Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: BWCA Food and Recipes :: Dehydrated Recipes
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Arkansas Man |
On your dehyrated burger do you use leaner burger such as gound chuck, ground round or just regular hamburger? Bruce |
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bogwalker |
I agree it is palatable in dishes once you get passed the fact that it looks and smells like dog food coming out of the foil. I do not find dehydarting and rehydrating hamburger very time consuming or difficult so I do that instead. Better taste and texture than foil burger. Foil tuna and chicken on the other hand is very good and I will buy that and not dehydrate those meats. |
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Bannock |
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bigzig |
I need to try that tomato paste idea - it sounds great. |
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backpacker |
http://www.freezerbagcooking.com/ I get a lot of my backpacking recipes from this site. |
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Arkansas Man |
You don't like Dogfood??? I agree it does look like dog food!! but it is handy! and come to think of it... I have not seen it lately either. I guess I will have to dehydrate some burger to take with me this year! The foil pack tuna we use for lunches, for two people we carry a foil pack of 6 oz. 1.2 pita each, one mayonaise packet each and one relish packet each, a small hunk of cheese, and trail mix for dessert. Have plenty of instant sugarfree peach tea and you have a great meal while traveling or daytripping. Bruce |
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gshaw |
So, I'm interested in anyone's specific recipes for dehydrated foods. Something along the lines of "add this, mix that, dehydrate at x degrees F for y minutes, and to rehydrate add z cups of boiling water". I've heard of spaghetti sauce w/ mushrooms, chilis, stews, etc. but I'm looking for a strong starting point, in these recipes, without resulting to trial and error from the beginning. g |
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Bannock |
Once you're armed with dehydrated hamburger, foil chicken, foil tuna, powdered milk, and dried eggs (health food stores or co-ops), you can just wander the supermarket ailses and find all types of dried/dehydrated foods that will work for you. Oh! One more thing that might be useful - tomato paste. Cover your dehydrator tray with a fruit leather sheet or plastic wrap. Spread a 6 oz. can of tomato paste about 1/4 inch thick. Dry 6 - 8 hours. After 4 hours, peel up tomato leather and turn over (this speeds the drying process). Tear it into small pieces and store in a zip-lock bag in freezer. With the tomato paste and dehydrated hamburger you can add it to Bear Creek Darn Good Chili mix or a spaghetti sauce packet (gravy section). You're good to go. |
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tony |
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backpacker |
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Bannock |
Here's how to dehydrate the meat: 1 # of Ground Meat (beef, venison, turkey). Brown in frying pan or cook in microwave till all redness is gone. Drain off all fat. "Flash off" meat (Add 1/2 cup water to cooked meat, bring to a boil, and drain off all fluids. This process is to reduce fat to as little as possible.). Repeat flashing off process two or three times. Spread crumbled, cooked ground meat on tray. Dry in dehydrator for up to eight hours or overnight turning meat occasionally to ensure even drying (this can be done in an oven as long as the temperature is under 150 degrees and door is opened a bit to vent moisture). The stuff looks and feels like large pieces of ground coffee. Put the dried meat in a Baggies sandwich bag (you might have to use two separate bags). Squeeze as much air out of the bag as possible and it tie shut with a simple knot (don’t use a twistie -- it can puncture the bag. Put that bag(s) in a second bag. It should be a zip-lock freezer bag. Store in freezer until the trip. |
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Arkansas Man |
Bruce |