06-26-2011, 05:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-26-2011, 05:53 PM by ColdBlueSteel.)
How about some schnitz, or better yet schnitz and knepp?
Schnitz is simply dried apples. Any variety of apple will work, but we tend to use the "snack" type apples. The "cooking" varieties tend to be on the tart side and don't get any sweeter with drying.
Wash them well. Commercial apples are sprayed with a lot of insecticide. A drop of detergent with the water in the sink is a good idea. Rinse well. Cut any bruises or blemishes off. Halve & quarter. Remove the core. Slice the quarters down into appoximately 1/4" thick slices and place on dehydrator trays. Try not to overlap. Dry well. Store in a cool dark dry place. I vac pack most of mine then drop the vac packs in a jar with lid. Keeps for years.
I do not peel mine as I prefer to keep the fiber and nutrients that the skins contribute. You may prefer them to be peeled.
For some variety try sprinkling with cinnamon before drying.
Or sliice some as thin as you can and dry hard. They make an interesting alternative to potato chips.
Schnitz can be reconstituted, sort of. I like to cruch, crumble, tear some up and toss them in with my oatmeal before putting it in the microwave.
Pears are another fruit that is easy to dry. These I peel as the skins tend to get very tough and they too go good with oatmeal.
Berries and cherries are also good. Avoid the "pie" cherries unless you are making fruit leather. The intensity of the flavor with pie cherries makes a better leather but you will most likely have to add some sugar before drying.
Remember to remove the pits before you dry!
Blueberries are a seperate animal. I have the best results freezing them first. I put them on a cookie sheet and pop them into the freezer for a couple of hours. Pour onto the dehydrator tray and by the next evening they are good to go. These also make a good addition to oatmeal.
Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries too guys.
The old timers had large retangular tin pans. they were essentially a box with a hole in one corner. Pour some water into the hole and put the fruit you were drying on top. The whole arrangement sat on top of the cook stove and was used like a double boiler. My aunt had one and I loved the combination of smells, wood smoke and apples! For those of you without a dehydrator you may be able to come up with something similar.
I have an idea for an addition to the GHB. Some oatmeal & dried fruit along with some powdered milk in a vac pak. I gotta find some of those boilable bags for my Foodsaver and play around with this one. Shouldn't be too hard to do and would make a good lite weight take along meal.
Cool idea. Maybe now you younger guys understand why so many of those old farts who lived through the "great depression" didn't throw anything away.
Schnitz is simply dried apples. Any variety of apple will work, but we tend to use the "snack" type apples. The "cooking" varieties tend to be on the tart side and don't get any sweeter with drying.
Wash them well. Commercial apples are sprayed with a lot of insecticide. A drop of detergent with the water in the sink is a good idea. Rinse well. Cut any bruises or blemishes off. Halve & quarter. Remove the core. Slice the quarters down into appoximately 1/4" thick slices and place on dehydrator trays. Try not to overlap. Dry well. Store in a cool dark dry place. I vac pack most of mine then drop the vac packs in a jar with lid. Keeps for years.
I do not peel mine as I prefer to keep the fiber and nutrients that the skins contribute. You may prefer them to be peeled.
For some variety try sprinkling with cinnamon before drying.
Or sliice some as thin as you can and dry hard. They make an interesting alternative to potato chips.
Schnitz can be reconstituted, sort of. I like to cruch, crumble, tear some up and toss them in with my oatmeal before putting it in the microwave.
Pears are another fruit that is easy to dry. These I peel as the skins tend to get very tough and they too go good with oatmeal.
Berries and cherries are also good. Avoid the "pie" cherries unless you are making fruit leather. The intensity of the flavor with pie cherries makes a better leather but you will most likely have to add some sugar before drying.
Remember to remove the pits before you dry!
Blueberries are a seperate animal. I have the best results freezing them first. I put them on a cookie sheet and pop them into the freezer for a couple of hours. Pour onto the dehydrator tray and by the next evening they are good to go. These also make a good addition to oatmeal.
Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries too guys.
The old timers had large retangular tin pans. they were essentially a box with a hole in one corner. Pour some water into the hole and put the fruit you were drying on top. The whole arrangement sat on top of the cook stove and was used like a double boiler. My aunt had one and I loved the combination of smells, wood smoke and apples! For those of you without a dehydrator you may be able to come up with something similar.
I have an idea for an addition to the GHB. Some oatmeal & dried fruit along with some powdered milk in a vac pak. I gotta find some of those boilable bags for my Foodsaver and play around with this one. Shouldn't be too hard to do and would make a good lite weight take along meal.
(06-26-2011, 04:54 PM)chazman21 Wrote: My bad, I miss the part on using parchment paper. Oops!
Yup! That would work!
It just popped into my head. An old candle survival trick.
Using a "used Soda Can", Twine or Shoe lace, and used oil i.e. Bacon grease preferably the liquid part or any other cook down Fat.
Soak the wick "Twine/shoe lace" add the rest of the "Substitute Lamp oil" to the Soda Can. Then lay the wick into the open mouth part of the can and use the Soda Top opener to stand the wick up.
Cool idea. Maybe now you younger guys understand why so many of those old farts who lived through the "great depression" didn't throw anything away.
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