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Recap 2012: Dehydrating 101

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , on January 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

On TrailCooking we have a book-like section on Dehydrating 101, this past year, in 2012, I added quite a bit on the blog in new posts. The recap? Here you go! Late Summer Dehydrating:     Dehydrating Green Beans:     Dehydrating Parsley:     Grapes into Raisins:     Rosehips:   Pears:   Cinnamon [...]

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Dehydrating 101: Parsley

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , on October 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Yes, one can go to Costco and buy a massive shaker of Parsley for a couple $. It’ll last you all year most likely. On the other hand, lets say in theory you planted a small broad leaf parsley plant and it grew like crazy, stronger than any of the other herbs in the garden. [...]

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Dehydrating 101: Grapes into Raisins

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , on October 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Let us wander farther down the lane of dehydrating…to raisins. Raisins? Yes, the mostly unloved dried fruit (berry) of the grocery aisle. Which is easy to see why – most raisins are bland and or hard. There are so many varieties of grapes though – seedless and seeded. Considering one is lucky to see more than 2 types in [...]

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Dehydrating 101: Rosehips

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , on October 1, 2012 | 1 Comment »

In modern times one might question the wisdom of dehydrating rose hips. It is easy to forget that they are truly a food, one rich in Vitamin C and also tastes great. Snappy, tart and simply wild. They make a lovely “herbal” tea in winter once dried and can be soaked fresh in handmade syrups or honey to make [...]

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Dehydrating 101: Ripe Pears

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2012 | 5 Comments »

The pears I liberated were ripe this week, turning a lovely shade of yellow from the hard green of when picked – Pressed for time (they went from unripe to ripe in a day) and running low on Mason jars (I had wanted to make pear jam) I decided to dehydrate them for use in the coming [...]

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Dehydrating Green Beans

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , on September 18, 2012 | 3 Comments »

I brought home over the weekend two pounds of green beans, just picked, from my favorite farm. Originally I was thinking to pickle and can them, instead I dehydrated them for long-term storage. Green beans do take a few extra steps, easy to though and once on my L’Equip Food Dehydrator, I ignored them till dry. Do [...]

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Late Summer Dehydrating

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , on September 1, 2012 | 3 Comments »

Dehydrating is often the realm of winter boredom, planning trips in December, ways to dream of warmer months coming. Summer drying can be a better choice if you have access to farm fresh foods or a well stocked farmers markets. On Saturday’s when I don’t hike I take the boys to the local farmers market and stock up [...]

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Getting Ready for Summer Trips: Dehydrating 101

Posted in Dehydrating, Trail Cooking, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I’ll admit it upfront – I don’t dry food as much as I should. I get lazy and buy online, letting the Man In Brown bring me packages from my favorites PackitGourmet and Harmony House Foods. But there are things I cannot buy readily (dried artichokes, cooked and dried gourmet rices, pastas, etc) so I [...]

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