Freeze dryers are becoming very affordable. A life changer.
More baked spaghetti squash laid up. One more session to go. The more food I grow and preserve the more I understand why people remain on the teat of big farm and big food. It’s time consuming and quite boring work, but I’d rather learn these skills now rather than in a pinch. Tomorrow, it’s pressure canning potatoes. At least I have hours of awesome podcast and audio book content to listen to while I’m at it. Today’s thanks for that goes to The nostr:npub1ltz38gwwmmg740r5qlqjn96gth5thv5wmhkwlgqks9lu3485q7jsy6k4fh Podcast. Boosts incoming.
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Discussion
I’ve been looking at a Harvest Right I’d like to experiment with doing individually packaged gourmet dishes. But I think if I got one I’d buy a replacement pump up front to have on hand. Still a little out of my range unless I put it on credit. But I know it’s the ultimate tool for prepping. I’d like to start producing 5 gallon food grade pails of Mylar packaged emergency rations and start selling them at the local farmers market. I have to do the math on it based on meal material costs and my time at a reasonable hourly rate. And consider menu options. I’m not sure if the economics work unless it’s being done at scale like the big prepper ration outlets in the states.
It was a game changer for me. Takes the guess work out of preserving.
I actually took all my canned goods and put them through the freeze dryer.
A business is a great idea. But even just for personal use 👌
I do recommend Harvest Right. Solid machines with great customer support.
My buddy bought one from china.... 👎
And now that Costco sells them it makes the purchase even easier with added customer support.
Also they managed to upgrade the models to be more efficient. The large now only needs a 15amp service. When i bought my large it was 20amp demand.
I sold mine before i moved. But if i were to get another one id go for a medium. Large takes a lot of food to fill!
Cool. Thanks for the advice on sizing and the info on power requirements. And validation of the brand research I’ve done. I can’t wait to get one. Considering the relatively few parts, it almost seems like the price of the units is purposely denying access to the technology to the masses. If every household could quickly lay up 3 months of rations, it could destabilize the labor market and give people another way to say No.
They've drastically come down in price over the years. Considering inflation a large would cost me half of what i bought it for.
I think there just aren't that many companies manufacturing them. So its a scaling issue. But thats just a guess
Yes for sure. But don’t make me go taking off my tinfoil hat lol.
Some things are what they seem. Some aren't 🤷
Hit me up anytime new fren 👊
Thanks I’d like to learn more about the viability of doing perfectly pre-grilled steaks and gourmet things like lasagna and what the rehydration process might yield in terms of an appetizing meal if a guy got the packaging right. I have to do exhaust a bunch of resources on the Internet first.
Biggest lesson. Fat wont freeze dry. I forget what the exact % is but less than 3% fat content into the dryer.
So cut all the fat off. And limit creams and such.
Thats the Achilles Heal of FD goods. You have to save fats other ways.
Ghee and Coconut oil are my go to for shelf fats. And i freeze my butter and tallows.