Dehydrater

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Re: Dehydrater

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jennyjj01 wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:26 am
jennyjj01 wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:45 pm
pseudonym wrote: Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:04 pm Got a brake bleeder kit also so I can still vac seal if the power goes out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sceVvxxluw
Yes. I'm very tempted by one of those. At 15 - 20 quid (price and quality vary), they seem great value.
Crikey! At £3.99 including postage from China, I got my break bleeder pump ordered.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07W6M9XVG/
That'll do. :D

Get ready for a hand workout as raising the pressure those last few PSI hurts a bit :mrgreen:
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Re: Dehydrater

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Hi everyone

After much Googling I finally settled on this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07 ... UTF8&psc=1

I was looking to keep the dehydrated food in storage jars (which I don't yet have) so presumably the rolls/bags that I use with the vacuum sealer will do the job just as well?
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Re: Dehydrater

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Moorland Prepper wrote: Fri Jan 22, 2021 3:01 pm Hi everyone

After much Googling I finally settled on this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07 ... UTF8&psc=1

I was looking to keep the dehydrated food in storage jars (which I don't yet have) so presumably the rolls/bags that I use with the vacuum sealer will do the job just as well?
Solid choice. Some dried items will tend to pierce vac bags so might need double bagging or padding. Certainly double seal.
If you go down the route of vac mason jarring, I just found Home Bargain to be super cheap for them. Vac adapter from amazon.com US site. It is possible to vac seal jars by putting them into a piece of vac bag and not sealing it.

Remember that dehydrating alone will extend shelf life a lot, on its own, and vac packing is is the icing on the cake.

I'm only just starting to vac seal mason jars.
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Re: Dehydrater

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I have been looking to vacuum seal jars and have been after a "FoodSaver Vacuum Sealer FCARWJAH 000 Wide Mouth Jar Kit with Regular Sealer and Accessory Hose".

They are out of stock on Amazon and other sites or are looking at over a month for delivery so I'll leave things for a while. I've seen one or two good videos about the jar kit and they mentioned that they were difficult to get in the USA (videos done before last Xmas).
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Re: Dehydrater

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Hi MP.
There's an ebay uk seller that is dropshipping/arbitraging them from US amazon. But that way you get stung on import charges. You should be able to get it direct from amazon US seller without some of those charges.
This is the combo I've ordered. I don't yet know if it will just plug in to my non-foodsaver pump, but I'll find a way.
https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-FCARWJ ... 016OL1AB6/
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Re: Dehydrater

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Thanks Jenny, I'll check out the suggestions
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Re: Dehydrater

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The other option is to drop an O2 absorber into the jar, its the oxygen that you're trying to get rid of after all.

I remember an article on packing grains in buckets for LTS that recommended storing any spare O2 absorbers in Kilner jars.


This won't work for your 'working' jar, but you're probably going to use that one up before the contents go manky anyway.
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Re: Dehydrator

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The dehydrator that i purchased looks well made and is easy enough to use. The cook book that came with it wasn't much good. It gave different times for dehydrating the same food on different pages (lemon from five to fifteen hours) and a very short shelf life for the deydrated food - usually a week or month.

I purchased this book which, from a quick look through, seems very good:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07 ... UTF8&psc=1
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Re: Dehydrator

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Wrong link in previous post - this is the book I've purchased:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/081 ... UTF8&psc=1