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Post by tomatoes on Aug 10, 2019 16:22:30 GMT 10
What’s your favourite way to store dehydrated veg?
- I’ve been using vacuum pack mason jars but I’m thinking of changing to vac pack bags to save space and to put in bucket so more easily exclude light
- I’m also wondering if they need some sort of moisture absorber? I do dehydrate for about twice as long as normally needed so it’s very dry!
How long do you keep dehydrated veg for?
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Post by frostbite on Aug 10, 2019 16:58:49 GMT 10
I dehydrated cherry tomotoes, kept them in a mason jar in a cool dark place, and they were good to eat 2 years later. The dehydrated banana and apple only lasted a couple of weeks until the mrs found them.
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Post by spinifex on Aug 10, 2019 17:13:14 GMT 10
How long do you keep dehydrated veg for? Never beyond the next harvest of the product being dried. I have some whole dried Daikon just sitting on a shelf at the moment. |
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Post by tomatoes on Aug 10, 2019 17:34:00 GMT 10
I know that you’re only suppose to store what you use, but if you usually use fresh veg and want some veg available in case fresh isn’t available, it’s harder to keep rotating through it. Most of my dehydrated veg are done purely for storage rather than to preserve excess (I generally prefer other storage methods for that). And my preference is to build up a LOT of dehydrated veg. Problem is how long to keep it before replacing.
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Post by malewithatail on Aug 15, 2021 12:35:50 GMT 10
We are dehydrating a lot, the dehydrator is running every day. We buy the frozen vegies from Coles as they are already freeze dried. After drying, put them into a clean glass jar. We rotate at about 6 months intervals, but you can tell when u open the jar if the food is off, so theoretically it will store for years, especially when we seal the lids with some bees wax. Lots of beeswax here from the hives.
Watch the motor in your dehydrator, ours started to make funny noises then slowed down and the thermal tripped off. All that was wrong was the bearings in the motor were dry, a little WD 40, which is food safe apparently, and its going again. They will dry out due to the heat, so every few weeks I will be squirting a little WD into them. Now its part of our maintenance schedule.
Luckily, we are totally off grid, so it costs nothing to run.
Floggings will continue until morale improves.
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Post by dirtdiva on Aug 15, 2021 19:43:43 GMT 10
I dehydrate vegetables and seal in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. The mylar bags are then stored in food grade buckets with screw lids. I dehydrate onions, garlic, peppers and such and put in mason jars with oxygen absorbers. Those I use often and I rotate as I use them.
My jars of home canned vegetables I consider short term stores and like to use within 2 years. My dehydrated vegetables I consider more long term and are stored as such along with other dry stores such as beans, rice and pasta all in mylar and buckets.
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Post by dirtdiva on Aug 15, 2021 19:45:35 GMT 10
We are dehydrating a lot, the dehydrator is running every day. We buy the frozen vegies from Coles as they are already freeze dried. After drying, put them into a clean glass jar. We rotate at about 6 months intervals, but you can tell when u open the jar if the food is off, so theoretically it will store for years, especially when we seal the lids with some bees wax. Lots of beeswax here from the hives. Watch the motor in your dehydrator, ours started to make funny noises then slowed down and the thermal tripped off. All that was wrong was the bearings in the motor were dry, a little WD 40, which is food safe apparently, and its going again. They will dry out due to the heat, so every few weeks I will be squirting a little WD into them. Now its part of our maintenance schedule. Luckily, we are totally off grid, so it costs nothing to run. Floggings will continue until morale improves. Have you ever considered building a solar dehydrator? My husband made me one years ago and they work great. There are lots of great designs online. |
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Post by malewithatail on Aug 15, 2021 20:48:53 GMT 10
We use the solar dryer for fruit as it does a better job, probably because its a bit slower than the electric one. The sugar in the fruit seems to crystalize better, with bigger crystals.
The trouble with the solar dryer is...rats, 2 legged ones that open the top and eat the fruit so we usually have little to store. Still, its a good way to get kids to eat fruit !
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