Calling All Hunters!

The "boys" went out hunting last Saturday. It appears one little duck became hamburger due to them all converging on it at the same time! If you go hunting, or have a hunter in the family, and have a little better luck I've copied some marinade recipes that were posted by Debbie Kent in her dehydrating class for jerky for you to try.

Please feel free to give feedback and share your results with us!

What Do I Look For In a Dehydrator?

I've been making some calls, asking my friends what kind of dehydrator's they have and why? The answers have varied depending on use, cost, space etc.

Searching online I found this article from Mother Earth News that covers some of the basics of the machines plus at the end of the article it has a link that will lead you to a book that will give you more information about building a solar dehydrator.

www.motherearthnews.com/Real-food/2003-06-01/Choosing-a-Food-Dehydrator.aspx

One quote in caught my eye regarding the cost of processing food w/a dehydrator. While there were no sources for these facts the author stated that...

"Calculating all the attendant costs, using a mechanical dehydrator costs half as much as canning, and is almost seven times cheaper than freezing. Certainly, it's not as cheap as the sun, but, hey, we can't all live in California!"

I'm Back!

Gosh - it's been a "while" since I've put anything up. I've been in my yard & garden and having soooo much fun. Planting is all done and we've been spending some quality time weeding. Strawberries, cherries & raspberries have come & gone as has the brocolli.

This Tues., July 13 at 6:30 pm is the RS Homemaking meeting. I'll be doing a presentation on dehydrating. I'll be using Debbie Kent's handout and as it is quite lengthy only a few will actually be printed for those who don't have internet and we're asking everyone else to please follow this link for the information.

http://peaceofpreparedness.com/Resource%20Library/Recipies/All%20Dried%20Up...Dehydrating%20Made%20Easy.pdf

I'm so grateful Debbie allow's us to utilize her material. Also I'm putting up the link to her dehydrating video. This is the presentation she did...so if you miss this Tues. you'll know as much as I do!!!!

http://peaceofpreparedness.com/VideoPages/AllDriedUp.html

The video is in two segments, both are worth watching but they are rather large so be aware that they may take a little time to load.

That's it for now. I will try to find some simple charts for drying times for different fruit & vegetables and post those for reference. But...later :)