How To Make MREs! | Home Freeze Dryer | Harvest Right Freeze Dryer | Meal Ready To Eat
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- In this video, I will show you how I make MREs, or Meals Ready to Eat, using my Harvest Right freeze dryer. harvestright.com/ballistic.html This is an easy process, and the food will last up to 25 years! I freeze-dried roasted sirloin, lemon grass chicken, and fruit for this batch. I will be keeping these homemade MREs in my Jeep for emergency situations. Enjoy!
00:00 How to make MREs intro
01:14 How to prepare the meats for freeze drying
05:05 How to prepare the fruits for freeze drying
06:30 How to use the Harvest Right freeze dryer
07:12 Freeze dryer settings for meats and fruit
08:27 Freeze dried food revealed
09:24 How to bag freeze dried food
11:50 How to package the MREs
14:40 Rehydrating and tasting freeze dried MREs
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00:00 Intro
01:14 Preparing the meats for freeze drying
05:05 Preparing the fruits for freeze drying
06:30 Loading the Harvest Right freeze dryer
07:12 Freeze dryer settings
08:27 Freeze dried food revealed
09:24 Bagging the food
11:50 Building the MREs
14:40 Rehydrating and tasting MREs
13:30 Cat (cute)
Hey brother what's the shelf life for all of this if properly done as you instruct???? I like this it was very informative and you have ne highly curious... lol now I want to buy a freezer dryer 🤣😂
Cool. And all you need is machinery in your factory.
Over filled the heater
Steve1989: “Nice”
I would love to see Steve review one of these.
@@daddyosink4413 I think he made an "Thanksgiving MRE"
@@rizaradri316 yes! I was hoping that he would do more of those vids.
Let's get this on a tray
@@mizark70 nice
I know this video is a year old but it is the most thorough, start to finish freeze drying video I've seen. I'm currently waiting for my machine to arrive and just getting ideas. I really appreciate that you made this. Thanks!
Thank you for the comment Jeremy! You're going to love your freeze dryer!
@@BallisticBBQ great video. How is it on the electric load?
Greg, this is a big change from your regular videos. I learned a lot here. I never even thought about freeze-drying things before. A friend bought me some USA MREs before. Damn, that pound cake was the best ever!!! Always love your videos, Greg!
I agree, very interesting but these medium units start at around $3000 USD (nearly £7k GBP in the UK ~$9700USD..!). As much as I would love to experiment, w-a-a-y too expensive. I can buy a food truck for that price!
I was shopping online for mres and freeze dried foods to add to my food storage. I am so happy that I found this video. You are a genius. I'm going to buy a Harvest Right and make my own mres! I subscribed, great content!
When you go to the large grocery store that has a camping section look for mountain freeze dried camping meals usually 2.5 servings / bag for about 10 bucks. or if you have the money you can buy the box kits from mountain house.
I love watching freeze dry videos. I hope you do more of them. The different ideas are very helpful. Thanks for uploading this video! 😊👍 ~Sharon
Awesome! A topic near and dear to my heart; MREs!
I’m going to try this.
Thumbs up - great lesson - but it convinced me to go with canning process! No hydration - reusable containers - similar shelf-life = no waste at all. Per $$ = 3x food! Bon appetite!
Does canned stuff last 25 years😮
Thanks for class on MRE’s 101. Very informative. I use your videos all the time to give me new ideas or redo my favorites. Double thumbs up 👍👍.
I've never seen it work before and I'm very impressed. As always, you explained it in a fascinating way. Great video 👍👍👍
Liked up for the Red Stripe. 👍🏾
Your birdieing is the most helpful and informative I have found, thank you!
Love my HarvestRight freeze dryer! Thanks for the video.
Man that is a quality emergency/camping meal. Love it my dude
Great video! Great info, my favorite on your channel so far.
Greg, please keep putting out these videos. I love them.
Just ordered my freeze dryer. So more videos like this please, please, please.
Wow, nice to know they taste good also!
Those are some nice trays. Looking very clean.
Great video. I was looking for info on how to freeze dry meat. Good tutorial. The MRE idea is great. Thanks
Very informative video, I would love to see more freeze drying videos!
Greg, I really enjoyed this video. I'm considering getting into freeze drying for the reasons you stated. Can you please do more videos revolving around freeze drying please? Thanks
I've been eyeballing that freeze drier for some time. Nice to see a good demo of it👍
I am always surprised with how things taste freshly made when it’s freeze dried. Thanks for the great video I hope you do more these.
Great idea! Thx for your video!
Hi Ballistic BBQ, I've never seen it work before and I'm very impressed. As always, you explained it in a fascinating way. Thanks for your information !
Share more of this greg. Really great content here.
This is awesome!
Very informative video Greg! Cheers for sharing mate!
I see your cat made an appearance on this video, and the dog on the burger channel, nice!
I love the fd videos. I could use all the fd inspiration you are willing to share
Pretty cool idea with the MRE
More freeze dry videos for sure Greg!
Great video!
What a great video something we all should be doing u never know
More freeze dry vids please, going to be buying one too just need to save some cash they are pricey! Great vid Tks
Great Video Brochocho!
Phenomenal video. Thank you so much.
Awesome video
Love it. More please.
Cool idea! Thanks man!
U r a champion!
Great video! Thank you! 🙏
Awesome video, please do more on freeze drying.
Oh I can’t wait to get my HR because this will be amazing to do for my son the next time he deploys
Awesome, I learned a lot
Man, I haven't had Red Stripe in a long while. Must revisit. Good vid, thanks!
Very interesting to watch! Might be a bit of an investment, but the possibilities are endless. Can't wait to see how the freeze dried beer is going to be.
Pretty cool TFS 👏👏💜
Very cool video!! thanks!!!!!
Looks delicious brother 😁
Great info!
Hi Greg i would like to see videos on freeze drying smoked meats / bbq
David
Loved this video... Thank you... What brand of vacuum chamber do you have?
Good video and good ideas
Amazing video thanks. Do you have any videos on the Harvest machine? Maintenance and upkeep?
Absolutely great video, can you share the model of your vacuum sealer thanks
Genius!
Thanks for the video. My mom found your videos. We are fascinated with the warming bags. Where did you get them?
Very good vid!
New Subscriber!😇😇 More videos please
Yes do a video freeze drying coffee. I have done it and it works very well but I’m interested in the technique that you use.
Now I know who's house I'm going to in case of Armageddon. Lol. I liked it, as it's hard not to like everything you do here: Informative and delicious. I've repeated so many of your ideas (perhaps not as well as you have) and they're always a home run with my family ('particular the onion burger). However, more sous vide? Nah, one's enough. This is a BBQ stump. Gordon Ramsay has his own gig, too. Leave the sous vide to him. 😉👌👍
Crap, now I have to buy a chamber vac and Freeze dryer😂. Great video!
If your sauce is too thick, use a brush to apply it evenly.
If you are stuck in the desert, drink the water but don't eat the food as your body will need more water from digesting the food, so wait until you have more water before you eat.
I pack a life-straw in every pack and in every car along with a couple gallons of water in quart sized hard water bottles like the Fiji water comes in, and that's not mentioning the hydration pack (with 2 liters of water in it) that holds my emergency supplies in.
Done yogurt. Super. Watermelon, pineapple, super snacks without rehidradating. Tried jello. Never again.
Great video- thank you! Question: is this for LT storage? Reason I ask is because I'd be worried about the plastic leaching into the food...what do you think?
When you mix up your Chicken, at about the 4 minute mark, first mix it together in a bowl. Then put it in the trays. Works much better
thank you for the informative video. i found it very interesting. is there a way to do this or something close to it on a very low to none type budget? i would have top max out my credit for those machines.
good job, thx for the idea, maybe you can add some xanthan to your sauce this should bind your sauce
Alright let's get this onto a tray. Nice!
Thank you for the video. Very informative. I have questions. Why was the large Mylar bag not vacuum sealed? If you were to vacuum seal it, would you still need to add the O2 absorbers?
Nice.
Hi Greg,
Great video. I have both a chamber vac and a freeze dryer and would like to start doing MRE's. My chamber vac bags don't have a notch for easy opening so I always need scissors. Where dis you get the bads with the cotches and the MRE heaters? Thanks.
How about the beer? Cervesa is certainly considered survival food- somewhere.
Gotta see that freeze dry beer
Ready for the apocalypse
Great video. Here’s a challenge, video the same with pork ribs and pulled pork. These are a lot better than MRE’s.
Awesome video! I received my Harvest Right freeze dryer yesterday after much wrangling as to whether it was worth the investment and wished I had bought it before I spent almost $2K on freeze dried food 2 months ago for earthquake emergency kits for us and our kids' families. I could have put that money towards the freeze dryer cost. Oh, well! I love your channel. I have learned so much from you, especially using the Kamado style grills. Now I can watch more options! Keep on posting videos!
You're going to LOVE that freeze dryer. We have a mango tree that produces way more than we can eat, or even give away. It pays off dividends for a small family like ours.
@@BallisticBBQ I have an overage of eggplant I think will be freeze dried soon. Thanks for your suggestions.
@@cubanmama4564 I wonder how those would taste steamed, seasoned, then freeze-dried as a sort of potato chip-like snack?
@@BallisticBBQ I will blanch, then freeze dry. I like to make eggplant parmesan. So let's see where this goes.
Really nice!
I wish I had these equipment, but I cannot afford it in my country.
How long does the food last if you don't open the bag?
Great video and I like my chamber vacuum sealer as well. Same unit as yours and I not wasting food anymore because it's so easy. Thanks again for your videos.
Did you get a 2nd freeze dryer? Great video!!
more freeze dry videos please. i am very interested in on of these machines. could you cover what size unit would work best for a small family.
thanks John H
Medium.
The large one needs it’s own circuit. So unless you or your husband, can do electrical work ….. you might want consider medium. Considering how “long” it take’s to make a batch, I personally wouldn’t choose small.
You could also chamber seal the larger mylar bag to remove the oxygen and save a little space.
Do u have a link for those heater bags please? I never heard of them
What is the vacuum sealer chamber that you're using
Didnt notice the overfill over the heater bag last year. That line isnt a suggestion bub, the heater needs the dry space to get hot fast
Would vacuum sealing the food protect it from the oxygen absorbers? Don't you want those in the same package as the food?
WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE FREEZE DYING VIDEOS.GREAT CONTENT
Freeze dried coffee! NJoy Creamer, Splenda sweetener or CH packets. Or powdered milk packets you make yourself. Also Walmart has jars of freeze dried Colombian blend, and Nescafe's Tasters Choice has Colombian, house blend, french roast and hazelnut blend. Tasters choice are done in jars or in sticks. And Welch's no sugar drink sticks, love the cherry pomegranate, and the grape, and there's Gatorade Zero sticks really good. or LMNT hydration sticks. these are not too expensive but if you want you can make your own cool aid packs with flavor aid or Kool aid with 1 cup of sugar per packet and then shake that all up and divide it into 8 servings. 1 packet of instant soft drink mix makes 1/2 gallon of liquid. Take along or add to your MRE, salt, pepper, paprika, sugar, creamer or milk, napkin, fork knife spoon or a spork, a straw, and an extra napkin with 2 aspirin, 2 band-aids, some alcohol wipes for antiseptic, multi vitamin. Some chewing gum or tictacs.
Can or do you reuse the water from the heating process? Seems like a hot beverage would be possible if the water was not contaminated.
Where did you buy the vacuum chamber sealer.
I have a question, I'm wanting to get into long term food preps, the only thing I can find in my budget says dehydrator, that's not the same correct? Will a dehydrator work? Or is there a freeze dryer that dont cost a ton
Which chamber sealer are you using?
Why didn't you use the chamber vac to seal the mylar bag?
Nice hiss
do you have sparkling water stored? it stays for longer fresh
Great video. You used a bit too much water in the FRH though.
Hey Greg, I see in your old videos you used to have a gator pit. What are your thoughts on those as I am looking to buy one.
Where can we buy the items like water packs and the heating packs?
Great video. Can you tell me what the cost is for each MRE you made.