dried veg

[jansman]

I'd like a dehydrator if somebody gave me one for free but I'm not growing enough to warrant buying one... I cant even fill it with bargains reduced at the supermarket because I only go once a week.
If I had an allotment then I'd def get one Jansman. I hate depending on a freezer - powercuts can easily ruin all your stuff.
Re dried veg, I figured if we had loads of porridge; the veg + lentils/barley for soup and stew making; and a load of bread flour thats the basics that would sustain life.. all you need after that is a gun and some game and you've got good food

Thats great thinking. The perfect local (Scottish) diet.

[Gillbabs]

have you thought about picking and sauerkraut style preservation? not much good for thirty year storage but it might salvage a freezer full of veg if there is no power.

[diamond lil]

No, really dont like that stuff but I agree it's a handy way to preserve stuff Gill.

[jansman]

I love pickled ANYTHING! and this year I will try making sauerkraut. But I still fancy this dried veg method. I grow a LOT, and this could ease the gluts, as I am not a big fan of frozen veg.

[diamond lil]

Frozen veg tastes and looks like sewage If I had an allotment I would invest in a deent dehydrator, you'd get your money back within a year.

[jansman]

Frozen veg tastes and looks like sewage If I had an allotment I would invest in a deent dehydrator, you'd get your money back within a year.

What you said!

[wolfpup]

I use this site for pre-dried veg.

Have had both the mushrooms (the cheapest I've found anywhere) and the mixed veg - very impressed with both.

http://www.justingredients.co.uk/culina ... at_38.html

I initially got the mushrooms as I cannot grow them myself - bought two boxes of the pre-set ones at £14 - and got only two mushrooms - the most expensive one's I've ever had

[diamond lil]

I've heard loads of people say the same thing wolf - they are no good.