Dehydrating

All I did was peel it, wash it, slice it and dehydrate it. I grew it in my garden one year just to see if I could. It really looks like a weed.

Keep in mind this should be done outside when there is a small breeze as it will burn your eyes.

Works really well that way, but does lose a fair amount of its heat when dried, but still enough to provide a lovely flavour, just want to point out that the horse radish green is super healthy, wonderful way to get a bit of heat into salads, or many dishes, and it dry's very nicely and can be used all winter long in any place you would consider dried greens or basil in a soup/stew.. I tend to grow a huge patch of horseradish just for the greens, and dry a number of quart jars for winter use.

Don't just dig your roots in the fall, but do have a few extras for the spring use, I have been digging and using fresh horseradish since the first part of march already..

Sorry, Farmgal I should have mentioned the heat lost. Thanks for the greens tip. I hadn't thought of using them.

Be careful where you plant horseradish = it's an invasive plant and can quickly take over.

I've just had my first "win" in trying to get my mum to prep....she now wants to buy a dehydrator....Yay! 😀

I read the other day that for backpacking you can take a can of baked beans and dry them as long as there is no pork in the product. Has anyone tried to do this? If you have did you do it without the pork?

I make a Germain dish that is similiar to baked beans in how it is made using lentils and smoked pork belly. Since it takes hours to cook I was trying to figure out a storage method other then the freezer(which is what I normally do).

Thanks

Be careful where you plant horseradish = it's an invasive plant and can quickly take over.

And also almost impossible to get rid of, once the main root has set, 3-5ft deep.

Way to go Susannah775 - that's a huge victory!

This may sounds like a dumb question but could you dehydrate bacon? figured it would be a bonus as its usually pre cut and you can get the thin and thicker variety, or would it just end up being super crispy like when you cook it too long in the pan? Just curious if it would turn out tuff like jerky or overcooked crispy. And on a side note ty for the dehydrator link! im going to try and buy one myself as the one my parents have is ancient but does the job...for now lol.

This may sounds like a dumb question but could you dehydrate bacon? figured it would be a bonus as its usually pre cut and you can get the thin and thicker variety, or would it just end up being super crispy like when you cook it too long in the pan? Just curious if it would turn out tuff like jerky or overcooked crispy. And on a side note ty for the dehydrator link! im going to try and buy one myself as the one my parents have is ancient but does the job...for now lol.

No such thing as a dumb question. Yes you can dry bacon. How it turns out I don't know as it is on my list of things to try doing. I would think that it comes out brittle like bacon bits if you cook it first. Take a look at the jerky thread it may give you some answers or links to answers.

As for buying a new one, that can wait until you have some of the other prepping stuff covered - just my opinion.

For bacon, because it contains so much fat, you would be best off, frying it and then can them in their own fat, or vacuume pack it. What I normally do is fry it and then freeze it for later use, 20 sec in the miro wave and they be crisp (great for the 2 min BLT). OR when you got the munchies, they're good straight from the freezer to your mouth.

I was wondering if anyone has made jam from dehydrated fruit such as strawberries. I used to have 2 freezers with one just for juices or berries to turn into jam when the weather got cooler. Now I am trying to come up with a way to store the berries for jam without the second freezer.

Hi Old School

I will be interested to see what others have to say, I have never made jam and canned it afterwards but I do take dried fruits and cooked them with water into lots of different kinds of fruit butters that are then used like fresh jam in the house.. would this possably work for what you need as well?

Hi Old School

I will be interested to see what others have to say, I have never made jam and canned it afterwards but I do take dried fruits and cooked them with water into lots of different kinds of fruit butters that are then used like fresh jam in the house.. would this possably work for what you need as well?

It's just the "juice" part that I froze. I would remove all the seeds but keep the pulp. More like a fruit spread. Then freeze it in large tubs until I made the jam.

The rehrdrating should work but wondered about the flavor and if the pectin levels would change. Only one way to find out I guess.

The rehrdrating should work but wondered about the flavor and if the pectin levels would change. Only one way to find out I guess.

Let me know how it turns out for you, I have taken underripe gooseberries, slightly cooked them, mashed then and dried them and then added them into other things for pectin and that has worked for me, but when I tried it with dried apple peels, I didn't get the same effect I would get with fresh at all.

Strawberries are the hardest thing to dehydrate they keep jumping in my mouth instead of going on the tray lol