatoes, old homemade bread (for crumbs)
Love my Excalibur!!!
10:40 pm
April 8, 2010
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Deer Jerky.
After the meat is dried I am planning to vaccum seal it.
7:07 am
November 15, 2010
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diced apples and pears for adding to muffins and cakes later on…yumm
9:15 am
June 2, 2010
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dried apples for eating, thinly sliced apples for decorating the tree, lemon and orange slices for tree decorating and potpourri my house smells yummy!!!!
8:55 am
October 30, 2010
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Am going to do cranberries as that is what I got on sale. Hoping to do some potatoes for scalloped potatoes later
6:34 pm
June 2, 2010
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I'm doing a dehydrator experiment. I had fruit salad left from our dinner Friday and it was getting tired. I also had cranberry sauce left so I threw everything in the blender and am now drying it as fruit leather. It is a beautiful pink color and the goo tasted yummy. Hope it works. I love not throwing things away.
8:13 pm
March 26, 2010
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My next dehydrator will have stainless steel shelves. I've been using the round, plastic kind for over 30 years and dehydrate everything! It takes up so much less room than freezing or canning and lasts forever. My favorite is dehydrated strawberries (with peaches and apples close behind). I have gotten nervous lately about the combination of plastic, heat, and food and am getting rid of all of the plastic in my kitchen.
Tina
10:41 am
June 13, 2010
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Have you found one with stainless "shelves?" I know the old Bee Beyer (from the 70's and discontinued, darnit) that I have uses them, but I haven't found a new one that does. I think everything I've read is plastic. Please let me know if there's stainless – I prefer that. and I don't know how much longer Bee is going to hold out for me.
8:36 am
November 15, 2010
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Today all the leftover veggies are going in together….half an eggplant, a couple of zucchini, a tired red pepper, some sad sad celery….all to be added to soup mixes.
I really love not throwing out food! Why didn't I know about this say, 20 years ago??? With all the money I would have saved on food wastage, I could have bought a small island nation! Okay okay, maybe not, but it sure felt like it some weeks when I cleaned out my fridge.
12:12 pm
May 3, 2010
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justdeborah2002 said:
With all the money I would have saved on food wastage, I could have bought a small island nation!
Hee, hee! I agree!
We don't have a great place for storing potatoes so this week when I went through the bin to check for sprouting, I took out the small ones and dehydrated them. They're so easy to store and use that way. It did take me a couple of hours to get them prepped and in the dehydrator but that's the end of the prep time required. Now I can just dip into the jar and take out what I need, a short rehydration time which doesn't require any real prep time from me and we have potatoes. Yeah!
Plus, I love to use the dehydrators this time of year as it adds just a bit of warm air to the house.
4:01 pm
March 26, 2010
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Cyndi said:
Have you found one with stainless "shelves?" I know the old Bee Beyer (from the 70's and discontinued, darnit) that I have uses them, but I haven't found a new one that does. I think everything I've read is plastic. Please let me know if there's stainless – I prefer that. and I don't know how much longer Bee is going to hold out for me.
There are quite a few with stainless steel shelves on Amazon. Here is one:
http://www.amazon.com/Stainles…..amp;sr=8-2
Just search for stainless steel dehydrator. Good luck!
1:10 am
November 23, 2008
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Mixed vegetables (from frozen), green peppers. Grapes tomorrow.
9:15 am
November 15, 2010
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mmm, right now, carrots (diced and sliced), tomatoes, green onions, celery (diced and sliced) and red peppers (diced)….and lined up next are grapes and lemons.
Yay, for a cleaned out fridge!
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