Both machines work great Grey. I have 2 of the round nesco dehydrators. I also like to have frozen berries and vegetables to dehydrate it take the blanching process out of the mix. Thanks for this video Bless you and your family 🙏❤️🙏
I have a Corsair dehydrator but I do like this one as well. Well see how it does over the next year. I'm glad you mentioned that some folks didn't pick up that keyword "frozen" no blanching" necessary 😁👍💛
@@johnnyfinance yes I know they do they are fresh. But if you want to make tomato powder out of the no blanching necessary just put a couple pokes in the skin and dehydrate.
LMAO!!! I dehydrated wild blueberries. I don’t recommend using wild ones. I can’t find them after dehydrating them LOL I highly recommend poking a hole in each blueberry to speed things up however yours went great!! Good call on the O2 absorbers. If you’re on FB or other, let’s chat more about food preservation etc 😉
Hey, you stole my soap dispenser!😄 I don't eat blueberries so I haven't dehydrated any. My favorite fruit to dehydrate is apple slices. Speaking of them...it's time to eat some jars and make some fresh batches. I also love pineapple bits but it takes a long time to dry them. Have a fun weekend and enjoy the berries. 👍🌴🌞
🤣 you & the wife must have similar tastes! I've been thinking about doing apple slices as well. I want to make my own trail mixes and vacuum seal them for my hikes and go bags 😁 God bless and thank you JT 💛🙏
@@GreyManPrepping We shop at Costco! 😄 I drop my sliced apples into pineapple juice to keep them from turning brown. 😋😋 I make some plain and some with cinnamon. Don't forget the Granny Smiths for future apple pies.👍🥧
THANKS GREY! I just got a similar competitor. Going to test this weekend on 1. herbs 2. Cherry Tomatoes 3. If time...grapes. Entirely new thing for me, so I'm excited about the early part of the learning curve.
That's awesome! I've done cherry tomatoes as well 😁 in regards to rips comment my blueberries were frozen so the blanching wasn't necessary. Read Linda's comment. 😁👍 We all have a ton of information to share and there are many ways to get the job 😎🤘
I do rehydrate them and make smoothies. I also lightly grind them for muffins, cakes etc. I have also rehydrated them and made preserves from them. I also will cook them down, add sugar, thicken and use them for a crepe sauce. I fill the crepes with rehydrated blueberries or blueberries and whipped cream. You can also rehydrate them and mix with cream cheese for a crepe filling or a donut filling. You can also rehydrate them and lightly crush them and make jello out of them.
I have cheap or unbranded dehydrator on it's way to me. I had to go with what I could afford, but the reviews I did before buying ftom TH-cam were favourable. I've had my vacuum sealer a while now and got my moneys worth already. I make my own MRE'S- ration pack adventure foods for camping so I know they are free from additives. I also buy bulk bargains to store for leaner times. I haven't got fruit yet, mostly curry and rice or kebabs, or chilli.
I concur get whatever that's in your price range brother, I have found some dehydrators, vacuum sealers, and other odds and ends at thrift stores that work great. 😁👍
Grey, you REALLY need to check out Darcy from The Purposeful Pantry! She talks about the necessity to condition your foods for 5-7 days. That has saved me so much money. Because during conditioning you might notice that your food isn’t as dry as you thought it was. And then you can just put it back into the dehydrator. But if you didn’t condition you wouldn’t notice and end up with a jar going moldy
I have a cosori. Best investment I have made. The dehydrator you showed looks great. More trays are the best! Darcy from. “The Purposeful Pantry” is a great resource for dehydrating. I would recommend to everyone to do your homework in proper dehydrating. I’m not a fan of the vacuum sealer. Thanks.
All in all, it was a success. Lots of different methods folks use, but so far this has worked pretty well for me the past few years. I had to play with the big machine 🤣
Afternoon Grey... once I tried to dehydrate grapes, but all I got was raisins...😉 Seriously, I love my dehydrator and dehydrate many foods, but love to make jerky in the dehydrator. I will also powder some of the dehydrated foods for flavorings and stocks. I like to add a desiccant pack along with my oxygen absorber to capture any moisture left in the dehydrated foods. 👍
I have a small Cosori that I like a lot. I've never dried blueberries before but have some in the freezer so may give it a try. I'd probably add them to my homemade granola or pancakes.
Those dehydrated blueberries looks amazing. When you poured them in The bowl the sound reminded me of raisins f falling. Great snackers indeed. Thank you for sharing 😊😊
Not necessarily for frozen blueberries, technically they dont not have to be blanched before dehydrating them. Some people prefer to do this though and it won’t cause any problems. However, they will be tougher if you don't blanch them. Blanching them helps break the skin, which gives a softer dehydrated blueberry. I personally have not had much success with balancing mine with the water method, but with syrup blanching, I've had more success. Now where I may make the mistake in water blanching is the timing of roughly 10-30 seconds. I'll have to try it again and see if I play with the time and have better results.
I thought that you shouldn’t put oxygen absorbers in dehydrated food for risk of botulism if they aren’t dry enough! I thought you should only put desiccant packs in dehydrated food!?
"There are a few ways you can store dehydrated foods to extend the shelf life. The first is by using a mason jar, canning lid, and a canning jar sealing kit. The second is by using mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Both are effective but based on how you use your dehydrated food you may like one over the other." Here's a good read if you like www.easy-food-dehydrating.com/oxygen-absorbers-for-dehydrated-food.html
I do a lot of dehydrating myself. I like to get a larger unit to save time. I like the one you showed in this video. Always appreciate your videos Grey 🫡
Both machines work great Grey. I have 2 of the round nesco dehydrators. I also like to have frozen berries and vegetables to dehydrate it take the blanching process out of the mix. Thanks for this video Bless you and your family 🙏❤️🙏
I have a Corsair dehydrator but I do like this one as well. Well see how it does over the next year. I'm glad you mentioned that some folks didn't pick up that keyword "frozen" no blanching" necessary 😁👍💛
@@GreyManPrepping always buy frozen when on sale too
@@lindabopp6579 Agreed 👍
Thanks Linda. Have you done cherry tomatoes and have they needed blanching?
@@johnnyfinance yes I know they do they are fresh. But if you want to make tomato powder out of the no blanching necessary just put a couple pokes in the skin and dehydrate.
Thank you GreyMan ✝️❤️
My pleasure Raka 🙏💛😁
I just got my first rear fanned Cabelas 6 tray dehydrator. I can't wait to use it. Hopefully this weekend.
That's great to hear 😁 it will be a great asset to add to your food preservation preps 👍
Great video good price on that dehydrator as well !
Thanks Snakebyte 😎👍
Darcy at "the purposeful pantry" does all kinds of dehydrating and even has a book
Awesome, I'll have to check them out 😁👍
Darcy is my go-to for anything dehydrating, too
I love that your dehydrator goes so high in temps
I make a lot of jerky especially when the hubby brings home the deer!
Now that sounds delicious 😋
I like to use dehydrated blueberries to make my own homemade granola bars with local honey and oats
Homemade granola! That sounds like a great idea brother 🤠🤘
I just add the dehydrated blue berries to yogurt
That's actually a great idea, better than the fake stuff they use in most foods these days 😁👍
LMAO!!! I dehydrated wild blueberries. I don’t recommend using wild ones. I can’t find them after dehydrating them LOL
I highly recommend poking a hole in each blueberry to speed things up however yours went great!!
Good call on the O2 absorbers.
If you’re on FB or other, let’s chat more about food preservation etc 😉
🤣 I hear ya brother lol also thanks for the tip. I do have FB not on there much I'm pretty sure it's Freeman prepping, do you still have my number?
I have kind of a "beginner" dehydrator. The one you reviewed is much better. Love blueberries in any form.
Agreed my favorite snack and ingredient to use on many baking recipes
i like to add dehydrated blueberries in pancake mix
Always a great addition to the pancakes 🥞 😁👍
I'd like to see blueberry powder.
I'll add it to the bored 😎🤘
Hey, you stole my soap dispenser!😄 I don't eat blueberries so I haven't dehydrated any. My favorite fruit to dehydrate is apple slices. Speaking of them...it's time to eat some jars and make some fresh batches. I also love pineapple bits but it takes a long time to dry them. Have a fun weekend and enjoy the berries. 👍🌴🌞
🤣 you & the wife must have similar tastes! I've been thinking about doing apple slices as well. I want to make my own trail mixes and vacuum seal them for my hikes and go bags 😁 God bless and thank you JT 💛🙏
@@GreyManPrepping We shop at Costco! 😄 I drop my sliced apples into pineapple juice to keep them from turning brown. 😋😋 I make some plain and some with cinnamon. Don't forget the Granny Smiths for future apple pies.👍🥧
Thanks for the tips JT 🙏💛
THANKS GREY! I just got a similar competitor. Going to test this weekend on 1. herbs 2. Cherry Tomatoes 3. If time...grapes. Entirely new thing for me, so I'm excited about the early part of the learning curve.
That's awesome! I've done cherry tomatoes as well 😁 in regards to rips comment my blueberries were frozen so the blanching wasn't necessary. Read Linda's comment. 😁👍 We all have a ton of information to share and there are many ways to get the job 😎🤘
I do rehydrate them and make smoothies. I also lightly grind them for muffins, cakes etc. I have also rehydrated them and made preserves from them. I also will cook them down, add sugar, thicken and use them for a crepe sauce. I fill the crepes with rehydrated blueberries or blueberries and whipped cream. You can also rehydrate them and mix with cream cheese for a crepe filling or a donut filling. You can also rehydrate them and lightly crush them and make jello out of them.
Sounds great Joyce, thanks so much for all the wonderful ideas 😁💛
I have cheap or unbranded dehydrator on it's way to me. I had to go with what I could afford, but the reviews I did before buying ftom TH-cam were favourable. I've had my vacuum sealer a while now and got my moneys worth already. I make my own MRE'S- ration pack adventure foods for camping so I know they are free from additives.
I also buy bulk bargains to store for leaner times. I haven't got fruit yet, mostly curry and rice or kebabs, or chilli.
I concur get whatever that's in your price range brother, I have found some dehydrators, vacuum sealers, and other odds and ends at thrift stores that work great. 😁👍
I really like your dehydrator. Mine is old and its about time to upgrade. We usually do vegetables, meats for jerky and fruit leather.
That's on my to-do list, I'd like to try my hand at making some fruit leather 😁👍
Grey, you REALLY need to check out Darcy from The Purposeful Pantry! She talks about the necessity to condition your foods for 5-7 days. That has saved me so much money. Because during conditioning you might notice that your food isn’t as dry as you thought it was. And then you can just put it back into the dehydrator. But if you didn’t condition you wouldn’t notice and end up with a jar going moldy
It's funny you mentioned that, I just watched her video on carrots and she discussed that. Subscribed 😁💛
@@GreyManPrepping you just wait - before long she’ll have you dehydrating marshmallows and pickle juice 😆
@@DutchAlaskagirl 🤣 thats awesome 😁👍
I have a cosori. Best investment I have made. The dehydrator you showed looks great. More trays are the best! Darcy from. “The Purposeful Pantry” is a great resource for dehydrating. I would recommend to everyone to do your homework in proper dehydrating. I’m not a fan of the vacuum sealer. Thanks.
Yep someone else mentioned her channel earlier, I subscribed today! 😁💛
I think both the dehydrator and vacuum sealer worked great.
All in all, it was a success. Lots of different methods folks use, but so far this has worked pretty well for me the past few years. I had to play with the big machine 🤣
Afternoon Grey... once I tried to dehydrate grapes, but all I got was raisins...😉 Seriously, I love my dehydrator and dehydrate many foods, but love to make jerky in the dehydrator. I will also powder some of the dehydrated foods for flavorings and stocks. I like to add a desiccant pack along with my oxygen absorber to capture any moisture left in the dehydrated foods. 👍
I haven't tried grapes yet, but yes Jerky is one of my favorites as well 😁👍
@@GreyManPrepping the raisins you make in a dehydrator are not like the store bought little ones...they come out plumper and to me, more tasty. 👍
@@ericarnaud7983 I'll definitely have to give them ago, sounds like they would make a great addition to some fresh rasian bread 😎
I have a small Cosori that I like a lot. I've never dried blueberries before but have some in the freezer so may give it a try. I'd probably add them to my homemade granola or pancakes.
Hey, I have one of those myself, got it on Amazon a couple of years ago on sale 😁 sounds yummy Dale 💛
Those dehydrated blueberries looks amazing. When you poured them in The bowl the sound reminded me of raisins f falling. Great snackers indeed. Thank you for sharing 😊😊
Definitely a tasty treat on the go 😁 Thank you for stopping by and saying hello 💛 Hope you have a wonderful day 🙏
I have dehydrated frozen veggies before but haven't tried frozen fruits. Thanks for showing vacuum sealing a jar.
My pleasure, I figured I'd give it ago and was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. Thanks for the visit 😁💛🙏
Great video grey! You should try dehydrating sweet potatoes. Makes a great snack. We do carrots, apple slices, lemons, and venison jerky 😊
Great idea!! I'm going to grab a few from the pantry and slice them thin. I love sweet potatoes 😁💛
Thank you GreyMan! Have a great weekend!
Thank you and please do the same 🙏
Yeah nice video!
More about different ways to store and use Blueberrys!
Thanks so much! And I truly appreciate the feedback.
People may want to double check this but I think it helps to blanch the blue berries & grapes before putting them in the dryer.
Thank you
Not necessarily for frozen blueberries, technically they dont not have to be blanched before dehydrating them. Some people prefer to do this though and it won’t cause any problems. However, they will be tougher if you don't blanch them. Blanching them helps break the skin, which gives a softer dehydrated blueberry. I personally have not had much success with balancing mine with the water method, but with syrup blanching, I've had more success. Now where I may make the mistake in water blanching is the timing of roughly 10-30 seconds. I'll have to try it again and see if I play with the time and have better results.
Good video gray man
Thanks Pat 😁👍
I would use the smaller mesh inserts. Blueberries dehydrate very small and will fall through the larger wire mesh racks.
Thanks for the tip Joyce! Hope you have a great weekend 😁💛🙏
I like this video, Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure and thank you so much for the feedback 😁💛
I’m using mine to make blueberry bagels
Sounds delicious!
Great video!
Do you break the skin of each blueberry before dehydrating? Or simply freezing them first is enough?
I just freeze them myself and have had no issues. Also, thank you for watching! 🙏
I thought that you shouldn’t put oxygen absorbers in dehydrated food for risk of botulism if they aren’t dry enough! I thought you should only put desiccant packs in dehydrated food!?
"There are a few ways you can store dehydrated foods to extend the shelf life. The first is by using a mason jar, canning lid, and a canning jar sealing kit. The second is by using mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. Both are effective but based on how you use your dehydrated food you may like one over the other." Here's a good read if you like
www.easy-food-dehydrating.com/oxygen-absorbers-for-dehydrated-food.html
I recall the same thing. I’ve heard it helps with oxygen (obviously) but does not change the moisture content.
I do a lot of dehydrating myself. I like to get a larger unit to save time. I like the one you showed in this video. Always appreciate your videos Grey 🫡
I really appreciate your support VP 🙏