Taking stock

 Since our garden is a tee total bust this year I don't have a thing to put up this summer. We are lucky to even get a few fresh things here and there.  I planned on cleaning out the pantry, freezer, and back pantry today after I made a quick trip to the grocery. Low and behold they were running a managers special today on frozen veggies, BOGO. I jumped all over that deal and might just go back later today once I see where we are on dehydrated food's. Check it out, 40 pound of frozen veggies at a price of $21.92. Works out to $.62 cents a pound. That's a deal too good to pass up.

 After dusting off the dehydrator I got busy working up the corn. Talk about easy peasy work up. Cut off the top of the bag, dump the contents onto the tray's, shove it all in the dehydrator. Then wait.

12 pound of sweet corn loaded in the Excalibur. In 12-14 hours this corn will be preserved for up to 30 years. I try to keep back a years worth everything we like to eat just in case we have a bad year in the garden. Once this load is finished I will store it in glass jars. It is AMAZING how much will fit in the jars after its dehydrated. Check out my very favorite site on dehydrating, dehydrate2store.

I try to stay crazy busy on day's hubby is on the road. I'm not much in the mood for quilting or sewing yet but organizing in the kitchen would do the trick.  How can things get so turned upside down beats me. The kitchen pantry I can understand since one or more of the grands are always digging around looking for a treasure (or leaving one, found a Dora plastic action figure today) The back pantry, freezer, and all the rest is on me! Ha

For those of you new to this blog the reason I dehydrate lots, and lots of veggies is I can't pressure can since I have a glass top stove. PLEASE DO NOT pressure can on a glass top stove even if you have a buddy who is doing it. Not only can you ruin your very expensive stove you could be putting yourself in a dangerous situation. I don't want to fill the freezer with a whole lot of veggies that takes up room I can use for meats I find on sale or from our local farm, and frozen veggies can go bad from freezer burn pretty quickly. Dehydrating has turned out to be just the ticket. They take up very little space and can last a heck of a lot longer than we would ever need.

If you enjoy preserving food from the garden or what you find on sale, grab a cup of tea and enjoy all the video's at dehydrate2store. BTW, I am in NO WAY associated with dehydrate2store or the Excalibur dehydrator. I am just sharing what I have experienced.

Off for now to try and finish up the mess I have made of things. Tomorrow I should be able to share what 12 pounds of corn looks like after being dehydrated.