What are you DEHYDRATING today?

[mrscoyote]

Cool, mine is an American Harvest as well, with 8 trays. Thanks for the info

 

[Wannabefree]

I'm doing jalapenos, celery, and cucumbers, and canning sweet relish.

 

[SSDreamin]

I'm doing jalapenos, celery, and cucumbers, and canning sweet relish.

How well do jalapenos rehydrate? I plan to do some, but wondered if I'd have to grind them for things, like I do my habaneros?

 

[Wannabefree]

I'm doing jalapenos, celery, and cucumbers, and canning sweet relish.

How well do jalapenos rehydrate? I plan to do some, but wondered if I'd have to grind them for things, like I do my habaneros?

I use them in my hellfire sauce for chicken. They don't really "rehydrate" completely, but if they are in something moistly cooked, they do fine. I drop them in chilli, salsa to can, hellfire sauce, and soups and such.

 

[mrscoyote]

Any tips on dehydrating potatoes? The book just gives the basic how to directions. It says just slice them, blanch them and dehydrate. While looking at other sights I see it recommended to actually cook the taters and put in fridge overnight before slicing etc.

 

[SSDreamin]

Any tips on dehydrating potatoes? The book just gives the basic how to directions. It says just slice them, blanch them and dehydrate. While looking at other sights I see it recommended to actually cook the taters and put in fridge overnight before slicing etc.

I partially cook mine whole, then put them in the frig overnight, just to make them easy to handle. I always worry that, if I only blanch them, the middles will turn black when I dehydrate. I do a lot of my potatoes in hash browns, so that could potentially be a huge mess for me :/ Yukon gold potatoes, dehydrated as hash browns, are just SO pretty in the jars

 

[SSDreamin]

I'm doing jalapenos, celery, and cucumbers, and canning sweet relish.

How well do jalapenos rehydrate? I plan to do some, but wondered if I'd have to grind them for things, like I do my habaneros?

I use them in my hellfire sauce for chicken. They don't really "rehydrate" completely, but if they are in something moistly cooked, they do fine. I drop them in chilli, salsa to can, hellfire sauce, and soups and such.

Better do half dehydrated (to add to things) and half canned. DS#2 has become addicted to eating jalapeno slices on almost everything, but I can already hear him whining because the re-hydrated peppers don't look 'normal enough'

 

[Wannabefree]

SSD we eat alot of jalapenos as well, and I always can some. I have 4 quarts of slices, and 2 quarts of whole ones canned prior to drying any. That's half of what we need DD15 and niecey 8 sat in there eating plain pickled jalapeno peppers yesterday after lunch Those kids need a hobby besides eating!! I'm suprised niecey joined in the snacking on peppers, but she had her kool-aid on standby at all times

 

[baymule]

My okra just atarted producing, had a very very small mess of fried okra last night. I cut up one, rolled it in season salt and it is in the dehydrator. If dried okra makes a nice snack, I will go to the local farmer's market and just buy some to dehydrate. Can't wait to try it!

 

[baymule]

OK, tried the drhydrated okra, it was good! Took a small baggie to our daughter (who as a child would eat the raw okra before I fried it) and she pronounced it her new favorite snack. Going to the local farmer's market tomorrow morning..........