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Freeze dryers are like 5 grand? Damn your friend has some money to burn on dehydrating food haha
The first time you have warm banana cream pie or huckleberry crisp, that $3,000 is nothing Or that chorizo, fire roasted green chile and white cheddar penne... bruh
Just getting into this. I picked up this book: https://www.backpackingchef.com/recipes-for-adventure-ebook.html and there's a lot of really good stuff in here. 2 questions. 1) I'd imagine using ground elk/venison would be pretty ideal for dehydrating because of the low fat content. Then I could add a packet of olive oil or so after adding water for bumping fat levels back up?2) He recommends using a pot to rehydrate meals. I have a JetBoil, and really don't want to have to pack a pot. Anyone tried to rehydrate in a used Mountain House meal bag? I'd sure think it would work.
Plus the way @Karl Blanchard preps them, it doubles as a killer bait for the crawdads
My go to meals for the dehydrator are spaghetti, Spanish rice, a burger noodle veggie brown gravy concoction, stir fry, and chili sometimes. Small pieces are your friendCut burger with breadcrumbs and then boil it if you want the leanest possible.Canned chicken is super easy vs cooking and chopping your ownI add some water to my meal about an hour before I want to eat it and then finish with boiling water when I'm ready. Cuts cook time in half.
Dont overthink it guys. Meal in a ziplock. Add boiling water from jetboil into the bag. Stuff bag back into jetpoil and pop the lid back on. When ready to eat, fold the mouth of the bag over the jetboil and you are left with a nice bowl to eat from. When done zip it closed and dispose.
The backpacking chief book is really good. i have been doing my own meals for years on my dehydrator but i learned a lot from it. I used to vacuum pack everything but not i just use freezer bags and a reflectix pouch to rehydrate my meals. The refletix pouch really keeps the heat in and really shortens the time to rehydrate (it also doubles as a pretty decent but pad).