That was amazingly informative and well done! Thank you so much for all of your hard work in educating people about dehydration. I know this is an older video, but if you or whoever is running the channel now see this, I'd love to see your thoughts on dehydration vs freeze drying. People are getting very interested in freeze drying and saying that dehydrated foods are far inferior. From what I've seen/read from you, that's not at all true! They may be technically somewhat inferior, but I'm not sure the difference in longevity/nutrient retention justifies the huge cost difference getting started with freeze drying over dehydrating. Anyway, thank you again for the video.
When you dehydrate things like green onions, celery etc. Cut the root off and put it in water, it will keep growing and give you more to use/dehydrate. Garlic which is getting a bit old, separate into cloves and put the cloves in a pot, with the top barely peeking up from the soil. The "grass" that grows from it, has a lovely, mild garlic flavor, yummy in soups, salads etc. Sure it would be great to dehydrate too! :) Thanks forthe great video! :)
Thank you from zimbabwe. I like drying vegetables. I however dont have the dehydrator. I make use of the sun. My challenge is making a combo of veg. Wat goes along with what so that l can package and sell. Help
All great info for how to, but never mentions how long to dehydrate each food for. Some things take an hour, others 5 hrs, some longer. Please indulge us with the length of time for each food to dehydrate.
I am going through your series slowly. I am THRILLED with this. I personally bought a dehydrator about 10 years ago. I used it a couple of times. With mixed results. Mostly I was not happy. And it has sat in my basement since. Your series has made me realize the MULTITUDE of mistakes I made... I NEVER got anything that came out particularly crisp... things always were bendy and softish. NOTHING would snap. And therefore items would stick together and I never felt that I could store them without them spoiling. I actually have all the things you use... from food mills, meat slicers and grinders, mason jars (I do canning), I have a VitaMix etc.... My Question to you is... is there a book or a printable thing that would tell me temperatures and times for specific foods? Do you have one or a recipe book so I can have an idea of how much dehydrated corn = how much fresh? ETC?? lol I am so excited I want to start... but taking notes from your videos currently is all I can think of doing... and its a bit daunting there is SO much information! THANK YOU THANK YOU for these videos!!! :)
Thank you so much for this fantastic information. You are amazing and such a good teacher. So easy to understand exactly what to do. I watched all your videos and have learned what I was searching for and much more. You are such a blessing and your generosity is very appreciated!
Lavonne Westbrooks right lol I was thinking when she picked up the green onions omg she’s going to use the meat slicer, like everyone has a meat slicer hanging out.
While the video was interesting and thank you for it, I found some of your work habits a bit odd such as why are you cutting things like leeks on a plate with rounded up edges? I would think a cutting board would work much better and have less of a chance for an accident between your fingers and the knife.
The Blanche method:strait out hot water to ICE WATER. why don't you put your veggies in a basket/steamer basket in the hot water because then you just lift out the basket in the ice water. Show us how you put your veggies in the dehydrator and your settings. 🤔
But you forgot to mention, try to dehydrate them outside on a non rainy day because your house will reak of Garlic, or Onion smell!! takes days to get rid of the smell!! UGHH !! :)
Thank you for sharing this wonderful and well explained video @Dehydrate2store. I have one question. What is the portion amounts for the garlic, celery and onion? I'm interested in making my own 'French Onion Soup Mix'.
Cool! Thank you for sharing this info! I've never seen the HUGE garlic in stores! I really really need to get my dehydrator out and get to using it again!
Thanks so much, your videos are so informative. I can't imagine why you would get even a single thumbs down. I'm just about to get a dehydrator (BBB 20% off coupon) and have found your videos invaluable.
I finally tried my new Excalibur and Oh My Goodness!!! What a difference! I knew it would be better than my old round one, but I HAD NO IDEA it would be so much easier to use, and that the food would come out so much nicer. The large square trays are wonderful, and nothing could fall through any spaces like the old one. The new timer is fantastic. The quality is Outstanding, Thank you for your videos, I couldn't have, done this without you! Bless you!
You can completely clean the tops of leeks by splitting them long ways and slicing them. Place them in a bowl of cold water and swish well. Let them soak for 5-10 minutes and remove by scooping them out of the water into a collander. Spay them off and they should be squeaky clean and ready to dehydrate. No waste and they taste great.
Fantastic Video, Excellent information, great presentation! I have equipment also but not used it in years, now will be used every day. Please make more videos!!! Keep up the good work!
Blanching the onions, whether diced or sliced, will keep them from stinking up the whole house while you dehydrate. Also, I've seen it indicated blanching shortens the dehydrating time.
I just looked up Dehydrate2Store and she is on FB. And active it appears. So perhaps she just hasn't done videos? I am looking... I saw someone mention a book as well... but not sure if thats accurate... still searching... Just wanted to let you know as I was worried as well since I haven't seen anything recent.
Tammy, you rock! Thanks for being a guest on my show and thanks for posting a new RUclips vid. I was worried now that you have a site you might not be posting to the tube anymore. We need good content like yours on RUclips! Oh and tell your boy thanks for all the work he does to keep your videos coming.
Hi. Twice now I have dehydrated garlic and onions and it turns a sort of green in many areas. First time I did it it was great. I think it happened when I used those silicone mats I purchased, Is that a possible reason or is there another? Wasted so much produce. I also used garlic with no sprouts and I chopped them before dehydrating.
I enjoy all your video! I just got into dehydrating food but there are a couple things I don't understand about enzyme. I read that the dehydrator shouldn't be over 118 degrees for the enzyme to stay in the food but then what about when you cook it?
Really appreciate the dehydrating infor. Especially celery. Not a huge fan of it but love it in soups & stews. Too expensive to buy a bunch for one recipe - so will dry a bunch & store them for future use. I dont have an Excelorator but I do have an old dehydrating tower that I have had for years. Many thanks again
What about washing the sand off the Leeks green tops after you cut them off? I would hate to loose the nice flavor of the green area. Have you done that?
I FINNALY ORDERED THE EXCALIBUR!! and I'm so excited about it! I've used the round dehydrator before, but had been considering the Excalibur for a while now, mostly because of the obviously higher quality, and standards it has, but also because of your wonderful videos. They convinced me that it was time to be serious about it NOW. I had forgotten how simple it is to dehydrate, and your videos reminded me. I can't thank you enough for your videos and your web site. Bless You!
Excellent videos as usual. I got my family engaged in dehydrating. This Christmas, gifts were gifts in a jar from dehydrated fruits and dehydrating machines! :) I am using my last dehydrated stuff I have since we are moving this summer. Let's see how it goes there in Puerto Rico since is way more humid! :)
Thank you Tammy for more great information. for Christmas my husband got me a vacuum sealer, and like Jack we went and got some of the name brand bags and found that they leaked horribly. We weren't very happy with that part, then we heard your interview with Jack and now I am going to order some of the bags you recommend. Thanks again for everything you do.
Thank you so much for sharing so much info. I love for all your hard work to share this with us all. I was always told to de-string celery. I notice you did not. Does it make a difference? God Bless and thank you.
Somehow I subscribed to your channel and hadn't seen any of your videos. Today you posted a new one (the Collard Green Rolls one), so I watched that, and then spent the ENTIRE day watching all of your videos. Thank you so much for all of the invaluable information. I can't believe I had access to that all this time and didn't take advantage of it. You have really changed the way I'm going to store food. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing all of your knowledge.
always great information. I cook with garlic saute and I want to store for long term use. I really use it for cooking daily . what is the best way to store for long term. Please advise. Mercedes
"This is the thickness" doesn't tell me anything since I can't measure it. I find this a problem with book also. Is that 1/4" or 1/8 " or 1/2"? Or at least what is the setting of the blade (I have the same kind).
Are you still making videos? Many of these are from a few yrs ago. I was wondering where you bought that grinder you have, I think you said it was around $25? It was the crank grinder that you used to make corn meal in one of your videos. Ty. I hope you make some new videos, I just love them.
That was amazingly informative and well done! Thank you so much for all of your hard work in educating people about dehydration. I know this is an older video, but if you or whoever is running the channel now see this, I'd love to see your thoughts on dehydration vs freeze drying. People are getting very interested in freeze drying and saying that dehydrated foods are far inferior. From what I've seen/read from you, that's not at all true! They may be technically somewhat inferior, but I'm not sure the difference in longevity/nutrient retention justifies the huge cost difference getting started with freeze drying over dehydrating. Anyway, thank you again for the video.
look at all the flavor and nutrients she's dumping down the drain....
cant you just use a knife woman ????
RUDYFUNT And work twice as much?
1caramarie but spend ten times more money?
RUDYFUNT and time cleaning the meat slicer!
When you dehydrate things like green onions, celery etc. Cut the root off and put it in water, it will keep growing and give you more to use/dehydrate. Garlic which is getting a bit old, separate into cloves and put the cloves in a pot, with the top barely peeking up from the soil. The "grass" that grows from it, has a lovely, mild garlic flavor, yummy in soups, salads etc. Sure it would be great to dehydrate too! :) Thanks forthe great video! :)
Thank you from zimbabwe. I like drying vegetables. I however dont have the dehydrator. I make use of the sun. My challenge is making a combo of veg. Wat goes along with what so that l can package and sell. Help
All great info for how to, but never mentions how long to dehydrate each food for. Some things take an hour, others 5 hrs, some longer. Please indulge us with the length of time for each food to dehydrate.
One of the most informative videos I have ever seen! Thank you, I’m trying all of these
I am going through your series slowly. I am THRILLED with this. I personally bought a dehydrator about 10 years ago. I used it a couple of times. With mixed results. Mostly I was not happy. And it has sat in my basement since. Your series has made me realize the MULTITUDE of mistakes I made... I NEVER got anything that came out particularly crisp... things always were bendy and softish. NOTHING would snap. And therefore items would stick together and I never felt that I could store them without them spoiling. I actually have all the things you use... from food mills, meat slicers and grinders, mason jars (I do canning), I have a VitaMix etc.... My Question to you is... is there a book or a printable thing that would tell me temperatures and times for specific foods? Do you have one or a recipe book so I can have an idea of how much dehydrated corn = how much fresh? ETC?? lol I am so excited I want to start... but taking notes from your videos currently is all I can think of doing... and its a bit daunting there is SO much information! THANK YOU THANK YOU for these videos!!! :)
Thank you so much for this fantastic information. You are amazing and such a good teacher. So easy to understand exactly what to do. I watched all your videos and have learned what I was searching for and much more. You are such a blessing and your generosity is very appreciated!
Thank you for the great information on how to dehydrate I just started with a dehydrator and I'm learning the process
Thank you so much! We are so happy your enjoyed the video!
Thank you for sharing. Great video except for the steak knife.
No way would i chop celery without separating the stalks and washing first. There is tons of dirt hidden in those stalks
Lavonne Westbrooks right lol I was thinking when she picked up the green onions omg she’s going to use the meat slicer, like everyone has a meat slicer hanging out.
While the video was interesting and thank you for it, I found some of your work habits a bit odd such as why are you cutting things like leeks on a plate with rounded up edges? I would think a cutting board would work much better and have less of a chance for an accident between your fingers and the knife.
The Blanche method:strait out hot water to ICE WATER. why don't you put your veggies in a basket/steamer basket in the hot water because then you just lift out the basket in the ice water. Show us how you put your veggies in the dehydrator and your settings. 🤔
But you forgot to mention, try to dehydrate them outside on a non rainy day because your house will reak of Garlic, or Onion smell!! takes days to get rid of the smell!! UGHH !! :)
Thank you for sharing this wonderful and well explained video @Dehydrate2store. I have one question. What is the portion amounts for the garlic, celery and onion?
I'm interested in making my own 'French Onion Soup Mix'.
Hello when I store these dehydrated fruits and vegetables is it OK to fill my mason jar to the top before sealing it?
Great video ! I have scallions and celery to dehydrate . Thank you for getting straight to the point .
boiled onions are not carmilized in anyway!!!!
Cool! Thank you for sharing this info! I've never seen the HUGE garlic in stores! I really really need to get my dehydrator out and get to using it again!
Does blanching celery first make a less chewy rehydrated product?
Your videos have helped me so much! Thank you for taking the time.
Very well done videos. I am impressed, for sure. Thanks for the posted videos.
Thanks so much, your videos are so informative. I can't imagine why you would get even a single thumbs down. I'm just about to get a dehydrator (BBB 20% off coupon) and have found your videos invaluable.
I finally tried my new Excalibur and Oh My Goodness!!! What a difference! I knew it would be better than my old round one, but I HAD NO IDEA it would be so much easier to use, and that the food would come out so much nicer. The large square trays are wonderful, and nothing could fall through any spaces like the old one. The new timer is fantastic. The quality is Outstanding, Thank you for your videos, I couldn't have, done this without you! Bless you!
You can completely clean the tops of leeks by splitting them long ways and slicing them. Place them in a bowl of cold water and swish well. Let them soak for 5-10 minutes and remove by scooping them out of the water into a collander. Spay them off and they should be squeaky clean and ready to dehydrate. No waste and they taste great.
Fantastic Video, Excellent information, great presentation! I have equipment also but not used it in years, now will be used every day. Please make more videos!!! Keep up the good work!
You are awesome 👍👍👍
“All’s you do.” ??? Well spoken much?
Take all the flavor out when you blance them.
do you know how to show it for normal households ??
Assisto todos os seus vídeos, gosto muito, abraço do Brasil
Awesome!!! Thanks🖒
Thank you! Good luck with your dehydrating!
Blanching the onions, whether diced or sliced, will keep them from stinking up the whole house while you dehydrate. Also, I've seen it indicated blanching shortens the dehydrating time.
What about wild leek cb
I have a slicer attachment on my kitchenaid mixer. Will that slice them ok?
Anyone know if she is still alive? She hasn't posted any videos or comments in over 2 years so I'm just curious 😔
I just looked up Dehydrate2Store and she is on FB. And active it appears. So perhaps she just hasn't done videos? I am looking... I saw someone mention a book as well... but not sure if thats accurate... still searching... Just wanted to let you know as I was worried as well since I haven't seen anything recent.
Never in my life would I think that an onion with a high sugar content is a problem...js 🤗
I recently did yellow onions and they tasted like sugar. Not what I was going for.
@@janethair1140 did you blanch them?
@@n.s.7223 No, I didn't.
Heat kills the enzymes.
Tammy, you rock! Thanks for being a guest on my show and thanks for posting a new RUclips vid. I was worried now that you have a site you might not be posting to the tube anymore.
We need good content like yours on RUclips! Oh and tell your boy thanks for all the work he does to keep your videos coming.
Hi. Twice now I have dehydrated garlic and onions and it turns a sort of green in many areas. First time I did it it was great. I think it happened when I used those silicone mats I purchased, Is that a possible reason or is there another? Wasted so much produce. I also used garlic with no sprouts and I chopped them before dehydrating.
This off-sized gloves killing everything! And why to use 5-10 liter pan to boil 1 onion,!?!
Tremendous instruction. I have learned so much from your videos.
Thank you!
I enjoy all your video! I just got into dehydrating food but there are a couple things I don't understand about enzyme. I read that the dehydrator shouldn't be over 118 degrees for the enzyme to stay in the food but then what about when you cook it?
Good teaching video
Good job, nice video. I love it. Thank you.
Thank you so much! We are so happy your enjoyed the video!
Really appreciate the dehydrating infor. Especially celery. Not a huge fan of it but love it in soups & stews. Too expensive to buy a bunch for one recipe - so will dry a bunch & store them for future use. I dont have an Excelorator but I do have an old dehydrating tower that I have had for years. Many thanks again
Did you know, It is not a true garlic, but actually a variant of the garden leek.
Thanks Mam.
Thank you! Good luck with your dehydrating!
May i know which slicer equipment you are using? i use madolin slicer but it need strong hand :(
What do you do with the rest of the Leeks, that you said might be full of sand?
What about washing the sand off the Leeks green tops after you cut them off? I would hate to loose the nice flavor of the green area. Have you done that?
Thank You! Thank you sharing your knowledge with all of us!
Lovely, thanks for sharing. How about leafs: spinach, kale, etc. Greetings from Accra.
my trays do not have small enough holes to keep the food from falling through,,, is there something that I can use to prevent this from happening
How do you prevent the onion and garlic powder from becoming rock hard? I have both and they are weapons!
Excellent!
I FINNALY ORDERED THE EXCALIBUR!!
and I'm so excited about it!
I've used the round dehydrator before, but had been considering the Excalibur for a while now, mostly because of the obviously higher quality, and standards it has, but also because of your wonderful videos. They convinced me that it was time to be serious about it NOW.
I had forgotten how simple it is to dehydrate, and your videos reminded me.
I can't thank you enough for your videos and your web site. Bless You!
Excellent videos as usual. I got my family engaged in dehydrating. This Christmas, gifts were gifts in a jar from dehydrated fruits and dehydrating machines! :) I am using my last dehydrated stuff I have since we are moving this summer. Let's see how it goes there in Puerto Rico since is way more humid! :)
what kind of slicer do you have and where can I buy one? Thank you.
I found this video to be good and informative. But who owns a meat slicer?
my dehydrator only has one temp 165 degrees does that mean that i should not try to do any onions at all?
excellent informative video. A++ for sharing your talent in home economics. Going to save my veggies now
Thank you Tammy for more great information. for Christmas my husband got me a vacuum sealer, and like Jack we went and got some of the name brand bags and found that they leaked horribly. We weren't very happy with that part, then we heard your interview with Jack and now I am going to order some of the bags you recommend. Thanks again for everything you do.
Just a note, You don't want to pour them into the collander because the bottom of the bowl will be coverd in sand.
Thank you so much for sharing so much info. I love for all your hard work to share this with us all. I was always told to de-string celery. I notice you did not. Does it make a difference? God Bless and thank you.
What if I don’t have a dehydrator? Nice video! Thank you !
Somehow I subscribed to your channel and hadn't seen any of your videos. Today you posted a new one (the Collard Green Rolls one), so I watched that, and then spent the ENTIRE day watching all of your videos. Thank you so much for all of the invaluable information. I can't believe I had access to that all this time and didn't take advantage of it. You have really changed the way I'm going to store food. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing all of your knowledge.
and I would think it would need to be roasted... raw elephant garlic doesn't taste like regular garlic...
as the onion and leek and garlic are dehydrating, is there a smell that fills the home? Or it smells, only when slicing? Thanks
Another great video! I am excited about dehydrating now! (I wonder who can rate this with dislike, maybe some jealous women ... )
always great information. I cook with garlic saute and I want to store for long term use. I really
use it for cooking daily . what is the best way to store for long term. Please advise.
Mercedes
Love this video!!! But it was so awesome to see what private detectives do in their past time!
why is the pink onions a "problem", just cause theyre pink, or somtin els?
are the glove for sanitary reasons when dehydrating for long term storage, or do you use gloves for all of your food prep?
Thank you so much for you time and info. I am so excited as I just bought your book and am using it for dehydrating and recipes.
What kind of slicer do you have?
You exolained every thing very therou. Thank you.
please invest in a clip on microphone
"This is the thickness" doesn't tell me anything since I can't measure it. I find this a problem with book also. Is that 1/4" or 1/8 " or 1/2"? Or at least what is the setting of the blade (I have the same kind).
+1caramarie, what is the brand of your slicer?
Can you put your garlic through a garlic press then dehydrate them?
Thank you for your great videos. I would like to know if you can dehydrate pearl onions whole? Do you have a video on that?
great instructions
I always learn something new on your vids.
thank you..s
Thank you. You are a natural teacher.
Thank you very much for all the information. This is excellent! I'm subscribed now. Good job!
That was so much more informative than the various books available. Thank you.
This is fascinating. What else can you dehydrate?
good job and very beautiful lady
Elephant garlic is not garlic, its a leek.
It's amazing how easy it is to use a "dehydrator" when you have power but what happens when you don't have power for months and no food?
Sun dry/ people still do it
I have wash the leeks and love them the whole thin
How long do you dehydrate all of this for please?
Once again, you have done a great video 😀 very informative
healthy junk food
Great video ! Thank you!
Thank you! Suggestion:smaller form fitting rubber gloves!
Small ones are sold at your local medical supply store,Walmart.
Are you still making videos? Many of these are from a few yrs ago. I was wondering where you bought that grinder you have, I think you said it was around $25? It was the crank grinder that you used to make corn meal in one of your videos. Ty. I hope you make some new videos, I just love them.
will you marry me?
glad to see you back tammy-