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[Hinotori]

BTW, did you know you can dehydrate foods in your oven at low temps? That was something I looked into when I got an air fryer that has several other functions. One is dehydrating, and I thought, if I can do it here, why not in the oven? Turns out I can do it in the oven.

Don't forget to leave the door in the broil position to let the moisture out. That's how Mom has dried herbs for a few years

 

[ValerieJ]

Small round dehydrator for $30 new. They go on sale on Amazon a lot.

Hubby has asked if I want a freeze dryer several times but I don't want to deal with the upkeep

And maybe not the $3,000 price tag.

 

[pennyJo1960]

See I do know know everything thought they where the same.
Well crap learn something new then.
Think I will not get a freeze dryer if I use it like a few other things.
Well money need not spent.

 

[Hinotori]

And maybe not the $3,000 price tag.

There has been one on display at the Auburn Coastal Farm & Ranch for a long time. That's why he keeps asking. Freeze dried candies, like skittles, are very popular and expensive to buy.

 

[ValerieJ]

Well, in my case, we throw a lot of leftovers away because neither of us eat lunch and it's never enough for two meals. So my thinking is, make a little more so that it actually makes two meals and freeze dry the leftovers. I have friends who say the leftovers are far superior to just frozen.

Also, I've decided I don't like canned green beans at all anymore, even when I can them. I think I might be happier with the results of food preservation in the freeze dryer.

I even watched a video the other day of someone who processed raw eggs in her freeze dryer. They have to be used in scrambles, omelets or baking, etc, but still a great way to preserve them when I have too many. When she rehydrated them, they still had the consistency of a fresh egg.

I can think of so many ways to use it, but I just got it, so I'm reading the manual and getting familiar with it before I try it out.

I love the idea of not losing the nutrients in foods that I do in canning, but I'm sure I will still use both.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Do any of you know someone in or close to Clark County that is looking for 2 pullets to add to their flock?
I have a white EE pullet and a Blue sapphire pullet that are 6 months old but not laying yet.
The original person who was going to buy them decided to go with someone else for pullets.
I need to find them a new home before Wednesday or else they're getting dropped off at the auction who takes a really high % of the profit.

 

[ValerieJ]

Do any of you know someone in or close to Clark County that is looking for 2 pullets to add to their flock?
I have a white EE pullet and a Blue sapphire pullet that are 6 months old but not laying yet.
The original person who was going to buy them decided to go with someone else for pullets.
I need to find them a new home before Wednesday or else they're getting dropped off at the auction who takes a really high % of the profit.

Yikes! If you don't have anyone else, we'll take them. We're in Lewis County. Not really looking for pullets right now, but have the room, so yes, if we can find a meeting place between us, we'll do it.

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Yikes! If you don't have anyone else, we'll take them. We're in Lewis County. Not really looking for pullets right now, but have the room, so yes, if we can find a meeting place between us, we'll do it.

I am asking a $40 fee for them. Do you still want them?

 

[ValerieJ]

I am asking a $40 fee for them. Do you still want them?

The $$ doesn't matter to me. I'll rescue before auction. But I don't want to drive to Clark County.

 

[Hinotori]

Day 3 of stuffed dehydrator of catnip. There should be 4 or 5 quart bags full total when this is done. I may pick an extra bag worth to keep as a spare.