😊Great video as usual Marcy. We too buy clearance and dehydrate, freeze dry, can, or freeze to use later. This is how we eat a wonderful varied healthy diet on a shoestring.
Ms. Darlene, you are absolutely my dehydrating BFF, lol. There's a lot of versatility in these three approaches. And what a great deal on the strawberries! 🍓🍓 I imagine that once the rabbit has his/her snacks, your dad is also happy to take any scraps for his worm farm... except that you're so efficient about using the tops, there probably aren't any scraps. 😄 Thanks so much for all you share. 😊👍💖
My favorite way to preserve strawberries is to puree them, freeze the puree and then freeze dry and turn into powder. I use it all the time, I add the amount of water to the consistency I want, wither it be for a strawberry paste or a strawberry syrup. I put in on my pancakes, biscuits, in my yogurt, absolutely my favorite. I pick about 30 pounds of strawberries every spring and go through them before the end of the year.
Here in the UK, we now import so much of our fruit and vegetables, that we don't really have the crop overgrowth situation these days, so no big reductions in the shops 😞
Looks tasty. I'm not sure how you feel about different dehydrators, I just picked up a 12 tray dehydrator. It's listed as commercial. It is heavy, but man can you get a lot in there at once. I'll share the link if you want. Happy dehydrating!!
Hi from Australia. Just bought a Devanti food dehydrator. Watched your beginners video. I dried 6 racks of frozen vegetables. The small potatoe cubes have all gone a dark grey black colour. Why ? Do I need to throw it all away ? It was a frozen mix of peas corn carrot and potatoes. Thankyou
No. I thought you just put the frozen vegies on the tray. Looked it up think its oxidation. I am 68 and thought I would give it a go. I know you have to blanch vegies but I thought frozen was different. Thankyou
Frozen vegetables are usually blanched well, but I can't speak for every product producer. It sounds like they might not have been - the gray is usually oxidation, and while not bad, just not appealing. You can pick them out if you want and still use the rest.
For us - yes, we had a great spring, and then the heat started (typical Texas), bugs decimated our squash, and things were late coming up, then the heat struck.
I love that you don't waste the tops!
I love to shop the sales too! You can preserve so much more that way.
Thanks so much all you prepping suggestions, especially using the tops!!
You are so welcome!
Great idea on shredding instead of slicing for dehydrating. I’ll have to try that next time. 😁
I find they just have a better 'bite' to me than the slices!
😊Great video as usual Marcy. We too buy clearance and dehydrate, freeze dry, can, or freeze to use later. This is how we eat a wonderful varied healthy diet on a shoestring.
Ms. Darlene, you are absolutely my dehydrating BFF, lol. There's a lot of versatility in these three approaches. And what a great deal on the strawberries! 🍓🍓 I imagine that once the rabbit has his/her snacks, your dad is also happy to take any scraps for his worm farm... except that you're so efficient about using the tops, there probably aren't any scraps. 😄 Thanks so much for all you share. 😊👍💖
Yep - we always share with the worms when they need it!
My favorite way to preserve strawberries is to puree them, freeze the puree and then freeze dry and turn into powder. I use it all the time, I add the amount of water to the consistency I want, wither it be for a strawberry paste or a strawberry syrup. I put in on my pancakes, biscuits, in my yogurt, absolutely my favorite. I pick about 30 pounds of strawberries every spring and go through them before the end of the year.
Yummy strawberries! Loved your Dehydrating Class for The School of Traditional Skills Darcy! 🙂
I'm so glad, Mary!! Thank you!
Here in the UK, we now import so much of our fruit and vegetables, that we don't really have the crop overgrowth situation these days, so no big reductions in the shops 😞
Looks tasty. I'm not sure how you feel about different dehydrators, I just picked up a 12 tray dehydrator. It's listed as commercial. It is heavy, but man can you get a lot in there at once. I'll share the link if you want. Happy dehydrating!!
Hi from Australia. Just bought a Devanti food dehydrator. Watched your beginners video. I dried 6 racks of frozen vegetables. The small potatoe cubes have all gone a dark grey black colour. Why ?
Do I need to throw it all away ? It was a frozen mix of peas corn carrot and potatoes. Thankyou
Did you par cook your potatoes?
No. I thought you just put the frozen vegies on the tray. Looked it up think its oxidation. I am 68 and thought I would give it a go. I know you have to blanch vegies but I thought frozen was different. Thankyou
Frozen vegetables are usually blanched well, but I can't speak for every product producer. It sounds like they might not have been - the gray is usually oxidation, and while not bad, just not appealing. You can pick them out if you want and still use the rest.
Thankyou.
What do you use the strawberry tops for?
I want to know too....🤔
Just cook it down the best you can, get as much fat out, and store it in the freezer if you need to.
@@ThePurposefulPantry how do you cook strawberry tops down to get the fat out
People’s personal gardens seem to not be thriving this summer. Too much heat?
For us - yes, we had a great spring, and then the heat started (typical Texas), bugs decimated our squash, and things were late coming up, then the heat struck.
@@Gin10656 it's everywhere. This wonky weather is really bad. Seems mostly for tomatoes though.
What are those bags??
Silicone bags - linked in the description box
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I can't afford a freeze dryer
That's why I gave more than 1 option about how to preserve. Choose the one that works best for what you have.