[Nfb-krafters-korner] {Disarmed} dehydrating listmightbeinteresting to some

Thu Sep 1 22:25:22 UTC 2011

What do you   powder it with?

Joyce  Kane
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In a message dated 9/1/2011 5:58:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
gary.brewer at comcast.net writes:

Oh, my  green jar is mostly kale and swiss chard. There is some spinach, 
broccoli, and  even a bit of lettuce.  Anything green goes in my green jar. I 
just dry  it, powder it and use it in meatloaf, tomato sauces, or anything I 
can hide  those good for you veggie in.

Yes, you can season zucini with lots of  different seasoning. Maybe a bbq 
flavor or even cinnamon. that is good  snacking especially low in calories 
and carbs.

Oh, doing cherries? I  don't enjoy pitting them. lol

But I did a ton of zucini today. I grated  it all and it is dehydrating 
today. I think I will powder it and give it as  gifts this year. I have a 
couple of girl friends who would enjoy it.  Especially the friend who gave me the 
stuff because she wasn't in the mood to  grate it. lol
Henrietta
On Sep 1, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Pretty Crafty Kitty  wrote:

> Guess sealed jars would help keep bugs out. We found that  we were 
keeping our bird seed in the house and it was causing
> those  pesky bugs to get into everything. We keep most o fit outside now.
>  
> Someone said something about putting some fresh holy basil leaves in  the 
cabinet and letting them dry in there and that
> would keep them  out. I haven't tried that yet.
> 
> We have them on the table so  David can watch for moisture more easily. 
In a month or so we will move them  to the cabinet
> in the basement where we have our canned foods. Or at  least this is what 
I thought. 
> 
> I have dried some zucchini. It  is actually sweet afterwards and seems 
when fresh and crisp to have less of a  zucchini
> taste. I salted some and not some and I think the salted ones  taste 
better as a snack. We have them in a container on
> the counter  and we have slowly been eating them. I guess it is time to 
make more since I  have plenty. Plus David bought
> some cherries yesterday so I'll dry a  cookie sheet or two more of those. 
Enough to fill the jar I started. 
>  
> I have never thought about drying greens. What about kale and chard?  I 
may have to do some of that too.
> 
> Anne
> 
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> I put  my dehydrated things in the freezer so I don't worry so much about 
bugs and  mold. Last year I got an awful case of
> pantry moths here. Not sure  exactly why but pretty sure all the 
dehydrating and preserving I did had  something to do
> with it. Of course, you can pick those guys up at the  grocery store too. 
I don't have anyone  I can count on to see
>  problems. 
> 
> Sealing the jars with a sealer is a very good  idea. Keeping the items in 
the dark might be helpful.
> 
> Join  the list, go into their files and ask questions. That is how Carol 
and I got  started.
> 
> I slice my fruit a bit thicker. Of course, I do have  a machine. The best 
temps to keep vitamins and minerals at the best
>  levels is under a hundred and fifteen for fruits and veggies. Meats can 
be  higher.
> 
> As I mentioned on Monday, I like to take greens, any  kind, lettuce, 
cabbage, beet greens, radish tops and anything else
>  eatable and dry them and powder them and use the powder in soups, stews, 
and  even barbacue beef or sloppy jo's.  Adds
> lots of healthy eating  and no one knows. I also do the same with all of 
those zuccini my friend gives  me. lol 
> 
> 
> Henrietta
> On Aug 31, 2011, at 11:49  AM, Pretty Crafty Kitty wrote:
> 
>> Henrietta,
>> I  would appreciate any help you can send. I'm just getting started with 
drying  food and I'm not really sure enough of
>> what I'm doing. I really  wish I could have been there Monday night but 
we had to finish reworking our  fence around our
>> bees to keep out bears this fall. With the lack  of very much fruit and 
nuts they are more likely to go after other
>>  things like bees. We would like to keep ours so we rewired the fence 
and got a  fence charger that actually works more
>> than a tingle on the arm  like the last one was doing.
>> 
>> I noticed the e-mails  you sent and I'm thinking I should be on that 
list. I really am not sure of  what I'm doing and
> I'm
>> using the oven because that is what  I have. So far what I have dried 
seems okay. I'm not sure how long it will  last.
>> I've dried tomatoes and put them in a Ziploc bag and they  are on the 
counter and have been for about a month. So far
>> they  are okay. This week I'm drying pears. I cut them 1/4 inch thick 
and they dry  down to a thin piece. When I can get
> a
>> bunch more I'm  thinking of peeling them and just cutting them in half 
and taking a couple of  days and drying them this
>> way.
>> 
>> I've dried  some apples and sweet cherries, wish they had been tart, and 
they all came out  okay. I've got these in jars
>> and we are using a pump to draw out  the air to seal it tight. We have 
them on the table so David can watch  for
> moisture.
>> 
>> At some point I will need to  figure out how to use them, besides eating 
them straight.
>>  
>> I know about dried apple pies and cakes, I've made a pie out of  some I 
bought and it was good. Just don't know what
>>  else.
>> 
>> I see suggestions of putting them in the  freezer but if they are dry 
then do they really need to be?
>>  
>> Anne
>> 
>> 
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