The best backcountry meals are the ones you prepare yourself. In this article, I will tell you why and how to dehydrate food for backpacking.
Want to make apple pie in an instant, but don’t have apples? Or do you have a bunch pie filling... Freeze Dried Meals How To Freeze Dry Chicken And Dumplings Jul 4, 2023|No Comments » Chicken and dumplings is one of our ultimate comfort food. It’s so warm, hearty, and gives...
While canning and dehydrating deplete food of up to half of it’s nutritional value, freeze-drying retains almost 100% of the food’s nutritional value. These raspberries below are completely dry. They will melt in your mouth, can be ground into a fine powder, be used in baking and ...
In the world of food, freeze-drying is a remarkable method. It can preserve various foods’ nutritional values, flavor, and texture. Many people will wonder how to freeze dry food. Some think it is extremely difficult. But that pays for the art of freeze drying; you only need to understa...
Freeze-drying, or lyophilization, is like "suspended animation" for food. You can store a freeze-dried meal for years and years, and then, when you're finally ready to eat it, you can completely revitalize it with a little hot water. Even after all those years, the taste and text...
If I really pack everything in, I can fit 3 to 4 pounds of fresh fruit per tray, however, I prefer to stick to 2 to 3 pounds instead for a shorter drying time. Each freeze drying machine will be rated for a certain amount of food, so how much you can fit in your freeze dryer...
Freeze-drying, orlyophilization, is like "suspended animation" for food. You can store a freeze-dried meal for years and years, and then, when you're finally ready to eat it, you can completely revitalize it with a little hot water. Even after all those years, the taste and textur...
Today, freeze dryers can be as big as an entire building! Freeze drying is often used in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields to extent the shelf life of medicines and organic matter. However, this process was developed primarily for astronaut food and military rations. This technology enab...
Food dehydration is a food preservation process in which most of the water content in foods is removed through drying while retaining flavor and nutritional value. This process dries food, without cooking it, inhibiting the growth of harmful bacteria and micro-organisms. ...
The freeze-drying process was developed during World War II as a method of preserving blood plasma for battlefield emergencies without requiring refrigeration or damaging the organic nature of the plasma. The technology was applied to consumer food products after the end of the war. Coffee was ...