Since most things take at least three days for the entire freeze drying process, I hadn’t used the freeze dryer for most of the week before I left for MO. Then I was gone two weeks. Yesterday, I said . . today I’m going to freeze dry something!
Freeze Dryer
I had two pounds of ground beef and one pound of ground pork so I made a meatloaf using all three pounds of meat. Instead of using a loaf pan and having taller meatloaf that doesn’t fit well in the freeze dryer, I patted the meat loaf into a 9 x 13 pan, baked it, cut it into squares and placed those on the drying trays.
The meatloaf filled up only two trays. I had some corn on the cob so I cut it off and put it on two trays.
Full freeze dryer! When this is done, I’m going to do more eggs.
Liz says
I saw a grocery flyer yesterday where they were advertising 10 ears of corn for $2. I immediately thought of you and today, you are FD’ing corn.
I can’t remember if you have tried freeze drying spinach and kale? I’ve bought the Thrive version and they are great for adding a bit into soups and omelets.
Linda in NE says
Have you noticed much change in your electricity usage since using the freeze dryer?
Sandy G. says
Do you measure out your eggs or just stir up a bunch of them and pour them into the tray? Can you use shallow containers on the trays for portion control?
Judy Laquidara says
No. I do not measure out the eggs. What I plan to do when I put them in next time is this:
1. Count how many eggs I can put into a tray. Say I can put 12 eggs per tray.
2. Weigh one shelled egg. Multiply that by 12 and figure that’s the weight of the eggs before freeze drying.
3. Weigh the eggs after freeze drying. Divide that number by 12 an figure that’s how much one egg weighs.
4. If I want to put 6 or 7 eggs per container for Chad, then I would do 6 or 7 x whatever the weight.
5. For the two of us, I would put 3 x whatever the weight (Vince usually eats two and I eat one) but for us, I’ll probably just dump them into a jar, then weigh out what I need as I use it. Since Chad would be camping, I’d put his in mylar bags, 6 or 7 eggs per mylar bag.
Hope that makes sense.
Nelle Coursey says
Eggs?? What is that like?
dezertsuz says
Yay FD reports again! And the great egg experiment!