With all the posts about making jerky and pemmican, I decided to blow 40 bucks on a food dehydrator. I guess I could have used the oven but what the hell! First try was hamburger jerky. The dryer came with some dry spice mix and I had hamburger in the freezer. It was good. Not great,but ok. About a lb. of chuck yeilded approx. 2/3 lb of meat sticks. I just rolled them out by hand. They looked like something the dog left. The kids said "eeeewww" but ate em like candy. I'll try a round roast this weekend. I'll also try some deer jerky soon as there's some in the freezer also. I bought some frozen blueberries to dry for the pemmican. I'll give a report when done. Another thing I dried was some yellow squash and zucchini. They turned out very good. I sliced them about 1/4 inch thick. When dry they were crisp and crunchy. The yellow had a sweeter taste, but both were very good. Makes a good scoop for ranch dip! Any way, just a new gadget to play with. When the garden starts bearing this year we'll try drying a little of everything!
I had too many tomatoes in my garden last year. So I got a dehydrator and made sun dried tomatoes. Yummy! And yes the last for ages!
"dahdave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Howdy losers
With all the posts about making jerky and pemmican, I decided to blow 40 bucks on a food dehydrator. I guess I could have used the oven but what the hell! First try was hamburger jerky. The dryer came with some dry spice mix and I had hamburger in the freezer. It was good. Not great,but ok. About a lb. of chuck yeilded approx. 2/3 lb of meat sticks. I just rolled them out by hand. They looked like something the dog left. The kids said "eeeewww" but ate em like candy. I'll try a round roast this weekend. I'll also try some deer jerky soon as there's some in the freezer also. I bought some frozen blueberries to dry for the pemmican. I'll give a report when done. Another thing I dried was some yellow squash and zucchini. They turned out very good. I sliced them about 1/4 inch thick. When dry they were crisp and crunchy. The yellow had a sweeter taste, but both were very good. Makes a good scoop for ranch dip! Any way, just a new gadget to play with. When the garden starts bearing this year we'll try drying a little of everything!
With all the posts about making jerky and pemmican, I decided to blow 40 bucks....
Dave
I got my dehydrator following advice on this group. I wanted it mainly for making beef jerky. It worked great, but I found myself losing control and eating the jerky almost as fast as it was produced. So much for making jerky. I think I'll try something like those zucchini and squash 'chips'. If that doesn't work well for me I'll have to give the dehydrator away to some friends!
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I had too many tomatoes in my garden last year. So I got a dehydrator and made sun dried tomatoes. Yummy! And yes the last for ages!
Not to put too fine a point on it, but you made *dehydrator* dried tomatoes. Sun dried tomatoes are dried in the sun. I've done both and there's a decided difference in texture, flavor and appearance.
Pastorio
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"dahdave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Howdy losers
With all the posts about making jerky and pemmican, I decided to blow 40 bucks on a food dehydrator. I guess I could have used the oven but what the hell! First try was hamburger jerky. The dryer came with some dry spice mix and I had hamburger in the freezer. It was good. Not great,but ok. About a lb. of chuck yeilded approx. 2/3 lb of meat sticks. I just rolled them out by hand. They looked like something the dog left. The kids said "eeeewww" but ate em like candy. I'll try a round roast this weekend. I'll also try some deer jerky soon as there's some in the freezer also. I bought some frozen blueberries to dry for the pemmican. I'll give a report when done. Another thing I dried was some yellow squash and zucchini. They turned out very good. I sliced them about 1/4 inch thick. When dry they were crisp and crunchy. The yellow had a sweeter taste, but both were very good. Makes a good scoop for ranch dip! Any way, just a new gadget to play with. When the garden starts bearing this year we'll try drying a little of everything!
I had too many tomatoes in my garden last year. So I got a dehydrator and made sun dried tomatoes. Yummy! And yes the last for ages!
If it was done inside in a food dehydrator then they aren't sun-dried anything. But it is a great way to store plenty of tomatoes. We do it all of the time, except ours are sun-dried since we are in the southwest with lots of heat and sun.
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"dahdave" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Howdy losers
With all the posts about making jerky and pemmican, I decided to blow 40 bucks on a food dehydrator. I guess I could have used the oven but what the hell! First try was hamburger jerky. The dryer came with some dry spice mix and I had hamburger in the freezer. It was good. Not great,but ok. About a lb. of chuck yeilded approx. 2/3 lb of meat sticks. I just rolled them out by hand. They looked like something the dog left. The kids said "eeeewww" but ate em like candy. I'll try a round roast this weekend. I'll also try some deer jerky soon as there's some in the freezer also. I bought some frozen blueberries to dry for the pemmican. I'll give a report when done. Another thing I dried was some yellow squash and zucchini. They turned out very good. I sliced them about 1/4 inch thick. When dry they were crisp and crunchy. The yellow had a sweeter taste, but both were very good. Makes a good scoop for ranch dip! Any way, just a new gadget to play with. When the garden starts bearing this year we'll try drying a little of everything!
