Scotch827

I have been doing some apples. When I rehydrate them they would turn brown. I tried a few with some lemon juice and that did help. I have some asboric acid (vitamin c ) to try when I have more apples. My Bryers ice cream turned out good, better than most of the ice cream sandwitches. I dropped a piece of the vanilla ice cream in my coffee on a whim , it dissolved nicely and flavored it.

I have been using my FD for a week. So far no problems except some exploded ice cream sandwiches . I was leaving the the ice cream sandwiches in the wrapper and cutting a slit about the full length of the sandwich. The only one that turned out correctly had an inch slit. I may try them with no slit and see what happens. I tried yogurt but really didn't like it dry, it did rehydrate ok. I did some raw venison chops and rehydrated them. They were very good fried. I also did a cooked venison roast it was good both dry and rehydrated. I have frozen corn I put up this summer. I cooked it with butter and then freeze dried it. It was very good dry and then rehydrated it tasted just as good, as well as sour cream and chive mashed potatoes. Frozen bell peppers from my garden were good both dry and rehydrated and fried with the venison chops. Banana slices and apples are just awesome for snacks. Tonight I have 3 trays of apples and a tray of Bryers ice cream . Tomorrow I am going to try some raw crappie fillets I caught today. I have been prefreezing the food and the machine.

Yes I have , bananas, ice cream and yogurt. I won't be out much money if I mess something up. I have some venison frozen to try if my first run goes well. Milk will be one of the first few to do also. I hate running out of milk. According to the forum rules I can't post again until 12/16 so I'll just read until then. Harvest Right sent via email the instruction manual and a recipe book so I can be ready for when my machine arrives. I have also ordered the oil they recommended. One question I have is the manual shows a de-mister that attaches to the rear handle of the vacuum pump. Does this solve the oil spray issue? Do you still need the solo cup or paper towel over the de-mister ? Thank you for the welcome Scott

Hello everyone, This is my first post, after doing a lot of browsing. I just ordered a freeze dryer and am waiting for it to arrive. Hopefully, when it gets here in about 2 weeks I can start learning a few things to share. This thread has great info that I am sure is going to save some mistakes. I currently do a lot of canning from my garden produce and some dehydrating. I currently buy a lot of powdered milk for cooking and buy Mountain House FD meals for hunting and fishing trips. I am sure that going to change