Wednesday, August 21, 2013

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.

6 comments:

  1. Debbie tell me about water bath canning on a glass top stove. Apparantly there is now such a thing as a flat bottomed water bath canner? Any thoughts? In the long run I will absolutely be trading this one in for gas-but meanwhile I have other expenses first (like painting three rooms lol). At this point in the colorado season most of my canning will be things like cranberry walnut conserve...

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  2. Barb, I have no problem water bath canning on my glass top stove. I have a flat bottom stainless steel canner, super nice but didn't cost much more than the standard canners. Congrats on your new home, can't wait to see photo's

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  3. Debby- I have never tried dehydrating food but I think that is an excellent idea. What kind of dehydrator do you have? I am so sick and tired of things getting freezer ) burn (or not tasting "right") after a couple months in the freezer. How will that corn taste when you use it? I suppose you add water and cook it. Very interesting- xo Diana

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    1. We have the Excaliabur dehydrater, it's pricy but worth the $$. To use the food you just add hot water, let stand 10-20 mins and your good to go to cook any way you want. When I make soups, stews and such you don't even have to rehydrate. Just throw it in the pot and your done

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  4. I would have stocked up if I saw that sale too! Dehydrating is a very interesting subject. I need to check in to that.

    I need to organize in my freezer, so I'll know what's in there.

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    1. The website will have you saving up for a dehydrater!! Ha Love ours

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