What Did You Dehydrate Today?

[tripletfeb]

I dehydrated onions the other day and ground them into onion powder. Now to try garlic!

 

[tortoise]

I need to dehydrate jerky dog treats. Too much meat in the freezer that I'll never use.

 

[Mini Horses]

Figs...12 trays just turned on. Enough for 6 more waiting in frig... 😁

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Dehydrated Egg Review:

I've read a lot of reviews of dehydrated eggs and a lot of them were not encouraging. Most of the ones I saw were from dehydrating already scrambled eggs. However, I did see some positive reviews on the taste of dehydrated raw eggs, so I tried it.

Yesterday I dehydrated a dozen raw eggs. I mixed them up in the Bullet and poured them on homemade foil trays that I slipped into the Excalibur. (I just bought it and don't have solid trays for it yet) I dehydrated them @145 degrees overnight. Pulled them out this morning and powdered them in the Bullet. Before I stored them I wanted to try 'em.

I used 1 Tablespoon of egg powder and 1.5 Tablespoons of warm water. I set that aside while I cooked a piece of bacon. Removed the bacon and sauteed some onions in the grease. Poured off the extra grease and added the egg. Can't say I had much hope when I put it in the pan, lol. But when I started stirring it around to scramble it I've gotta say that it smelled good and looked like a scrambled egg. Taste test was so much better than I expected. If a freshly scrambled egg is a 10 on the taste scale - this was at least an 8.5 - 9. Absolutely shocked. DH liked it too. Not sure if I'd feel the same without the bacon and onion - but I'd eat these again in a heartbeat. I'll definitely be dehydrating more.

In other egg news - I've been dehydrating quail eggs (with shell) to supplement the uber expensive game bird feed that I use to start most of my chicks with. I've got guinea eggs in the incubator so I'm getting prepared.

 

[Hinotori]

I'm thinking I need to go pick some plantain and dry it. There are some very big and succulent plants out there. Dehydrator is the only way to really dry herbs here.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Did you end up doing this?

I did. I dried a couple of pounds of baby Bellas. When I first put them in the dehydrator, I thought they smelled pretty strong, but after a couple hours the strong smell abated, and they dried out well. I put them in some glass jars and vacuumed them. I haven't used any yet so no review as to the finished product.

This morning I've got a bucket of okra to wash, slice and get loaded into the dehydrator.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Father's Day gift

 

[FarmerJamie]

Thawing 15 pounds of beef for jerky right now.

I just couldn't sit still this long weekend

 

[Mini Horses]

Today I received those cute little packets of silica gel and OXY absorbers. I'm just thinking how have I managed all these years without?

I'm sure they will be helpful one day

 

[Mini Horses]

New unit going today. Sweet and white potatoes, one tray of zucs and one of apple. Late day I'll check progress. It is quiet...gotta be right there to hear any fan. Good.

It's sitting on my stove, so the heat exiting can go out the vent😁. After all, the AC is on!