I just ordered my freeze dryer and have been binge watching your channel. I can’t wait to get started, I’m moving to Florida in December so I should get a good stock built up before all the storms hit next year and we lose power
I’ll have to try that. The other day I was freeze drying different things and I had some space left so I looked in my freezer and I had sliced okra from my garden. So I FD it and it was a real treat, I was so surprised
Thanks for including how long it took. That helps me in my planning. Thanks for the video- I was just searxhing the internet to see if cantalope could be FD and I'm so glad you posted this!
@@JohnInBibs thank ya! Thought that's what I did, but double checked and the extra freeze time had been changed to 0. Maybe that is the issue. Thanks again.
John In Bibs LOVES sweets, but I find with my bananas that I like to do them when they are bright yellow before any brown spots. For me once the bananas start to spot then the FD bananas seem too sweet (if there is even such a thing, LOL)
@John, I came across fruit, eggs, & cheese that I did in March. I ran out OAs and in meantime just rolled the bags tight-- then forgot about these when O2 As came. Would they still be ok to add O2As and seal?
Anything I say in this reply is only my opinion. I would not trust the eggs. I would taste the fruit and see if it is still crispy. I would test the cheese to see if it is still dry and then taste a small bit of it to see if it is rancid (I would probably toss the cheese though)
I freeze dried a batch of cantaloupe. I ran the process for 46 hours and even though the fruit is crispy, crunchy and quite delicious, it is also a bit sticky. Is this normal with cantaloupe? Should I have dried the fruit longer? Thank you in advance to anyone that answers my questions.
We harvested 15 cantaloupe from the garden this year. Freeze drying it was a bonus. So good freeze dried.
I envy you! I did save the seeds from one of these, I am going to try and grow a few in pots, TH-cam says it can be done
Good luck, we have 1 peach tree that was started by seed. Hasn't produced yet given it's only 2 years old. Can't wait for it to produce.@@JohnInBibs
I just ordered my freeze dryer and have been binge watching your channel. I can’t wait to get started, I’m moving to Florida in December so I should get a good stock built up before all the storms hit next year and we lose power
I’ll have to try that. The other day I was freeze drying different things and I had some space left so I looked in my freezer and I had sliced okra from my garden. So I FD it and it was a real treat, I was so surprised
I haven't really done okra but I hear it comes out real well!
It’s the middle of winter and now I want cantaloupe. lol. 💕✌️
Thanks for including how long it took. That helps me in my planning. Thanks for the video- I was just searxhing the internet to see if cantalope could be FD and I'm so glad you posted this!
Oh my, yummy! Got to try this next. Ive got muscadines going now, so good on cereal! Thanks John.
my mouth is watering, just watching this
Drooling in Louisiana! 🤤
I get mine from the farmers markets so good
Try some tajin on your next melon! It a mex spice that makes fruit taste even better!!!
Will do!
What freeze setting did you use? The ones we tried didn't keep their shape. They look a bit more like dehydrated cantaloupe.
I have never changed my FD settings. I use factory settings and always pre freeze my loads in the freezer for 24 hours.
@@JohnInBibs thank ya! Thought that's what I did, but double checked and the extra freeze time had been changed to 0. Maybe that is the issue. Thanks again.
Thanks for this one, John! Have you freeze dried BLUE CHEESE? Anyone? How does it work out?
Not yet!
@@JohnInBibs Oooh, I can’t wait to see you do a blue cheese freeze drying video!!! So excited!
Bleu cheese is a crime in all 50 states
I will be doing this next
You will not be disappointed. I LOVE the taste of these!
"Ripe" cantaloupe always 'SMELLS like ripe cantaloupe before its cut open. However, I get mine from my garden.
To make sure your cantaloupe is ripe, pick one that have NO green on them.
Bananas are the same way. They are much better if they are really ripe, in my opinion.
John In Bibs LOVES sweets, but I find with my bananas that I like to do them when they are bright yellow before any brown spots. For me once the bananas start to spot then the FD bananas seem too sweet (if there is even such a thing, LOL)
For sure, especially banana nut bread. Freeze dried, even better. Don't be fooled by color.
@John, I came across fruit, eggs, & cheese that I did in March. I ran out OAs and in meantime just rolled the bags tight-- then forgot about these when O2 As came.
Would they still be ok to add O2As and seal?
Anything I say in this reply is only my opinion. I would not trust the eggs. I would taste the fruit and see if it is still crispy. I would test the cheese to see if it is still dry and then taste a small bit of it to see if it is rancid (I would probably toss the cheese though)
Thanks John
Have you freeze dried green tomatoes? For frying
sorry no
John is it possible to reconstitute cantaloupe?
I don't know, it might turn to mush
I freeze dried a batch of cantaloupe. I ran the process for 46 hours and even though the fruit is crispy, crunchy and quite delicious, it is also a bit sticky. Is this normal with cantaloupe? Should I have dried the fruit longer?
Thank you in advance to anyone that answers my questions.
Mine was, and just a few days later it had gone soft in the mylar bag (no good anymore). So be warned I guess?
I would be afraid it has too much sugar in it.
These came out perfect!