Walking With Grandmpa [my father and grand-daughter]

Walking With Grandmpa [my father and grand-daughter]
"I like walking with granpa his steps are short like mine." (dedicated to my dad who passed 4/1/10)

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Dehydrator another yard sale find

I have been on the look out for a dehydrator for a while now (since mine broke) :(  I have found a few but they had been used (a lot). This past Friday I stopped by a yard sale (can you believe, yard sale winter...) on the way to take mom to speech therapy and low and behold they had a dehydrator, still in the box! I spoke to the lady, she said she never got around to using it yay! Happy Dance, because I got it for $5.00! This was a big thing on my list for saving money, I do can and freeze, but dehydrating food can be so convenient to use! just put it in a zip lock bag or jar and store on the shelf, cant wait to try it out this week. (but making soap first) :) Another big thing on my list toward saving is getting our cellar repaired, it is usable the way it is (but just). The cellar is well over 100 years old and the concrete in places is in bad shape. I know it would be easier to take out and replace, maybe close to the same (cost wise) but I like the old, when I walk down there I feel like the stories it could tell.... Well one step at a time. :) See my dehydrator, ain't she pretty
Well the first item I am making is beef jerky, hubby has a recipe he used a lot a few years ago before our old dehydrator bit the dust. We all liked it so that is what I will use first. Problem is with hubby's hours, getting him to write it down for me. You know how it is....he says a little of this and a little of that and let Marinate over night. Well I need it wrote down with the amounts or I know I will not get it to taste the same :p
I also found a powdered egg recipe that I want to try over at Modern Day Redneck, we have been getting a lot of eggs lately and I had never thought about dehydrating them, I think its a great idea!
If anyone has some good recipes for dehydrating meat, veggies etc. please give me a holler I'd love to try them :)



5 comments:

  1. Congrats on a wonderful find! One of the greatest things I do with my dehydrator is persimmons. Yeah, I know. Doesn't sound very exciting, huh? Use the big ones that are for cooking, but well before they get even a little soft. Core and peel them, and slice about 1/4" thick. Soak in orange juice (can use pineapple, but orange is so much cheaper) for about 15 minutes. Take out, and dry. They're like candy!
    ~~Lori

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  2. Thanks Lori, funny thing persimmons is one of my hubby's favorites! Last summer I made persimmon preserves (say that 10 times fast) :) anyway I will be sure to try that, thanks!
    Kim

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  3. WE brought a food dryer, which I'm not sure is the same thing, about 6 years back on a holiday to poland. I use it every autum for drying apples to have as snacks when I'm hungry before dinner. Not sure if we can do meat in ours as its basiclly a small heating element with a fan - how does yours work?
    Hope you had a good holiday break.
    Kev

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  4. sorry not sure why I put We in capital letters - looks like I was making a point when I wasn't!

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  5. Hi Alviti
    Ha ha, my keypad has a mind of its own to! That sounds simular to the one I had for years, I loved it! I dehydrated meat and veggies with it for a long time. The one that I have now the only difference I noticed is you can adjust the temperature, so it does not take as long to dehydrate. I had a great holiday break, hope you did too! :)
    Kim

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