California Farm Freeze Dried Foods, Campcooler Method
Freeze drying and sun drying preserves foods before they spoil by removing the moisture. I freeze dry with a block of dry ice in a camper cooler. A 5 pound block of dry ice lasts 2 days.
Note: freeze drying is very expensive. It is not necessary to freeze dry ingredients that preserve well without freeze drying. Making a delicious freeze dried meal quickly with only one freeze dried ingredient in its own sauce, then adding other dry dinner ingredients that cook in hot water in half an hour in the same bag, that is the way to go for me.
Here are 6 meals and six desserts that reconstitute with hot water in a bag in half an hour, while camping or in an emergency. Always press food flat inside the quart bag and press air out. Always freeze the food first in your freezer before freeze drying in the campcooler.
California Farm Freeze Dried Foods, Campcooler Method
Freeze drying and sun drying preserves foods before they spoil by removing the moisture. I freeze dry with a block of dry ice in a camper cooler. A 5 pound block of dry ice lasts 2 days.
Note: freeze drying is very expensive. It is not necessary to freeze dry ingredients that preserve well without freeze drying. Making a delicious freeze dried meal quickly with only one freeze dried ingredient in its own sauce, then adding other dry dinner ingredients that cook in hot water in half an hour in the same bag, that is the way to go for me.
Here are 6 meals and six desserts that reconstitute with hot water in a bag in half an hour, while camping or in an emergency. Always press food flat inside the quart bag and press air out. Always freeze the food first in your freezer before freeze drying in the campcooler.
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Turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F. Freeze 4 quart freezer bags with food ingredients to be freeze dried, food pressed flat, air pressed out. When frozen solid, move to camper cooler. Cover with dry ice. Dry ice has a temperature of minus 108F. Put freeze dry item inside, like Yellowfin Tuna in Tbs orange juice and Tbs soy marinade. Freeze dry till brittle. One 5 pound bag of dry ice lasts two days before evaporated.
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Turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F. Freeze 4 flat quart freezer bags. When frozen, Cover with dry ice in a camper cooler. Press food flat inside, like Coho salmon with orange juice soy sauce marinade. Freeze dry till salmon is brittle. One 5 pound bag of dry ice lasts two days.
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Turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F, freeze 4 quart freezer bags. Then, cover with dry ice in a camper cooler. Put food inside, like Ground beef with pancetta in tomato sauce bolognese. Freeze dry till brittle. 5 pound bag of dry ice lasts two days.
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Turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F, freeze 4 quart freezer bags. Then, put in camper cooler and cover with dry ice. Put food inside, like Carne asada beef in al pastor sauce. Freeze dry till beef is brittle. 5 pound bag of dry ice lasts two days.
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Turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F, fit 4 quart freezer bags. When frozen solid, put in camper cooler and cover with dry ice. Put Pulled pork inside. Freeze dry till pulled pork is brittle. Five pound bag of dry ice lasts 2 days.
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Turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F, put 4 quart freezer bags with food inside. Then put frozen bags in camper cooler with dry ice. Put dinner inside, like lamb liver or pork or chicken with panang curry sauce. Freeze dry till meat is brittle. One 5 pound bag of dry ice lasts 2 days.
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For freeze dried fruit desserts, turn your chest freezer to lowest setting, mine is below minus 30F, freeze single fruit layer in gallon freezer bags. Then move to camper cooler, cover with dry ice. Freeze dry till fruit feels dry. Sugar will prevent the freeze dried fruits from breaking or becoming brittle. It takes one 5 pound bag of dry ice to freeze dry two pounds of berries or fruits.
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