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Dehydrating food

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 03:05:15 No.555180 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>555207 >>555329 >>555937 >>555993 >>558140

Hey /out/

Planning a 15 night excursion with some buddies and we're deciding what to do for food. Mountain house stuff is good but expensive.

I met a women while camping once that told me you can dehydrate entire meals in a conventional oven. This would be ideal and very cheap compared to store bough dehydrated food.

Does anyone have any experience with dehydrating entire meals in a conventional oven? I'll be cooking for six. Will the size of these meals be problematic?

Any and all info would be greatly appreciated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 03:12:54 No.555182 Report

Quoted By: >>555203 >>555989 >>558141

Go to a 99 cent store. Buy the following:

-Cups of instant mac n cheese
-Cups of instant oatmeal
-Cups of instant mashed potatoes
-Those Nissin fancy ramen things that come in single serving trays with liquid sauce packets
-Anything else that looks good and can be cooked and hydrated with the addition of boiling water

Tastes better than backpacker meals, cheaper, works the exact same way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 03:59:31 No.555203 Report

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>>555182
This may be true but I'm still curious about dehydrating ones own food

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 04:05:42 No.555207 Report

Quoted By: >>558140

>>555180
Maybe put it on a really low temp, like 125F, and just kind of 'Sun Dry' but IDK, seems like everything would burn

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Sasquatch !j33hRvXovk Fri 17 Jul 2015 04:06:18 No.555208 Report

Quoted By: >>555265 >>558145

IMO sub the mashed potatoes for rice/beans and the spam for flavored tuna. Possibly also consider whole wheat crackers instead of the ramen. Other than that, pretty great compact meals.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 04:38:50 No.555221 Report

Quoted By: >>558108

Bake some cherry tomatoes with sesame seeds till dry, perfect sweet snack that will last a while if vaccume packed.

Some other things might be: carne asada (jerky), plums, chili peppers.

Oat meal is light to carry and a hardy meal. Powered eggs is also light and good protein. Always keep a summer sausage on me, when heated they release a lot of fats which taste amazing. Clementines are awesome just remember to case your brass (don't litter the peels!). Mixed nuts are relatively light weight and you don't need many to feel full.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 04:44:29 No.555225 Report

Quoted By: >>555265 >>556250

>I met a women while camping once

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 05:24:34 No.555240 Report

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mac n cheese all the way. expense to eatableness to weight ratio is out of this world

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 05:42:23 No.555251 Report

Quoted By: >>555259 >>555277 >>557941

OP here. Thanks for the suggestions guys but I've done a lot of camping and backpacking and know what to pack. How to buy food at a store and efficiently pack it is not what I'm looking for.

The reason I made this thread is I'm looking for some experience on dehydrating food. Things like stews, spaghetti sauce, whatever.

I specifically want to know about dehydrating food in a conventional oven. Some good methods? What to avoid doing? I would also like some suggestions for dishes that work well.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 05:54:04 No.555259 Report

Quoted By: >>555260

>>555251
1. Crumble raw meat and cook to medium done, not well done.
2. After cooking, drain grease, place crumble meat on drying pan, e.g.. cookie sheet
3. Have oven temperature at 200 degrees, dry in over for about 3 to 4 hours. DO NOT OVER dehydrate. Crack to the over door to let moisture escape.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 05:58:56 No.555260 Report

Quoted By: >>555263 >>555277

>>555259
Just some extra info: mountain houses are super expensive and even tho it says 2 servings per bag you'll have to eat the whole bag and you still won't be full. These are the steps I take to dehydrate meat. Make sure you keep the oven lid open a bit that's really important.

To rehydrate just boil some water, I suggest adding seasonings and a lot of salt or red pepper flakes. Add to noodles and you got a cheap meal. The hamburger helpers are really good for backpacking (I think so). They're also relatively inexpensive, it comes with noodles, flavoring, you have the meat, and you can substitute milk for water if you don't want to bring cans of condensed milk

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:04:28 No.555262 Report

Quoted By: >>555269 >>555272

Answers pretty simple OP.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:06:07 No.555263 Report

Quoted By: >>555273 >>558447

>>555260
>Cans of milk
>not powdered milk in a bag

Jesus Christ man.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:09:17 No.555265 Report

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>>555225
I'll eat that vegetarian any day ;);););););););) darude hand warm

>>555208
I've been doing what this bro says. Buying dried and packaged food already. I've been meaning to get around to making mre's and I've got the Mylar food bags and a vacuum sealer but I haven't done the research. There are these meals that my store sells (bear creek?) for 1 dollar and they've got like 6 servings. I usually bring my foldable solar panel and a microwave to warm the water up before I add it to the package.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:22:33 No.555269 Report

Quoted By: >>555280

>>555262
do you flavour your jerky?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:38:28 No.555272 Report

Quoted By: >>555275

>>555262
>conventional oven
Can you read?

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:38:48 No.555273 Report

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>>555263
Not that guy, but condensed and even evaporated milk mixed with water tastes a hell of a lot better than powdered. Worth the extra weight imo.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:53:16 No.555275 Report

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>>555272
>alternate options
Do they bother you?

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 06:56:20 No.555277 Report

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>>555260
>>555251
Good advice on dehydrating

Yeah mountain house is expensive but I like that they are packed with a ton of protein and sodium. These things are important while backpacking. This is why I want to make my own. Get all that good stuff in my meals without breaking the bank. It's really just dinner I am interested in making.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:05:26 No.555279 Report

Quoted By: >>555285 >>555288 >>555346 >>558040

>>555275
Dude I said in my original post that I'm interested in dehydrating food in an oven. I'm trying to avoid unnecessary cost here. Buying an expensive dehydrator when it can be done in a conventional oven defeats my point of trying to do this cheaply.

Now, if you've used an oven and have also used a dehydrator then I would be interested in hearing your experience with both but even that is off subject a bit.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:09:33 No.555280 Report

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>>555269
Black pepper sometimes. Oh and teriyaki.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:13:27 No.555285 Report

Quoted By: >>555296 >>555330

>>555279
It was 25 dollars. Stop being poor. And yes I have a lot of experience with oven dehydrating, as well as solar and even pressure cooking but you can go fuck yourself for having an attitude. Enjoy your 8 hour wait times and high electric bills due to it constantly being 110 degrees in your house while your operating, faggot.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:22:28 No.555288 Report

Quoted By: >>555290 >>555299 >>555304

>>555279
Goddamn just the fucking way you speak like a little bitch irks the fuck outta me.

Yeah cookin for six doing what your doing is gonna be a fucking chore. In a conventional oven it takes fucking hours to get shit going because of the lack of airflow. I can do twice as much in my little unit in half the time. It's why I bought it because I'm a fucking professional.
You wanna make some quick meals? Your better off packing in jars of spghetti sauce, noodles and that meat I know you tried to dehydrate earlier following anons advice and ended up burning because he forgot to tell you to pay dry the crumbles with a towel to remove the grease before starting the process.

You wanna walk your little baby nuts around the block, when you don't have a clue about shit. Go spend the 30 bucks at Walmart and get a dehydratior so you don't run out of the shitty food your gonna bring halfway into the trip.
You ever tried dehydrating soup in an oven like that? Give it a go and see how it turns out. Please post the pictures of the mess you're gonna make.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:29:12 No.555290 Report

Quoted By: >>555294 >>555299

>>555288
insufferable cunts like you are the cancer that killed /out/.
This place was actually good or a year or so. Then cocksuckers likr you found the place.
Go away. You've got nothing to contribute.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:34:51 No.555294 Report

Quoted By: >>555297 >>555299 >>555349

>>555290
You were the one who acted like the asshole. You want respect you have to give it.

To dehydrate spghetti sauce you take a pan. Line with foil. Smear sauce on paper thin. Crack oven heat on lowest setting. Takes about 4 hours.
I literally have the answers to all your questions, but you keep sticking your fingers in your ears and calling me a cunt. Fuck off Aussie.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:35:44 No.555296 Report

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>>555285
Lol butt hurt much
I barely even had an attitude. Get a thicker skin, get over yourself, and actually contribute something relevant to this thread.

If you have good info then I want to hear. If you actually know what you're talking about you could have just answered my original post.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:39:41 No.555297 Report

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>>555294
I'm not who you were replying to. That was my first post in this thread.
I'll say it again, cunts like you are the cancer that killed /out/.
Fuck off.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:46:45 No.555299 Report

Quoted By: >>556197

OP here
>>555290
This was not me

>>555294
This was

>>555288
Good. This is relevant info albeit a little less articulate than I had hoped. I'll look past the condescension because you're probably right about ovens being inefficient.

You're being a dick though so im not going to entertain you with my time. I'm off for now. I'll check up on this thread in a day or two. Hopefully after someone else has picked it up and posted some helpful advice.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 07:54:40 No.555304 Report

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>>555288
>professional

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 08:43:12 No.555329 Report

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>>555180
People here talking about drying meat, etc. Basically Jerky. Well, I've done a shit ton over the years. Here's your best options:
- Get a dehydrator that has a really low temp setting (in the 90 degs.)
- Use your refrigerator, cookie cooling racks
- Use your oven (worst option)
Refridgerator actually gives you the best taste and preservation of nutrients, but takes forever. Like a week or more. The dehydrator is your best bet.
Salt is really all you want to use for seasoning, if preservation is a primary goal especially. Nothing else will increase palatability, shelf life, and bring out the awesome taste of the meat as well. Ground pepper is really the only other thing I consider an option. I guess you could look at other dry spices, but for the love of god stay away from anything with sugar in it. Really, just salt anon. Use top round or eye round. Go to an actual butcher. I dry the meat until it snaps when bent, instead of bending. I just drink water with it. The palatability at this point will depend on the meat, the salt you used, and you. Not everyone can deal with it max dry, but shelf life is one of my goals, I also make pemmican with it, and I don't mind the dryness or necessary chewing.
You can't live off only lean meat though annon. Read about protiene starvation. You gotta have fat etc to digest that shit.
Hope this helps.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 08:44:37 No.555330 Report

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>>555285
A fairly cheap dehydrator will save you so much time and effort that it ends up saving money. The money you could go find in your couch, beg on the street, or make at a very shitty job. The money you will waste when you decide the other method is too slow / effort-full half way through.

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 09:18:07 No.555346 Report

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>>555279
you started a dehydration thread, we are discussing dehydration.... I'm sure your shitty ass question will be answered eventually, now shut the fuck up you whining piece of shit. :)

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Anonymous Fri 17 Jul 2015 09:20:42 No.555349 Report

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>>555294
Not OP, but also an Aussie..

All I can say is that I'm sorry and ashamed. We're not all like this, I promise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 16:42:42 No.555937 Report

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>>555180

It's possible, but it will not be freeze dried. For example, a freeze dried pea needs 10 minutes to be edible again, a dried one will be like a pebble for 30 minutes or more if dried completely.

So, don't dry your food completely, just enough.

Here is how: make thick bolognese sauce, put baking paper on a cookie baking tray and spread the sauce thin on it.

Turn the lowest heat on and let it dry for a few hours.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 17:34:33 No.555961 Report

Quoted By: >>555997 >>556122

You can make a dehydrator at home out of box fan and some cellulose furnace filters. Obviously it won't work for liquids, but it will work for solids.

These are actually better for making jerky because they don't generate heat like a store bought dehydrator.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 18:43:50 No.555989 Report

Quoted By: >>556128

>>555182

so much this,
but fuck the dollar store, go to a real supermarket

you're basically looking for anything with the word "instant"

they also have instant refried beans, which are one of my favs

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 18:47:27 No.555993 Report

Quoted By: >>555996

>>555180
Will you be in the backcountry, or car camping?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 18:54:34 No.555996 Report

Quoted By: >>556015

>>555993
Backcountry.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 18:54:40 No.555997 Report

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>>555961
neat.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 19:17:05 No.556015 Report

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>>555996
Honestly, you should more concerned with calories than 'meals,' then. I'm not familiar with dehydrating foods, so I can't offer much on topic to the thread. Solar dehydrators look like a good long term solution if it's something you want to put the time into; OTH, if you buy a bunch of stuff and screw it up in the oven, youre out the cost in food that could have been put into something more efficient. We usually carry some variation of pic related, if you have a small backpack or penny stove, you can make some better cuisine innawoods

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 21:35:20 No.556122 Report

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>>555961
>You can make a dehydrator at home out of box fan and some cellulose furnace filters.

I've did that a coupple times. It's not worth all the aggravation not to mention filters are like $6/ea now anyway.. I bought a Nesco dehydrator and am glad I did.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 21:46:49 No.556128 Report

Quoted By: >>556134

>>555989
>they also have instant refried beans

Never thought of that, thanks. I'mma fart up a storm but whatever, nature can take it. Savor the flavor you faggot trees

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 21:58:57 No.556134 Report

Quoted By: >>556137

>>556128
If you've got any in your area, I'd really recommend checking out any mexican, asian or "old world" grocery stores. They've usually got lots of tasty dried/dehydrated things you can use to punch up your homemade meals.

Stores like WinCo and Cash & Carry are great because they primarily sell bulk/wholesale but are open to the public.

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jul 2015 22:03:52 No.556137 Report

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>>556134

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jul 2015 00:06:53 No.556187 Report

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Just buy a fucking dehydrator.

oven bullshit or furnace filter fan garbage is more hassle than it's worth.

After a few batches of jerky the dehydrator will have paid for itself

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Jul 2015 00:40:58 No.556197 Report

Quoted By: >>556200

>>555299

Damn what an asshole. I was really hoping to see some good info in this thread.

If everyone hasn't left, can anyone recommend the best dehydrators and any cool things to dry?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Jul 2015 00:43:43 No.556200 Report

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>>556197
Hummus dries great, and you don't need to boil the water to rehydrate it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Jul 2015 02:26:39 No.556250 Report

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>>555225
mmm pokies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Jul 2015 03:04:56 No.556277 Report

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I've had success making jerkey by laying it on a rock warmed by a fire. It's tricky to keep it from cooking or burning; I usually lose half of the meat. but when you have more than you can use and no other way to store it...
I bet with practice one could master this method.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 03:10:34 No.557941 Report

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>>555251
200 F in an oven and keep checking it every hour or so. Any one pot meal can be dehydrated in that manner. You can dehydrate franks and beans, spaghetti with meat sauce, split pea and ham soup--just do it. Youtube has many videos on the subject but if you want a personal testimonial I will attest that I have done it with the meals I mentioned and it works. A dehydrator is superior though because it is purpose built and much more efficient. A word of caution: anything that contains animal fats that you dehydrate has a real short lifespan out of refrigeration and food poisoning is possible do this at your own risk.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 04:30:16 No.558008 Report

Quoted By: >>558009

All these flavors

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 04:31:43 No.558009 Report

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>>558008
And you chose to be salty

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 04:35:11 No.558012 Report

Quoted By: >>558016

>2015
>using an oven to dehydrate foods

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 04:40:55 No.558016 Report

Quoted By: >>558063

>>558012
I would love to have a food dehydrator, I just feel like i wouldn't actually use it. I remember seeing the Ronco™ one advertised on TV and it looked so damn useful.

Also I made beuf jerky in the oven once and it was almost impossible, it kinda cooked a little while it dried and wasn't really so great

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 05:21:24 No.558040 Report

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>>555279
If you are talking about 6 people for 15 days it would be a good investment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:21:24 No.558063 Report

Quoted By: >>558070 >>558147

>>558016
>>558016
It's an investment that will literally last 30+ years. I started using my grandmas she bought in 1984, I bought mine in 2008 for 30 bucks (plus tax). You can also buy additional trays to make it dehydrate more. One sec I'll post a pic of the product so far.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:29:29 No.558070 Report

Quoted By: >>558076

>>558063
Bam. I used about 15 carrots. It can hold 4-5 per tray shredded. The weight for those 4-5 is about 1/2 an ounce. It's almost done. You can also do soups and shit in about 5 hours. Run time on these carrots was around 3.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:35:43 No.558074 Report

Quoted By: >>558076

C'est si Bon

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:37:51 No.558076 Report

Quoted By: >>558080

>>558070
>>558074
that's pretty sweet.
>You can also do soups and shit in about 5 hours
wait, you mean you can fully dehydrate soups and make cup'o soup?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:45:06 No.558080 Report

Quoted By: >>558081 >>558082

>>558076
Yes. I have some at another location. Will post pics tommrow. Homemade soup, canned soup, although the chef boy RD beefaroni I did came out watery when rehydrated.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:46:24 No.558081 Report

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>>558080
That's awesome. I look forward to seeing this

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:46:38 No.558082 Report

Quoted By: >>558084

>>558080
I even bought these vaccum ziplock bags and the suction machine so I can vaccum seal all my shit. That was about 15 bucks.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 06:52:59 No.558084 Report

Quoted By: >>558422

>>558082
They sell this really cheap stew here in Louisiana called O'kellys beef stew, it's probably a dollar for a dinty Moore sized tin, and delicious. I dehydrate that all the time I can find it. It's got some grease to it but a few paper towel pat downs will fix that. Let's say 5 tins weigh 2.5 pounds, dehydrated I can get it to an ounce.

Dehydrating is fucking sick, and so is canning. I've canned homemade soups and meat before and it always turns out amazing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 08:30:46 No.558108 Report

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>>555221
>summer sausage
He keeps it in his butt.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:21:38 No.558140 Report

Quoted By:

>>555207
>>555180
>dehydrate entire meals in a conventional oven
You can do this. But it will be nothing like freeze dried food. Think of normal rice vs freeze dried rice, freeze dried takes a tenth of a time to rehydrate, it works with cold water, and tastes the same even if it's not hydrated. While normal rice tastes like shit if it's not propperly boiled.

Also, the fat can still spoil in DIY dried stuff.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:22:38 No.558141 Report

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>>555182
>Tastes better than backpacker meals, works the exact same way.

Hahaha, not even close on either of them

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:26:10 No.558145 Report

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>>555208
This is not an MRE since ramen isn't ready to eat.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:27:01 No.558147 Report

Quoted By: >>558247

>>558063
Man, I should get a dehydrator. probably would have a harder time keeping it fed, to be honest. Would be awesome to experiment on making instant stew bullions with actual food that's not not salt and flavourings.

Could probably use a carjack to compress a mixture of stable fat, spices, ground veggies, meat and starch filler/binder into a dense cake you just chuck into some hot water.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 15:50:05 No.558244 Report

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This is roughly 20-25 carrots.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 15:54:47 No.558247 Report

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>>558147
Hardtack dough might be an easier medium to compress with. Add some berries, shredded beef jerky, couple other things, you got a calorie dense biscuit handy.

I used to carry a jar of something similar to that but it was peanut butter, Nutella, M&Ms, trail mix, beef jerky, and a few other odds and ends mixed together in one jar. Shit was calorie dense as fuck.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 16:23:14 No.558260 Report

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I've used both. Ovens aren't cheap to run and are as versatile as a standard dehydratot

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 21:04:32 No.558422 Report

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>>558084
Well sorry guys I guess I lied, I couldnt find the soup I did. Probably tossed it. My bad. Found my "pemmican" though, and my vaccum sealer. One sec and Ill post pics.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 21:07:53 No.558423 Report

Quoted By: >>558424

"Pemmican" 1/2

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 21:11:10 No.558424 Report

Quoted By: >>558439

>>558423
>Nutella
>all natural peanut butter, chunky
>honey
>sunflower seeds
>trail mix (raisins, peanuts, mixed nuts, ect)
>M&Ms (peanut)
>shredded beef jerky
This stuff is probably 3 years old. Still good. The oil is peanut oil, separates from the peanut butter.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 21:37:06 No.558439 Report

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>>558424
Vaccum sealer. Bullets for example.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 21:51:05 No.558444 Report

Quoted By: >>558448 >>558470

I only use an oven to dehydrate stuff.

Some tips:

- Make lots of jerky. Your friends will love it. It is a little expensive though.

- Don't dehydrate soups. It'll take forever to dehydrate because of the high water content. You can buy powdered soups of all flavours. Buy that, dehydrate the ingredients you're going to add:
- vegetables (carrots, tomatoes, peas, broccoli, onions, garlic)
- ground beef (make sure to remove all the fat!)
Those work well and don't take too long.
- jerky

- Take lots of rice and noddles. Lots of calories and you don't have to mess with them at home. Same with oatmeal. Makes for a good breakfast.

- Dehydrating stuff for 6 people is a chore. Buy as much dried stuff as you can.
Powdered milk, instant mashed potatoes, tomato soup (great base to add stuff to), fried onions. It's cheap and saves you a lot of work.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 21:58:18 No.558447 Report

Quoted By: >>558449 >>558450 >>558519

>>555263
My family was super poor the first 10 years or so growing up. I would sooner die than have powdered milk again. God damn just thinking about it. My parents did the best they could though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:00:50 No.558448 Report

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>>558444
cont.

- Dehydrate some fruit. Apples, Bananas, Strawberries, Pineapples or Mangos work well for example, and they're great to chew on while hiking or in your breakfast oatmeal.

- Take lots of nuts/trail mix. Tell your friends to do the same. You can easily skip a meal by eating plenty of nuts.
Personally, I like plain old salted peanuts. Trail mix with other nuts and raisins is good, too.

- Nacho chips (although stupid to carry because of all the air in the bag) have quite a high amount of calories. So does corn meal/masa harina. If you're willing to experiment, try making tortillas or corn bread on a rock.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:01:23 No.558449 Report

Quoted By: >>558453

>>558447
4-5 nights a week we had what my dad called "French Goulash". It was literally just ground beef cooked in a pan and NOTHING else. No seasoning, no spices, no starches, no veggies. We usually ate it with ketchup.

I can't stand ground beef or even hamburgers anymore. I know your feels anon.

Also, apologies for off-topic reply.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:05:35 No.558450 Report

Quoted By: >>558455

>>558447

Yeah. Personally, I prefer granola bars and peanuts for breakfast, maybe some instant coffee with it. But I'm not a breakfast guy.

I have, however, carried milk up a mountain before and I can tell you it's not worth it. Beer on the other hand...

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:13:33 No.558453 Report

Quoted By: >>558462

>>558449
We used to have something similar with elk meat. I remember they bought a box of honest to god pop tarts one time. I thought I was in heaven as a little kid. I learned a lot about the outdoors from my parents though and I am forever grateful. To stay on topic, what is a good timeline for doing beef jerky in a dehydrator? Last batch I did, I left overnight and it was crunchy and weird but otherwise edible. Did the same thing with some elk steak and it was AWFUL.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:14:40 No.558455 Report

Quoted By: >>558457

>>558450
Nothing like a beer at the top of a mountain after a long hike.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:17:48 No.558457 Report

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>>558455
my favorite part is smashing the bottle >:]

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:28:09 No.558462 Report

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>>558453
You cooked it too long. It all depends on the type of meat and the fat content. Beef will take longer than venison for example. You want it to still be chewy when it gets done unless your going to powder it. My advice, start it in the morning, and check it every 3 hours or so. You ever had store bought jerky? Try to get the same consistency.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:40:38 No.558470 Report

Quoted By: >>558503

>>558444
If your soup has too much water, you can boil it for a while to thicken it up. When you go to dehydrate, just lay some wax paper or plastic wrap down and put it on that. Its how I do my speghetti sauce.

Some dehydrated cream of chicken/mushroom soup rehydrated over some minute rice is pretty good bro.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:42:26 No.558472 Report

Quoted By: >>558475 >>558477

If your going with a group, why not carry a large ice chest and haul up some real food like eggs, bacon, hamburger meat, ect and have two people carry it, swapping as needed.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 22:59:31 No.558475 Report

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>>558472
>implying friends
It's much lighter and easier to carry dry ice, just make sure you don't duct tape it shut.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 23:01:31 No.558477 Report

Quoted By: >>558486

>>558472
this is not feasible for all but the simplest of hikes or treks. you can't be teetering an ice chest hand-in-hand for 10 miles flat, or so much as 1 mile of an incline hike. it would just be miserable. if you're walking a mile from the car to setup camping funtimes then yeah, you could do that and that's what people do.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 23:21:28 No.558486 Report

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>>558477
When I went on family camping trips we distributed the supplies from person to person, dad had a cooler of dry ice and food strapped to his back, my sister carried clothes, mom cook supplies and my brother had fuel duty and I was stuck with carrying water and tents. Not particularly ideal but it was fun and let us go further than otherwise possible.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jul 2015 23:58:43 No.558503 Report

Quoted By: >>558512

>>558470

again, it's pretty cheap to buy instant cream of chicken/mushroom soup, saves a lot of time and effort. Add dehydrated mushrooms (forgot those earlier, they're done super fast), a little bit of ground jerky and some salt/pepper and dried mixed herbs. Fucking awesome.

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jul 2015 00:30:19 No.558512 Report

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>>558503
I can understand that but sometime people just want something they can say they cooked themselves or just have a surplus of things they've grown. I have an aunt who grows mushrooms from rejected logs from a nearby timber operation and she shows up at my house from time to time with 20 lbs of dried shittake. End up snacking on most of them but they are great if crushed and put into what ever I have going in my pot when camping.

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jul 2015 00:41:37 No.558519 Report

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>>558447

Mine weren't poor at all and I remember going to powdered once the milkman stopped coming. Wasn't as good or as fresh but not terrible.

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