>>1120238I'm a farmer. Learning to preserve large crops of food is essential. See pics in
>>1119310 >>1117768 >>1117612 >>1116656 >>1116327 >>1116329 I have about 6 months of food on hand, rotated, year-round. The hardest part was learning what ways I can preserve the food and still like the end result in recipes. For instance, canned tomatillos was a failure, but dehydrates ones are amazing. Canned tomatoes is great, but cherry-sized canned tomatoes isn't great. While dehydrated cherry-sized tomatoes are amazing.
I use the dehydrated vegetables in everything from soups & stews to baked breads & pies. It depends on what form it is in. Like chunks of dehydrated pumpkin is great for soups while powdered hot peppers are great for seasoning meats and cheese dishes. Dehydrated veggies are great for winter when you don't have a few greenhouses to grow fresh veggies. Recipes are as simply as adding a few dehydrated veggies and powders to some pasta, egg noodles, or ramen (pic). Their storage doesn't need to be refrigerated for the most part, but vacuum sealing and freezing bulk amounts of spices and herbs helps extend their potency a great deal.
