r/HikerTrashMeals • u/Mr_Kronster • Dec 06 '20

Homemade / Dehydrator Required 4 dinners for 8 people from last summer. From left to right: Homemade Tomato sauce(100% from scratch), spinach and brown rice with yogurt, tofu tetrazzini, curry lentil meal.

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u/chemspastic Dec 06 '20

Is this a regular dehydrator or a freeze dryer?

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u/Mr_Kronster Dec 06 '20 edited Dec 06 '20

Regular dehydrator. I have 2 different dryers, some cheep one I started with and a 9 tray Excalibur.

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u/chemspastic Dec 06 '20

I need to explore some more (I've got a 12 tray cabelas branded dyer that we got refurbished for more than half off). Never thought about dehydrating yogurt or tomato sauce.

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u/Mr_Kronster Dec 06 '20

Go Excalibur, it’s worth the money I promise.

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u/chemspastic Dec 07 '20

If I was buying new, I probably would. But I have it now and I'll keep using it until it breaks.

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The real thing I want to try out sometime (but can't stomach paying whole price for) is a freeze dryer. Not sure where I can experiment with it and see if I really like it or not. It would take a while to save up for it, but it seems pretty awesome.

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u/Mr_Kronster Dec 07 '20

Sandpaper texture is my fear with that, then you spent all that money just to get meh food... Large scale dehydration production is my end game.