why? It’s interesting as a gaimmick, sure, and it preserves vitamins in fruit, but it also alters the taste of some and generally there is rarely any case where you actually can benefit from the extremely increased shelf life it provides that can’t be done cheaper with normal preparation methods or by simply buy preserved foods from the store. Not to mention that these things take a lot of energy.
No that means fan and whatever you have, for dehydrating there are lots of ways of doing it. But if you just want to preserve things you can use a simple tight seal bag with oxygen absorbing packs and argon, those are very cheap.
honestly I just love the texture of freeze dried food. As a picky eater (lame I know) a lot of stuff I hate normally is totally fine freeze dried, I used to buy a ton of fruits from a place nearby until they started selling through marketplaces and the prices went 5x.
I tried doing it in a fan oven but its not the same, tho I concede it might be a skill issue
I wanna buy vacuum freeze dryer so bad but the cheapest is like 3500$ 💀
why? It’s interesting as a gaimmick, sure, and it preserves vitamins in fruit, but it also alters the taste of some and generally there is rarely any case where you actually can benefit from the extremely increased shelf life it provides that can’t be done cheaper with normal preparation methods or by simply buy preserved foods from the store. Not to mention that these things take a lot of energy.
I have a large garden. each year I’m able to preserve enough food to last me all winter.
having the ability to freeze dry over regular dehydrating would expand my food stores from 4-6 months to 8-12.
imagine going to the grocery store once every 3 months to buy common items like sugar, coffee, etc.
right now my monthly grocery bill is like $200 for a family of five.
food preservation is integral to reducing that further.
same.
All you need is fan and things you already have
I don’t have a vacuum pump (yet)
No that means fan and whatever you have, for dehydrating there are lots of ways of doing it. But if you just want to preserve things you can use a simple tight seal bag with oxygen absorbing packs and argon, those are very cheap.
honestly I just love the texture of freeze dried food. As a picky eater (lame I know) a lot of stuff I hate normally is totally fine freeze dried, I used to buy a ton of fruits from a place nearby until they started selling through marketplaces and the prices went 5x.
I tried doing it in a fan oven but its not the same, tho I concede it might be a skill issue