@@coramdayo I'm not sure what the pressure is for the instant pot, I just cube them add some water and close the valve and set the timer. Then I turn the knob to vent when the timer goes off. 👍
I love that I get recipes from your channel as well as FDing tidbits, tips, and tricks - whether those recipes FD well or not. My favorite thing is that I don’t have to have as many epic fails because you spare me that experience often! 😁
I agree. I have been watching for a couple of months. We just ordered ours so I hope to feel fairly confident in trying these things by the time it gets here.
Great post, thank you. After freeze-drying, I powder the product in the food processor. The resulting mashed potatoes take up way less space and are beautifully smooth!
Rehydrate those mashed taters with beef or chicken stock to match whatever you're serving them with. Milk would probably work, too, if you want extra creaminess.
My FD is on the way. I am watching your videos and some others. With you doing everything it shows how I could buy in bulk now. It's just me and my mom. I am excited to start FDing. Thank you. I wish I could have started years ago.
You should do a freeze dryer showdown video where you run the same thing through both freeze dryers at the same time. Some of the old timer freeze dry folks don’t believe the new machines are faster lol one guy in a Facebook group claimed the new machines were not faster but rather the freeze dry nubies just weren’t putting that much on their trays. I love to see the debate settled
Its coming! My old JB Vacuum Pump just died and i'm waiting for a new pump. I just ran identical loads in both to see for myself. There was a 6 hour difference. If i still had the old software in my older model it would have been even longer. I think one of the big differences is the guts of the new one. It gets much colder. It was -70 today. I was using the premier pump on both units.
Yes, we have 2 volumes at www.freezedryingsupplies.com We are working on a volume 3 and also have a website: www.freezedryingcookbook Happy freeze drying!
Newbie here. I have potatoes! Now i know what to do tomorrow. The freeze dryer will rest tonight. I did 20 lbs. of pears this week. I got my fd back in May as an anniversary gift. 🎉
You may want to consider making supplies available for more than just Harvest Right freeze drying machines. The configurations of the trays are different for other brands. I would start with the parchment and then the silicone mats to see how that goes as some of the other vendors don't offer those items for their machine.
We offer some products for others. Making new sizes in most of the products requires new tooling (a huge expense) and the lack of demand does not make sense for some products.
I am loving my tray lids from your store. Finally I'm not finding loose food in my freezers. The lids keep everything contained. I couldn't remember if I needed to blanch raw potatoes before I threw them into the freeze drier. Thanks as always for a great video.
We are new to freeze drying also. I have so many cherries now that I'm working on. I didn't get to do a garden this year. First time in about 6 years. Very upset about that, but so anxious now to have the plan in place for when I do it next year and need to store all the foods. This is really great. Your video's are great!!! Thank you so much!!
I just started thinking about doing this boy was I glad to find your videos! Think I'll join your other groups too. Thanks for all your hard work putting all thins information together. Sure makes it easier for a beginner like me!!😊
Really appreciate your advice. Tried to order through your site. Kept getting errors that our browser is to old. Sorry we couldn't support you that way. You are a true inspiration! We will definitely have to try these when ours is delivered!
How about putting the scalloped potatoes in a casserole dish with milk & butter? Even in a SHTF situation that could be done in a solar oven or a cast-iron oven over hot coals.
I enjoy your videos and appreciate what you do. You were four for four today and that earned you my subscription!! Saving up money to buy a freeze dryer so in a few months I am going to get my preservation on. CHEERS!!!
Just received a shipment from your store yesterday - just in time as my freeze dryer arrives on Friday!!!! Super excited to try the mashed potatoes - something I’m interested to store for long term!! Thanks for the video Brian!
@@benatkinson418 if it was the "Congratulations you won, please call..." Then it has to be, the post is over a year old and the pic doesn't match the official account
Been freeze drying since September. I’ve been keeping mine running 24/7 with seasonal produce, looking forward to trying other things. Love your channel lots of good info and out of the box combinations.
Loved this as I grow potatoes and just bought my first freeze dryer :) I was really surprised the scalloped and potato salad worked - great job! So if you were to redo the scalloped, would you reconstitute it in a pan with water & do the air dryer or still do the steamer process then air fry it for crispness? :) thanks for sharing your experiments!
I think the best bet is low and slow in water in a pan, then if you want the crisp of the cheese and the sides of taters, throw it in the air fryer or back in the oven.
No freeze dryer; BUT, have you considered pouring the gravy into the cubes by pouring the gravy into a measuring cup then pouring the gravy from the measuring cup into the cubes? Less spilling than when you use a ladle.
I'm intrigued by the potato salad. I'm sure the store bought has mayonnaise (or the equivalent in oil and eggs). Do you think the best way to do homemade would be to put in all ingredients except the mayo, then use thinned mayo to reconstitute, like you did with the tuna salad?
Thank you Brian - Very good show today and really good results. I had to laugh a bit when you commented about using a cutting board. I have to admit I did mention it on your last video. Good job today. I know it's an extra step but I like to throw my blanched vegetables in an ice bath to stop the cooking. It helps them stay a little crisper. Not sure what kind of potato salad you used. I would be concerned with ones that had a Mayo base. I don't think Mayo freeze dries well. Am I wrong about that? Today as a mater of fact I plan to cook up 10 pounds of potato's and pass them through my ricer then freeze dry them. I've never done it this way before. But I think they will be great. A few weeks ago I did a gallon of lean sausage gravy that turned out nicely. One experiment I want to try is making up a cheese sauce and powder it. It would be good on vegetables I think. I'll start with just a quart and if it goes like I think, I'll make a gallon. Thank you for all your work - you have the best information about freeze drying on the web.
I had lots of comments on the counter😂 You would definitely want a yogurt or similar sub for the mayo. I guess i didn't think about that because i don't tend to do mayo in my day to day cooking anyway. I'll add it to the description.
So how did the riced freeze dried potatoes turn out? That seems like the perfect method, no worries about fats, and you can add milk and butter when you reconstitute them.
Interesting video. I'm surprised the potato salad turned out well for you. I tried it and I thought the texture was terrible. I haven't tried raw potatoes yet, but I'll put that on the list to do. Mashed potatoes have been awesome for me. Scalloped potatoes were so-so, but your idea of crisping them in the air fryer (or maybe an oven since I don't have an air fryer) is intriguing. Thanks for sharing!
I am second guessing my results a little. I feel like the potato salad was not a fair assumption since it was only 95% done. The texture was complete for me, but i'm not sure that long term storage would work. The need for substituting mayo for yogurt or avocado is definitely a must. I may have to make a redemption video in the future for the tater salad.
I wondered about that I’m most interested in freeze-drying potatoes raw in slices or even in fries slices and doing a mashed potato it’ll be interesting to see how they turn out
The blanched potato slices are perfect. They come out every bit as professional as from companies like Augason farms. I'm starting to do some trays of mashed potatoes for long term storage. The slices can be casseroles or au gratin potatoes.
If you use a ricer for your mashed potatoes after they are rehydrated, they will come out smooth. The more you whip potatoes they produce more starch and get a little bit gluey.
Maybe for the scalloped potatoes if you had just freeze dried the raw potato slices, and then used them to make scalloped taters. Then just used the cream to rehydrate the potatoes by sitting a few minutes before cooking.
For the scalloped potatoes, I would add milk or water and then bake. This is how you make the store bought boxed scalloped potatoes and I bet this would work.
Using my dehydrator I dry potatoes alone of course. When I want them I assemble and cook in oven. Couldn't you do the same thing with freeze dried? You could have freeze dried taters freeze dried onions freeze dried cheese etc. Would only have to add milk prior to cooking. I think the result would be way better. Just a thought.
Thank you so much for all the information and help. We just purchased our fd and definitely need all the help we can get. I was wandering about the mashed potatoes... do you have to rehydrate with water or can you mix a little warm milk in too? Also, when you purchase a frozen dinner, for example a Hungry Man... it will have 3 departments or so. Can I use one of these trays to put on the tray and make an entire meal at once? I know these are pretty basic questions... sorry about that. Thank you again.
All of these potato dishes were awesome but I don't think I would put the mayo in the potato salad till after rehydrating it then add mayo. Reason is tempeture control on the mayonnaise could make you sick but that's pretty cool to know how to store potatoes in this many ways. Ty 😊
@Retired at 40- Live.Life.Simple. So happy the mashed potatoes did well. I think that means that mashed sweet potatoes should also work. Great job thinking of the air fryer! I'm still going thru your videos but have you done raw French fries or macaroni & real cheese?
We got our Harvest Right medium dryer this past Monday and I’m wondering if anyone has tried using devices in the trays. I have a very short Instant Pot rack that I’d like to put under my commercially prepared pickled beets to get them to dry quicker. What about the thin BBQ racks that are used for fish and vegetables? As long as the food doesn’t hit the shelf above I’d think it was OK. Any ideas for something to put a tiny batch of gravy in? Thanks for your help.
I've taken foods out that I wasn't sure if they were completely done. I saw you add more dry time after the process was done. My screen just goes back to "start or customize". How do you add time once you have opened the valve and released pressure?
Don’t tap on done . Just release the valve then open the door check the items . The screen should give the option more dry, press close valve and it gives two hrs more, or press up button to add more time than two hours. Check out school reports on how to tell if done
Not sure if you've tried this yet or not. But, what if you jury rigged together a terrarium mister with a big lexan container? That way, you could get a very even reconstitution, and you wouldn't have to worry about your food getting too soggy or the food overcooking due to the steamers.
Your sliced blanched potatoes could be used to make scalloped potatoes from FD state or reconstituted. From FD state would be just like the boxed meals.
Ok, i'm not sure if it's constructive criticism or what? I'm just a bit shocked.. that you made a video of Freeze Drying Potato's and you didn't do America's #1 potato? "French Fries" .. would love to see how they would turn out? Curious if you'd need to use water on them or not? as freeze dried when thawed should have a little water to them?? .. would have to find the right water amount otherwise? But another great video Never thought to do Gravy !! great idea!
I.m doing potatoes today plus some pickled jalapeno slices, I did thin sliced and waffle cut potatoes and blanched them, this is my first real batch and I may have doe it wrong I'll see, I cut off all the extra freeze time and dry time I pre fropze everything the way the owners manuals says to do. I didn't pile my thin cut potatoes as high as it looked like you did yours, I'll try doing more per tray next time . the machine did not give me the option of pre frozen or unfrozen I don't know why, I will have to call Harvest Right and see if they eliminated that with the new software. Thanks
Good video and lots of good info. I use shallow silicon molds at times, good to know the deeper ones work as well. Was the gravy canned from the store, made from a powder, or home made? I am mostly curious about the fat (issues with FD stock).
@@live.life.simple. Thanks...powdered mix does seem a low oil/fat think that would work well for the longer term. I think that the stackers are a great idea. Sorry you are not shipping to Canada.
Tks, I know this is over year old, but was searching for how to make instant mashed potatoes I wanted to freeze dry potatoes so I just have to mix them with the water
This video inspired me to freeze dry mashed potatoes. How long did it take to freeze dry your mashed potatoes? I am going on 50 hours on my batch right now (Medium HR).
Thanks the video Brian. My "constructive criticism" is, throw away that plastic cutting board. Get a high quality wood board or a cheaper, but just as good, bamboo board. When you cut on plastic, you can't see the pieces of plastic left behind. If you were to cut something and the scrape it off with your knife into something white, you will actually see the plastic flakes in your food. YUK!
Brian thanks for the tater based video today ( yup I’m from Idaho 😊). I did however miss the “de-traying” which I know you skipped due to time constraints. Keep up the good work !!
My apologies. I got out of town for a little bit and just needed to get the video finished up so i didn't skip a week.😲 I will do them as part of my normal routine though. Happy FD'ing
Were your mashed potatoes, just that, boiled and mashed, nothing added? When you reconstituted them did you add milk and butter or just water? I have never eaten just mashed potatoes, we always add milk and butter in the while mashing, I know you might not want butter in them while freeze drying, but what about powdered milk and powdered butter?
Thanks for the helpful video. We are going to try raw, cubed potatoes from our garden. Do you know if any charts that tell how much of a food product to put on each tray? For example, 2.5 pounds of ground beef per tray, etc. that would be helpful and speed up the learning process. Thanks and God bless.
so my large Harvest Right freeze dryer does not have an area that says "frozen" or "not frozen" Is this a new update to the firmware? I heard that HR doesn't like you to skip the freezing process?
Freeze Dried Taters! Just don't use mayo in your tater salad please!
Check out the NEW STORE at www.freezedryingsupplies.com
We make potato salad with yogurt instead of mayo. It's basically a vinegar based salad.
WILL YOGURT WORK IN FREEZE DRIED FOOD?
@@doug-cdsimontrustee6609 works great~~ i use yogurt too!
What do you call potato salad without mayo?? LOL
Didn't the store bought tater salad have mayo in it?
Why would you not use mayo? I'm sure the store bought had mayo.
You can take a short cut on the mashed potatoes and use the instant pot pressure cooker for about 10 minutes.
Yes! Great tip
@Rina B Do you cook on full pressure? What setting did you use? I'm a bit of a newbie with my pressure cooker. Thanks in advance!
@@coramdayo I'm not sure what the pressure is for the instant pot, I just cube them add some water and close the valve and set the timer. Then I turn the knob to vent when the timer goes off. 👍
@@coramdayo I cook mine on high pressure. I have a Ninja Foodi, so I'd assume it's the same.
I cook the potatoes in cubes then put them through a ricer. They get so light and fluffy when reconstituted. Best mashed potatoes ever
I would love silicone tray liners! Not just flat for the bottom, but ones that go up the sides too!
I love that I get recipes from your channel as well as FDing tidbits, tips, and tricks - whether those recipes FD well or not. My favorite thing is that I don’t have to have as many epic fails because you spare me that experience often! 😁
Make sure you don't use mayo in your potato salad. I'm working on a cookbook and hope to have it out around the new year!
Agree this is awesome
Thanks for making these freeze drying videos, we are new to freeze drying and your testings gives us ideas. Thanks again pal.
Glad to help
I agree. I have been watching for a couple of months. We just ordered ours so I hope to feel fairly confident in trying these things by the time it gets here.
After you freeze dry your mashed potatoes put them through the vitimix and you should get the right consistency when you rehydrate. 😊
Great post, thank you. After freeze-drying, I powder the product in the food processor. The resulting mashed potatoes take up way less space and are beautifully smooth!
Do you cook them before freeze drying? I just made four quarts of raw powdered potatoes and I'm scared to try them 😂
Rehydrate those mashed taters with beef or chicken stock to match whatever you're serving them with. Milk would probably work, too, if you want extra creaminess.
German potato salad would be good, and it is a warm dish. Personally, I love warm potato salad.
My FD is on the way. I am watching your videos and some others. With you doing everything it shows how I could buy in bulk now. It's just me and my mom. I am excited to start FDing. Thank you. I wish I could have started years ago.
My favorite thing about freeze drying is that. It most definitely my cooking the food that I love to eat.
You should do a freeze dryer showdown video where you run the same thing through both freeze dryers at the same time. Some of the old timer freeze dry folks don’t believe the new machines are faster lol one guy in a Facebook group claimed the new machines were not faster but rather the freeze dry nubies just weren’t putting that much on their trays. I love to see the debate settled
Its coming! My old JB Vacuum Pump just died and i'm waiting for a new pump. I just ran identical loads in both to see for myself. There was a 6 hour difference. If i still had the old software in my older model it would have been even longer. I think one of the big differences is the guts of the new one. It gets much colder. It was -70 today. I was using the premier pump on both units.
SWarm potatoes salad made with a vinnigerrette is nice... Add some Dijon mustard to them dressing and include green beans and tomatoes! Yum.
I know this is an old video, but have you thought of making a cookbook which includes various way to rehydrate/constitute each recipe?
Yes, we have 2 volumes at www.freezedryingsupplies.com
We are working on a volume 3 and also have a website: www.freezedryingcookbook
Happy freeze drying!
Newbie here. I have potatoes! Now i know what to do tomorrow. The freeze dryer will rest tonight. I did 20 lbs. of pears this week. I got my fd back in May as an anniversary gift. 🎉
I have a bumper crop of potatoes this year, I looked back to see if you did a video on potatoes, and boom, here it is …. Thx you’re a great resource!
You may want to consider making supplies available for more than just Harvest Right freeze drying machines. The configurations of the trays are different for other brands. I would start with the parchment and then the silicone mats to see how that goes as some of the other vendors don't offer those items for their machine.
We offer some products for others. Making new sizes in most of the products requires new tooling (a huge expense) and the lack of demand does not make sense for some products.
I am loving my tray lids from your store. Finally I'm not finding loose food in my freezers. The lids keep everything contained. I couldn't remember if I needed to blanch raw potatoes before I threw them into the freeze drier. Thanks as always for a great video.
We are new to freeze drying also. I have so many cherries now that I'm working on. I didn't get to do a garden this year. First time in about 6 years. Very upset about that, but so anxious now to have the plan in place for when I do it next year and need to store all the foods. This is really great. Your video's are great!!! Thank you so much!!
It looks like you could make potato chips by adding a little salt or maybe seasoning while they were still damp before you froze them.
press and seal work GREAT in the trays
I do scalloped potatoe hash browns after thanksgiving that reminds me of this
I just started thinking about doing this boy was I glad to find your videos! Think I'll join your other groups too. Thanks for all your hard work putting all thins information together. Sure makes it easier for a beginner like me!!😊
Good to hear!
Mashed potatoes needed milk, butter and salt. Then rehydrate with hot water. Thank you for sharing with us!
To make the potatoes smooth, couldn't you process the dried potatoes into a powder/flake?
Thank you so much
I would try powdering the gravy to make an instant mix. Seems like this would work better.
Do a test on how much power your freeze-dryer consumes for people who are "off grid" with limited electricity. Thanks
Love your stuff man. Keep it coming. And cut on your countertop if you want! Freedom!! 'Merca!!!
😂Thanks! Will do!
Really appreciate your advice. Tried to order through your site. Kept getting errors that our browser is to old. Sorry we couldn't support you that way. You are a true inspiration! We will definitely have to try these when ours is delivered!
Maybe put scalloped potatoes in a casserole dish with milk cover with foil and bake in oven
Thank you for your information!!
How about putting the scalloped potatoes in a casserole dish with milk & butter? Even in a SHTF situation that could be done in a solar oven or a cast-iron oven over hot coals.
I enjoy your videos and appreciate what you do. You were four for four today and that earned you my subscription!! Saving up money to buy a freeze dryer so in a few months I am going to get my preservation on. CHEERS!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
The taste of potatoes looks solid and delicious! Once I start, I can't stop eating.
You and me both!
Thank you for the video! I totally want a freeze dryer!
Just received a shipment from your store yesterday - just in time as my freeze dryer arrives on Friday!!!! Super excited to try the mashed potatoes - something I’m interested to store for long term!! Thanks for the video Brian!
Congrats! Happy fd'ing
I’m assuming the message that I won is a scam?
@@benatkinson418 if it was the "Congratulations you won, please call..." Then it has to be, the post is over a year old and the pic doesn't match the official account
@@benatkinson418 I reported it on mine too
@@4KrystylRose yeah that’s what I thought. I never win anything so was doubtful right when I saw it! And that it was over a year old. 😜 Thanks
Counter top looks just like ours
Been freeze drying since September. I’ve been keeping mine running 24/7 with seasonal produce, looking forward to trying other things. Love your channel lots of good info and out of the box combinations.
Loved this as I grow potatoes and just bought my first freeze dryer :) I was really surprised the scalloped and potato salad worked - great job! So if you were to redo the scalloped, would you reconstitute it in a pan with water & do the air dryer or still do the steamer process then air fry it for crispness? :) thanks for sharing your experiments!
I think the best bet is low and slow in water in a pan, then if you want the crisp of the cheese and the sides of taters, throw it in the air fryer or back in the oven.
No freeze dryer; BUT, have you considered pouring the gravy into the cubes by pouring the gravy into a measuring cup then pouring the gravy from the measuring cup into the cubes? Less spilling than when you use a ladle.
I'm intrigued by the potato salad. I'm sure the store bought has mayonnaise (or the equivalent in oil and eggs). Do you think the best way to do homemade would be to put in all ingredients except the mayo, then use thinned mayo to reconstitute, like you did with the tuna salad?
Thank you Brian - Very good show today and really good results. I had to laugh a bit when you commented about using a cutting board. I have to admit I did mention it on your last video. Good job today. I know it's an extra step but I like to throw my blanched vegetables in an ice bath to stop the cooking. It helps them stay a little crisper.
Not sure what kind of potato salad you used. I would be concerned with ones that had a Mayo base. I don't think Mayo freeze dries well. Am I wrong about that?
Today as a mater of fact I plan to cook up 10 pounds of potato's and pass them through my ricer then freeze dry them. I've never done it this way before. But I think they will be great.
A few weeks ago I did a gallon of lean sausage gravy that turned out nicely. One experiment I want to try is making up a cheese sauce and powder it. It would be good on vegetables I think. I'll start with just a quart and if it goes like I think, I'll make a gallon.
Thank you for all your work - you have the best information about freeze drying on the web.
I had lots of comments on the counter😂 You would definitely want a yogurt or similar sub for the mayo. I guess i didn't think about that because i don't tend to do mayo in my day to day cooking anyway. I'll add it to the description.
@@live.life.simple. Just joined your MeWe group. Lots of newbies in there. I hope I can help answer some questions
So how did the riced freeze dried potatoes turn out? That seems like the perfect method, no worries about fats, and you can add milk and butter when you reconstitute them.
Great video 4/4💥
Thanks 👍
Interesting video. I'm surprised the potato salad turned out well for you. I tried it and I thought the texture was terrible. I haven't tried raw potatoes yet, but I'll put that on the list to do. Mashed potatoes have been awesome for me. Scalloped potatoes were so-so, but your idea of crisping them in the air fryer (or maybe an oven since I don't have an air fryer) is intriguing. Thanks for sharing!
I am second guessing my results a little. I feel like the potato salad was not a fair assumption since it was only 95% done. The texture was complete for me, but i'm not sure that long term storage would work. The need for substituting mayo for yogurt or avocado is definitely a must. I may have to make a redemption video in the future for the tater salad.
I wondered about that I’m most interested in freeze-drying potatoes raw in slices or even in fries slices and doing a mashed potato it’ll be interesting to see how they turn out
The blanched potato slices are perfect. They come out every bit as professional as from companies like Augason farms. I'm starting to do some trays of mashed potatoes for long term storage. The slices can be casseroles or au gratin potatoes.
I’m going to try hash browns next. Shred, blanched for about 30 - 45 seconds then FD. No more store bought hash browns!
QUESTION; Could you do the gravy, put it in a small mylar bag, inside of a mylar bag, of the mashed potatoes?? (To keep it together but, seporate.)
Nice video. I would rehydrate the cheese potatoes and mashed potatoes with hot milk!
Sure. That would make them creamier too
If you use a ricer for your mashed potatoes after they are rehydrated, they will come out smooth. The more you whip potatoes they produce more starch and get a little bit gluey.
For the RAW potatoes you can spread them out on some layers of paper towels and drain them, then pat them dry to fry them.
Would potato mash rehydrate well if you used warmed milk to it?
I was curious about that too
Suggestions for gravy.
Costco sells a container of gravy powder.
Or, freeze dry homemade and food process to a powder.
YUM!! THANKS FOR SHARING!! I'M GOING TO GET ONE OF THOSE FREEZE DRYERS... NEW SUBBIE FROM TAMPA
Great video 💥
Scalloped (or with cheese Au gratin), we just put hot water on ... they were GOOD! I was concerned about soggy, but not at all.
Looks great
Thanks!
Nice work
Maybe for the scalloped potatoes if you had just freeze dried the raw potato slices, and then used them to make scalloped taters. Then just used the cream to rehydrate the potatoes by sitting a few minutes before cooking.
For the scalloped potatoes, I would add milk or water and then bake. This is how you make the store bought boxed scalloped potatoes and I bet this would work.
Using my dehydrator I dry potatoes alone of course. When I want them I assemble and cook in oven. Couldn't you do the same thing with freeze dried? You could have freeze dried taters freeze dried onions freeze dried cheese etc. Would only have to add milk prior to cooking. I think the result would be way better. Just a thought.
this is what I was going to say.
Bravo! Slow Clap!
Thank you so much for all the information and help. We just purchased our fd and definitely need all the help we can get. I was wandering about the mashed potatoes... do you have to rehydrate with water or can you mix a little warm milk in too? Also, when you purchase a frozen dinner, for example a Hungry Man... it will have 3 departments or so. Can I use one of these trays to put on the tray and make an entire meal at once? I know these are pretty basic questions... sorry about that. Thank you again.
That's so funny because I noticed you didn't use a cutting board on your last vid. It took some restraint not to comment lol.
Great thanks!!
You bet!
Do you ever reconstitute anything using a instant pot?
All of these potato dishes were awesome but I don't think I would put the mayo in the potato salad till after rehydrating it then add mayo. Reason is tempeture control on the mayonnaise could make you sick but that's pretty cool to know how to store potatoes in this many ways. Ty 😊
New fan here! Love the videos.
Thanks for your support! Enjoy
@Retired at 40- Live.Life.Simple. So happy the mashed potatoes did well. I think that means that mashed sweet potatoes should also work. Great job thinking of the air fryer! I'm still going thru your videos but have you done raw French fries or macaroni & real cheese?
Boil the raw potatoes and use a ricer, then freeze dry. Best ever result.
Zombie apocalypse Thanks Giving! Yassss
We got our Harvest Right medium dryer this past Monday and I’m wondering if anyone has tried using devices in the trays. I have a very short Instant Pot rack that I’d like to put under my commercially prepared pickled beets to get them to dry quicker. What about the thin BBQ racks that are used for fish and vegetables? As long as the food doesn’t hit the shelf above I’d think it was OK. Any ideas for something to put a tiny batch of gravy in? Thanks for your help.
I've taken foods out that I wasn't sure if they were completely done. I saw you add more dry time after the process was done. My screen just goes back to "start or customize". How do you add time once you have opened the valve and released pressure?
good question....some add a few hours just in case, I Read. I do not know how, though, just got ours.
Don’t tap on done . Just release the valve then open the door check the items . The screen should give the option more dry, press close valve and it gives two hrs more, or press up button to add more time than two hours. Check out school reports on how to tell if done
Not sure if you've tried this yet or not. But, what if you jury rigged together a terrarium mister with a big lexan container? That way, you could get a very even reconstitution, and you wouldn't have to worry about your food getting too soggy or the food overcooking due to the steamers.
That sounds interesting. Is it a type of humidity controlled system?
Your sliced blanched potatoes could be used to make scalloped potatoes from FD state or reconstituted. From FD state would be just like the boxed meals.
Do you ever do a potato and make flakes for mash potatoes?
I don’t own a FD yet but I really wanted to see potatoes and how they turn out.
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Ok, i'm not sure if it's constructive criticism or what? I'm just a bit shocked.. that you made a video of Freeze Drying Potato's and you didn't do America's #1 potato? "French Fries" .. would love to see how they would turn out? Curious if you'd need to use water on them or not? as freeze dried when thawed should have a little water to them?? .. would have to find the right water amount otherwise? But another great video Never thought to do Gravy !! great idea!
I.m doing potatoes today plus some pickled jalapeno slices, I did thin sliced and waffle cut potatoes and blanched them, this is my first real batch and I may have doe it wrong I'll see, I cut off all the extra freeze time and dry time I pre fropze everything the way the owners manuals says to do. I didn't pile my thin cut potatoes as high as it looked like you did yours, I'll try doing more per tray next time . the machine did not give me the option of pre frozen or unfrozen I don't know why, I will have to call Harvest Right and see if they eliminated that with the new software. Thanks
have you tried freeze drying ccondensed soup from a can? How about juice from a bottle or frozen condensed?
Good video and lots of good info. I use shallow silicon molds at times, good to know the deeper ones work as well. Was the gravy canned from the store, made from a powder, or home made? I am mostly curious about the fat (issues with FD stock).
normally, i would make it from scratch, but this was a powdered mix.
@@live.life.simple. Thanks...powdered mix does seem a low oil/fat think that would work well for the longer term. I think that the stackers are a great idea. Sorry you are not shipping to Canada.
Tks, I know this is over year old, but was searching for how to make instant mashed potatoes I wanted to freeze dry potatoes so I just have to mix them with the water
This video inspired me to freeze dry mashed potatoes. How long did it take to freeze dry your mashed potatoes? I am going on 50 hours on my batch right now (Medium HR).
I think on the mashed potatoes I might warm up some milk for rehydrating instead of water
Sure. Might make them smoother
Are the mashed potatoes JUST potatoes or did you add butter, cream and salt etc? Or do you add that upon reconstituting?
Thanks the video Brian. My "constructive criticism" is, throw away that plastic cutting board. Get a high quality wood board or a cheaper, but just as good, bamboo board. When you cut on plastic, you can't see the pieces of plastic left behind. If you were to cut something and the scrape it off with your knife into something white, you will actually see the plastic flakes in your food. YUK!
Brian thanks for the tater based video today ( yup I’m from Idaho 😊). I did however miss the “de-traying” which I know you skipped due to time constraints. Keep up the good work !!
My apologies. I got out of town for a little bit and just needed to get the video finished up so i didn't skip a week.😲 I will do them as part of my normal routine though. Happy FD'ing
It seems like the only way to have smooth mashed potatoes would be to use russets
Can you re-use the foil bags for smaller quantities of something since you will be heat sealing it?
Was there a reason you sliced the raw potatoes so thin? Could they not be thicker sliced/or cubed?
Do you have any videos on freeze drying bok choi?
Were your mashed potatoes, just that, boiled and mashed, nothing added? When you reconstituted them did you add milk and butter or just water? I have never eaten just mashed potatoes, we always add milk and butter in the while mashing, I know you might not want butter in them while freeze drying, but what about powdered milk and powdered butter?
Just plain old mashed potatoes. Adding milk and butter would make them great!
@@live.life.simple. Well that explains it. I always use milk in mine when I freeze dry them, and a small amount of butter - not much.
Thanks for the helpful video. We are going to try raw, cubed potatoes from our garden. Do you know if any charts that tell how much of a food product to put on each tray? For example, 2.5 pounds of ground beef per tray, etc. that would be helpful and speed up the learning process. Thanks and God bless.
I have found that measuring in cups is the most helpful (large is 6-8 cups)
Good to know. Thanks.
Wish you had done shredded for hash browns.
so my large Harvest Right freeze dryer does not have an area that says "frozen" or "not frozen" Is this a new update to the firmware? I heard that HR doesn't like you to skip the freezing process?
Have you tried pizza.!! My freeze dryer is on rhe way. Cannot wait.
Is it true the new freeze drier don’t have a pillow for the front door?
I’d use a spray bottle to reconstitute the potato salad.
awesome tip!
What were your settings for the raw potatoes and mashed?
I have a question. I have canned potatoes slice I bought in a store. Can I freeze dry them . They are about to expire
I thought I heard you aren’t suppose to mix cooked with uncooked foods when FD?