Introduction to Dehydrating - Preservation 101
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- All about dehydrating! Different methods for dehydrating, what food works best, plus tips and tricks!
Dehydration is another great option for getting food on your shelf, plus it’s also super convenient, lightweight, and really takes the bulk down on your food to help maximize your space.
In this episode of the Panty Chat, Josh and Carolyn continue their series on preservation methods with an introduction to dehydration. They cover the pros and cons of dehydration, what foods it really works best on, the different types of dehydration, and the basic steps you need to follow in order to get started.
In this Episode:
- Grandma Jeanie is recovering after having to go to the ER for pelvic pain caused by pneumonia.
- Harvest season is still in full swing as Josh and Carolyn continue to make plans to prep for winter.
- Why would somebody dehydrate and what are the benefits of doing it over other preservation methods?
- What are the types of food you can dehydrate and what are the nutritional benefits?
- What foods should not be dehydrated at home and why?
- What are the grades of different electric dehydrators and what features should you look for when buying one?
- Josh and Carolyn discuss the different types of dehydration methods (electric, solar, and oven).
- What are the basic steps you need to know before you start dehydrating food?
- Carolyn provides some tips on how to reconstitute tomatoes and use them to make a great sauce.
Links Mentioned:
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Chit Chat
7:40 - My canned food grew mold, what went wrong?
10:23 - What is dehydrating?
11:55 - Benefits of dehydrating food
17:19 - What we dehydrate
19:21 - What CAN'T you dehydrate?
24:44 - Methods of dehydration
27:44 - Dehydrating basics
33:18 - How to use dehydrated food
36:25 - The BEST fruit leather tip
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When you make your own vanilla with vanilla beans, after you use them in alcohol, you can take the vanilla bean, dehydrate it and grind to make a potent vanilla powder. This can be used on ice cream, yogurt, baked goods. Sprinkle on oatmeal, add to sugar and sprinkle on anything you can think of!!!
Off subject, but I just noticed you have no ads. I love that.
I enjoy no ads as well but it also means that they're NOT getting paid for the work they did on this video.
there must be a reason, because there are ads on other vids of theirs from what I remember. Which is totally fine, they work hard to bring us this content.
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Yahoo ❗ ❗ ❗ love , love, no ads on top of very informative and wholesome! Thank you so very much!!
We pay $10 a month for no ads on RUclips plus other benefits… but I can tell you, making videos for RUclips… like sacrificing time and energy to actually create and edit the content is very time consuming and I’m not sure why there are no ads on this video, but I can totally understand if they do have ads. No one likes to work for peanuts. Eventually, people do want to at least make some kind of money for all their hard work and sacrifice they put into their videos and channel. They also have 10 children too! I just can’t wrap my head around how they do it all plus having all those kids. I’m sure they all help out somehow, but it’s still a huge family to feed and take care of. ❤️❤️ I love their channel and so glad I found them 🥰
We just celebrated my great grandmother's 98th birthday. She definitely has some stories to tell!
I really like you guys. There are other youtubers with 'similar' info, but they do not necessarily seem to have the best safety processes.
You all are my 'go to' people for information. Thanks.
Families coming together is really important and relevant to me. My best to your Grandma! We live in a 3 generation household with my Dad who survived a heart attack and stroke, myself and adult daughter who have severe chronic health concerns. I focus a lot of my energy into feeding and providing healthy nourishment for my family! Thank you so much for all you share and teaching me to can!
My husband and I just found you and you two are so cute and helpful. We are closing on our new house in the mountains of North Carolina this Thursday. We have only 4 acres, but there's only two of us. (We are retired in our 60"s) We have watched other You Tube channels on homesteading and gardening, preserving and all that jazz, because we are new to all of this. But we like you two the best. You have great information and you make it easy to understand. We're so excited!!!! Thank you for all you do. We will be supporting you. God bless you both.
I love that you are having your Great Grandmother living with you. When I was a child, we had a small 2 bdrm home, and also had apartments a half block away. My Great Grandmother and Grandmother lived in apartments until Great Grandmother moved into my older sister's apartment to have help in everyday activities. We loved them dearly and my parents set a great example for our family to honor our elders by having them live with us. God bless you for honoring your elder family members.
More common in my era (I'm 74). My maternal grandma lived with us when I was a child. My paternal grandma lived with my dad and his youngest sister (keeping her in a warm climate year round). She was much younger than my other grandma so I was an adult by then.
God Bless and Best wishes Grandma.
We have brought both my mom and mother in law in to our home, at different times. Sadly my kids think nursing homes are the best place for the elderly. I love the multi generational living, that is how it was and how it should be.
Their is a time and place for nursing homes, I am not saying they should be eliminated, but think they are being over utilized.
I am an RN and can tell you the elderly don't present with typical signs and symptoms. I am not shocked by any of the symptoms your Great Grandma had. And that generation is tougher than nails. They don't complain, they don't use pain meds the way we are used to, they don't slow down or stop for anything!!!! They most certainly are a different breed of people.
We used to call that “walking pneumonia”. Prayers for your lived one’s recovery. We care for my husbands Mom, she’s 96. She from the countryside outside London and survived the Germans bombing England. Makes what we’re going through look like nothing!
Love your story...whereabouts outside of London?
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"Nothing yet"
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Dehydrating bone broth is my preferred method. I use about 1 tsp per cup to reconstitute. I like space saving, preserving the collagen, and not having to use up jars in this time of scarcity.
Wow! Never thought of that. Do you make sure all the fat is skimmed off the broth before you dry it?
Yes ,I do that,but I first boil it down to a sirup and the it takes not that long to dehydrate.
After that it goes in the vitamix,you can use it anyway you want.Make sure all the fat is removed.
karlicia Berry Yes. I refrigerate overnight and get off as much fat as possible. Then I dehydrate in the oven in a parchment paper lined pan. I’ve found it too messy for my dehydrator and without parchment it is too hard to remove from the pan. Then I Powder it in my spice grinder.
Thank you for dehydrating tips and tricks.
So very helpful.
As I listen to this chat I am aware that ' gramma 'has since gone on to Heaven. Thank you for having her live with you and later for the charming interview with her in a chat. You are living a family loving example , that we here believe in and also emplement. I am 79.and her perky attitude has been an inspiration for me. Much love to you all. Thank you.
My husband and I moved his parents in with us in 2000. I was their caregiver up to the end. My mother n law had so many health problems but she lived many years past the time the doctors expected. Caring for them was a blessing to me. I would do it over again in a heartbeat. Thank you for your videos!
I just wanted to tell you, I am so thankfull for the work you do with all your videos. We just bought our own homestead property here in Denmark, an old one with 4 longhouses and 12 acres, from 1858. My husband and I have always wanted to provide our selves, our daughter and our families with food. And the shared knowledge you two have, has been so helpfull to me in order to plan what how, when and where we are going to place everything and how we can make the most of what we produce.
So thank you ever so much for that!
I wish you all the best here from Denmark! ❤️
PORTABLE SOUP!! The great Townsends RUclips channel that covers 18th C recipes is an excellent food history source!
My Mom is 85 went through c-19, 2 breaks in her hip without pain meds (she’s very sensitive to meds). She was also born with what we were told all my life growing up - a bad heart- aka bicuspid.
She’s my hero. She’s amazing and she raised 11 children often time by herself while my beloved Dad was stationed overseas 18 months at a time. And she didn’t drive until I was in my teens (I’m #7) she’s was about 40 years old
Ty for your videos! They help SO much. I find canning a bit intimidating
Do you peel your tomatoes before dehydrating for the sauce? I use my peels with cores and dehydrate then grind to powder. Another GREAT use of dehydrated foods is being able to seal and then reseal with a hand held vacuum sealer to keep it air tight. I reuse ALL my canning lids for my dehydrated foods. Another great use is to make teas. I dehydrate all kinds of flowers and leaves for making tea - mint, roselle, lemon balm, lemon grass, etc. My favorite product turns out to be dehydrated onions which is blend to a powder when done and they taste even better when used in a recipe - almost meaty. SO good but do it outside - LOL. Great video! I have also bought bags of frozen potatoes when on sale, dehydrated them and then use in soups or grind to make instant mashed potatoes.
My grandmother lived in my household until she went on. It did get trying but was such a blessing to all of the generations. She knew she was loved and my kids learned that family is there no matter what and no matter what age. Prayers for your family member(s). 💕🙏 Thanks for the dehydration lessons!
My grandma lived till 97, had a hip replacement in Seattle at 95, she did better than a 50 year old!! That’s so incredible she’s doing so well!! They deserve to be cared for so much! Family is the greatest! The stories of what they’ve survived through are priceless. Praying for all, thank you for all you share, truly have much respect in all family oriented good folks.
My grandma and grandpa had a 1000 acre ranch in Palouse Wa. It’s still in the family, we have many family in the area, & Northern Idaho, it’s beautiful country.
I love dehydrating things from around my yard & garden. I make my own herb seasonings, garlic & onion & chili flakes/powders, dried apples & berries, kale chips, and OMG, homemade raisins from my own vines are amazing. I freeze & can things too, but dehydrating is so easy to do with so many foods.
What a wonderful blessing it is to be able to care for our elderly loved ones. many prayers coming your way.
Your video/story is inspirational. It is a blessing you can do that. I know those kids are a great help also. I pray all grandma gets back home soon to be with loving family.
Oh yeah that’s true about no ads! I appreciate that! Thank you
Agreed, we've come to the conclusion that dried tomatoes are the way to go. They work so good!
May our Heavenly Father bless you with perfect healing and many more years, Grandma.
Thank you for the time you both took to put out this video :)
Prayers for grandma! I absolutely adored the video with her. She seems to be a tough cookie though so I‘m optimistic that she‘ll be fine. I love that you‘re living with several generations :)
Your videos just now are very timely - fermented sauerkraut today, and am currently canning apples and dehydrating tomatoes ;)
Dehydrated sliced apples are my go to snack 😊
Prayers for great grandma❤
Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge on your channel and podcast! You've made a difference in our lives for the better.
Telling the people in your life those 3 words is so important. I tell my loved ones that I love them every day
I've been dehydrating since I was 20 (I'm 63) and my first dehydrator was a Ronco that used a light bulb, no fan, no thermostat. Crazy. I now have two Nesco Gardenmasters and they work great for me. I also have been using that same cookbook. I have a number of different books but Mary Bell is my favorite. My favorite thing to dry is sliced mushrooms. I buy them on sale at Aldi and slice and throw them on trays and I always have mushrooms to use in any dish. I really love this series and I'm hoping to get into fermenting.
Can you dehydrate mushrooms that have been sautéed, then frozen?? Thanks. A newbie here.
@@rocksolidarena I am guessing they were sauteed in some kind of fat. A rule of thumb is not to dehydrate things with fat as they can go rancid over time. You could definitely do it but the shelf life is more limited. Maybe someone who has tried it could chime in.
@@patriciariddle2997 Thank you Patricia. This is all new to me. I tried tomatoes and think I left them in too long. They were so tiny and shriveled up. I kept them, but have not rehydrated them yet. Not sure how to do it. Just put them in warm water til they look like they're supposed to?? I want to do herbs, fruit (what do they mean by "leathery", veggies.
Is your dehydrator a quiet one?
Is it easy for you to clean?
In the 1970s, we lived where there were hot, dry summers. We made screen frames and dried our fruit outside.
I was especially interested in your comments about old cookbooks and feed the sick. I pulled out my mom's high school home economics book from 1937 and there is a chapter called "Feeding the Sick"!
I’m so happy I took the time to watch this morning ... I’m processing some of our pears today and one of the things on the list today is pear fruit leather !! First time doing this with my pears 🍐.. later will be pear butter and pear sauce and of course canned pears .. regular and spiced
Thank you so much for sharing this 101! Absolutely opened my eyes and helped so much. My husband bought me a dehydrator because he knew I'd been watching your videos, but I had no idea what it did. Now I have an idea thank you! 😂
Thank you so much for these great tips. I love this method of preserving. You all are so organized and keep it rolling. Thanks again!
Every single time that I open a jar of food, I use a spoon and gently pry open the lid, listening carefully for the air suction. If I don't hear the suction, I toss the food. THere should always be suction. Sometimes lids can be firmly adhered, but it can be by the stickiness of the food inside. Inspect your contents carefully each and every time. Some foods don't mold or show any sign of degradation so by listening for the suction its just one more tool to keep you safe.
Sending lots of love and prayers to Grandma Jeannie! ❤️🙏🏻
God bless you both, I took care of my mom until the end of her life. She passed in 2015 on the day after Thanksgiving in her sleep and ive got no regrets and the last words she heard was I love you from me before her nap.
I love the idea of drying tomatoes instead of canning. Do you have a video about making sauce from them?
Speedy recovery to Grandma!
Oops! Just needed to keep watching. Thank you!
When I was in the Army, was on bivouac for about a week, sprained my knee, when I went on sick call, they sent me for X-rays, but they X-ray’d my chest and told me I had (walking ) Pneumonia! I didn’t feel the slightest bit sick! I was only like 22
this is how I wish to live my life and raise my family. Old times stand the test of time. wholesome, lovely, and full of life.
Thanks for the great advice and sounds like Great Grandma is a powerful lady of faith! God bless her.
Prayers for her quick recovery. Thanks for the video. :)
Great video and tips, especially on the fruit leather. In South Africa, apricots are really our go-to fruit for jams, pies and other cooking. My mom made the most delicious apricot jam from our 5 trees and one day we decided to try fruit leather. Basically just cooked it a little bit with some sugar and lemon juice and then minced it, put the kitchen table outside covered in a thick plastic and spread it all over evenly and left it outside on a hot sunny day (with a net over for bugs) It was delicious, soft and pliable but not sticky
Walking pneumonia is a bit scary... Your so blessed to still have her around miss my great grandma Jean she was such a lovely smart woman. That's what we've really lost when we lost multi-generational living all of stregth, wisdom and resilience that's learned from them
Townsend and sons has some great historical videos about "pocket soup" here on RUclips. Really interesting, I think you would really like it for your hiking/ hunting trips.
It looked interesting, like a meat jerky flavored fruit leather or jello jiggler that's thin and super stiff. You're right, I believe that folks who enjoy jerky and backpacking would enjoy that recipe.
You 2 work perfectly together...Thanks for the valuable info.
This just made me think of all the instant food items that are sold in stores.
I'm looking to do more things at home living in a busy city and these videos are great.
Thank you for all of the information!! You two are wonderful!
Brilliant information! Thanks! Keep these coming
Hi, I'm Debbie and I am a retired registered nurse. I was really ill once for a month. I had the flu which turned into bronchitis. I thought I was better. The day after Christmas I couldn't get out of bed, my back hurt so bad. I had no other symptoms. Low and behold I had pneumonia, really bad. I never knew that back pain was a symptom. Sometimes diseases don't "fit into the normal" pattern. So if you are feeling something strange and your feeling sick get checked out.
Been waiting for a video about dehydration tips! Thanks!!
dried broth also adds a big punch of flavor where you wouldn't want to have the liquid.
God Bless Grandma Jeannie!
I currently live in Abilene Texas, I bet this place has changed a lot since she was born here.
Preboiling / cooking and than letting dry out rice is a GREAT WAY to save time later when camping / traveling. Or even, when taking food to work. Just some boiled water from the coffee / tea machine, a little salt and boom, your rice is ready to eat. Bringing along some dried vegetables and place them on top of the steaming rice you just poured some boiled water into, cover up the top after adding a little garlic powder and BOOM! a tasty healthy lunch meal that everyone will be coming by to see and ask about! Haha.
Thank you for sharing these great tips. I'm going to start using my dehydrator more.
Dehydrated Broth is something that used to be in almost every American household's pantry prior to the mid 1800's. They called it "portable soup". It's one of those things that industrialized food production made us completely forget about.
Good stuff. We dehydrate a fair amount and it’s helpful. Great for apples, onions and so many other things as you mention. Thank you for sharing and stay safe! “Outdoors and Country Living”.
Used to live in Abilene when I was in elementary in the late 80’s. Moved to Ohio in 91 now Gods calling me to montana. Planning to move there in April. Currently in contract for a house on 20 acres. 😬 waiting to hear from the bank. Hoping to close before the election.
I live in Abilene, Texas.
Great information, thank you
Thank you for sharing. Teaching is an awesome thing!
Wow. I’ve been doing lots of dehydrating but I’ve gotten a couple of really helpful tips.
Love the tomato tip! Can’t wait to try this season!
Dehydrated celery is my favorite.
How long does it take to dehydrate? I have a simple stackable dehydrator that has a fan, but no temperature control. I think it has 4 stackable trays.
@@susan3200 bout 10 hours
@@neicenn thank you
Thank you for this. It was awesome!
Dehydrated tomatoes... I’m gonna try that! Thanks for all the info, you guys!
Super video! Thanks! 😊
Grandma survived the dust bowl. She thought whatever symptoms she had was holdover from the dust bowl, or some small cold. She didn't want to bother anyone with her pneumonia... what a trooper!
I love to dehydrate mushrooms, carrots, onions, garlic etc then powder them. Also! Raspberry powder! Is amazing!
Just getting into this! Thank you so much for this video
Great info, once again
Great suggestions!
Very interesting video how to dehydrating ( preservation 101), lovely homestead can grow many kind veggies and can preservation all these veggies to eat for long term, i will learn something new from you
Prayers for your loved one, I too have my brother in icu. God be with you
I just want to throw a little tip in here I never for decades have never cook my lasagna noodles and I don’t use those don’t cook noodles either. I use plane ole lasagna noodles. I just make sure when I do my layers of meat cheese and noodles and make sure that the sauce covers every bit of the noodles on top that there is no needles poking through and they cooked al dente every time.
Me too! I was struggling with my lasagna coming out kinda soupy, so I started putting my noodles in uncooked straight from the box. They absorbed all the meat and sauce flavors so they are even more delicious. Sometimes I even substitute some pasta layers with sliced eggplant or zucchini, it's a great way to make use of the log sized zucchini 🤣.
Nice vid. Unknown is the storage time of your stored foods. Light destroys ALL stored foods. Even if you hang thick and dark sheet(s), it would be better than letting any light shine on your stored foods. Looks nice, good, ana lotta hours of hard work! Nutrition is harmed by light. Howard
I purchased some of your classes, and I love the egg preserving class! You mention on this video that you can dehydrate COOKED eggs, and Josh said that he has taken them back packing. Can you go over how you do that, and ratio's to reconstitute on a back packing trip? How is the flavor?
Love your videos! Thank you!
I live 55 miles from Abilene. My grandparents were born before the depression, sadly they are all gone now, but i heard stories from them how they survived. It wasn’t like they didn’t have anything, they didn’t have much and didn’t need much. They had neighbors who they would trade off work or other goods for food. Someone would kill a calf and they would share it with as many people as they could, then the next time someone else, a different neighbor, would kill a calf and do the same. My grandfather had to grow up before his time, his father had TB, so my grandfather essentially became the man of the house at 11 or 12.
I've been canning and dehydrating like a mad woman these days (looking forward to slower times this winter)! Also looking forward to using your fruit leather trick! Thank you for sharing and prayers for Grandma Jennie!
I think you mean "mad" woman. :) My neighbor and I are canning so so much too. She said we are crazy. And I replied, yes, crazy smart! lol
@@karliciaberry5796 yes that is what I meant! Thank you!
So glad you are taking care of your elderly parent, bless you. I do have a question on dehydrating. Can you dehydrate spaghetti squash after it’s been cooked?
I love Abilene! Small world, stumbled on your channel, I graduated from ACU!
Can you please consider doing a video about dehydrated tomatoes and how to turn them into sauce, please? Thank you for all you teach us.
Wondering about the book in front of you!! I luv books!
Dehydrated hash browns?!?!? I hope there will be a recipe coming for that!
I hope there is a video - tried and was not successful.
@@dancnluc1 did you blanch the potatoes before dehydrating?
@@robertadunaway7030 I did! I was able to eat them but they were not that tasteful. I only did a small batch because I was not sure how they would turn out.
there are some good videos on here for that, shred, blanch 6 min. rinse, dry til crunchy.
@@nolalewis2164 I will have to try that - thanks
Sadly, not only did we lost the knowledge but many have lost the empathy that drives the want behind caring for those who can't care for themselves.
My prayers to her and blessings to you guys
Hey Carolyn, thanks for the fruit lather tip! I'm doing more homemade gifts and that will be great since I have a lot of berries in the freezer. Wondering if you could do a show in tell at a pantry chat on how it looks. God bless you and your family. happy Thanksgiving!!
I'm new to dehydrating, in fact 1st tutorial. Thanks for the information, I'm looking forward to more tutorials from you.
I didn't see the link for the book you mentioned, can you please post the link? TIA!
It was the video with GGrandma Genie that introduced me to your channel and your family.. Best wishes to her.
I thought there was going to be a link for dehydrating hash browns? Maybe it was a different video, or I'm just missing it. So thankful for you both.
I agree with you about canning tomatoes. I dehydrate them and freeze them instead.
I LOVED my Excalibur, the best as far as I'm concerned!
I love your coffee mugs
Prayers for your family! My mom's bones are weaken and she is trying to extra careful.
I have been dyhrating herbs for a couple of years.
I would love to dehrate hashbrowns. I tried and failed there.
Could we get a link to the dehydrating book u mentioned? Also do u have a recipe for the fruit leather? Super excited about that!!!!
I love using powdered tomatoes instead of homemade tomato paste.
Would love to see some dehydrating recipes, that can be used for meals.
Use to dehydrate but about five years ago I was fortunate to purchase a freeze dryer. I pretty much haven’t dehydrated anything since. Anyway good video and thanks for sharing.
We are seeing a LOT of issues with lids failing and buckling, this year. The manufacturing quality is pathetic. The lids are very thin and the silicone is insufficient. I have been freezing my tomatoes until I have enough to process. Could I still dehydrate those once defrosted? I have an excaliber. Perhaps if I cook them down and then dehydrate to tomato leather and process to chunky in the food processor... Store as powdered tomatoes?
yes definitely
I have 2 both have 7 shelves. I do fruit, vegetables, meats. They store well and are easy to use.
Rose Red Homestead has some good programs on veggie powders.