Peas– I like to freeze dry vegetables that I know my kids will actually eat. Simply buy them frozen (I’ve heard they’re pre-blanched that way), dump them on a tray, and freeze dry. It’s totally fine if they overlap and stack, just keep the height of the peas under the rim....
When my freeze dryer arrived (she’s blue— yes, it feels like a “she”), I set up a spot outside. The pump is loud, so having it out of the house was a good decision. Plus,it was a location that had the right electrical setup—a dedicated 20-amp circuit is recommended. My ...
Lyophilisation removes about 98% of a food's water content and so the weight of that food is reduced by as much as 90%. For people having to carry their own food for days or months at a time this is a huge benefit. Freeze-dried foods weigh a lot less than dehydrated foods, impor...
My first few loads I chose to take some things out of my freezer to freeze dry. It was early spring and I had nothing to harvest. When I learned you can pre freeze your food to make your freeze dry time shorter that solved my issue of what to freeze dry first. I had several bags...
The apparent thermal conductivity of the frozen layer estimated by using the drying data from phase I agreed well with the thermal conductivity calculated by the Kunii-Smith model. This result shows that the heat flow through the dry layer, to which both heat conduction and heat transfer ...
I hope you agree that drying without a vacuum chamber is not really “freeze”-drying.So what about building your own?Well, it’s complicated.You can forget about advanced DIY projects if you’re not into advanced DIY projects.However, if you feel like you have the skills and you’re ...
Freezing food is like hitting the pause button on biological time. And why is that? It’s because the deep freeze halts the bacteria and enzymes that usually lead to spoilage and decay. Water molecules inside your food crystallize and form ice. This ice crystal stays solid so as not to le...
The biggest downside of a wet food diet is that it is expensive, especially compared to dry food. However, raw and dehydrated food diets are likely much the same in price, if not higher. Dehydrated & Freeze-Dried Food Diets Freeze drying is a process whereby food is frozen and put into...
There are many companies and foods that use “natural” in the name but didn’t make this list of Top Natural Dry Dog Foods. Here are a few examples. Northwest Naturals and K9 Naturals both make high scoring raw, canned and freeze-dried foods. They include a limited number of synthetic ...
To freeze or not to freeze?Foods that shouldn’t be frozen include eggs in shells and food in cans. (Once food is out of a can, it may be frozen.) Pressurized liquids also shouldn’t be frozen, as they can expand and burst.