06-22-2011, 05:31 PM
OK team members. Here's the start of a thread to share knowledge about preserving food and prepping foodstuffs to pack into your bug out bag or to stock up your bol.
I'll start it off with an old fruit snack known to us old farts as fruit leather. You younger members would probably recognize the brand name "fruit roll ups". Same thing.
Easiest one to do is apple. Either pick some ripe apples and make applesauce or buy a jar of apple sauce at the store. Pour it out onto a solid dehydrator tray and start the unit up. When it's dry, peal it off the tray and dust lightly with cornstarch. Just enough to cut the tack off the surface. Place it on a piece of wax paper or "saran wrap". Roll snugly and cut it into pieces. I cut mine from 1 to 2" wide. Store in a cool dark place. Preferrably in a jar or other airtight container. Vac packed product will keep longer and is easier/lighter to pack into your bob.
Variations on a theme include dusting with cinnamon before it's dried. Stir some rasins into the sauce before you put it on the tray. Whatever strikes your fancy. I've had excellent results adding a quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract to the applesauce. Sounds funky but everyone who's tried one really like them.
I just got done making strawberry leather. 2 parts of strawberries to one part applesauce. Pitch it all into a blender together and grind em up. Pour onto dehydrator trays and finish them up just like the apple ones.
Blueberries are the next ones I'll make. 2 parts blueberries to one part applesauce also.
These "treats" are an excellent way to pack a lot of calories into a small space.
I'll start it off with an old fruit snack known to us old farts as fruit leather. You younger members would probably recognize the brand name "fruit roll ups". Same thing.
Easiest one to do is apple. Either pick some ripe apples and make applesauce or buy a jar of apple sauce at the store. Pour it out onto a solid dehydrator tray and start the unit up. When it's dry, peal it off the tray and dust lightly with cornstarch. Just enough to cut the tack off the surface. Place it on a piece of wax paper or "saran wrap". Roll snugly and cut it into pieces. I cut mine from 1 to 2" wide. Store in a cool dark place. Preferrably in a jar or other airtight container. Vac packed product will keep longer and is easier/lighter to pack into your bob.
Variations on a theme include dusting with cinnamon before it's dried. Stir some rasins into the sauce before you put it on the tray. Whatever strikes your fancy. I've had excellent results adding a quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract to the applesauce. Sounds funky but everyone who's tried one really like them.
I just got done making strawberry leather. 2 parts of strawberries to one part applesauce. Pitch it all into a blender together and grind em up. Pour onto dehydrator trays and finish them up just like the apple ones.
Blueberries are the next ones I'll make. 2 parts blueberries to one part applesauce also.
These "treats" are an excellent way to pack a lot of calories into a small space.
Luke 22:36