Post by mantella on Jul 23, 2009 3:33:41 GMT -5
Here is some ideas I found at mrssurvival.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31728 would love to hear more on this.
In times past, I have cooked then dehydrate Spaghetti & meat balls ( Cut the meat balls into 1/8 to insure they dried), and Spaghetti & meat. Cooked beans in a crock pot, then dehydrated them. Also chilli, no meat ( in future will try a chilli w meat). I had “steamed” the meat ( then browned it) to eliminate the oil/grease/drippings, which would grow rancid either in the dehydrate OR in storage. The meat balls were heated, removed from their liquid environment, Steamed ( to allow further grease to drip away) then cut in 1/8ths for drying.
I have mixed dehydrated vegetables with chicken bullion, beef bullion to make a soup. I do dehydrate broccoli and then make my own “Cream Mixture” ( all dry powdered ingredients). Will soom be making Cream-of Adspersus/mushroom/celery soups, I make my own powdered potato soups, my own Potatoes Al gratin, escalloped, etc with dehydrated potatoes, flour, butter, ham base, dried cheeses, whey, spices. I may get some FREEZE dried meats ( ham) for this as well!
According to the “Hiking / Backpacking” forums I sometimes frequent, many a meals may be dehydrated zip-lock bagged, then inserted into a Mylar bag, to which boiling water is latter added. Some hikers use a hand warmer placed in-between the two bags ( with ambient temp water added to the Zip-lock bag) and they hike till the meal is “heated”. When I do do this, I place the hand warmer, cut in half in a separate2 baggies, with VERY little air, ( which prolongs the life of the hand warmer) in-between the food bag & the Mylar bag, ( on either side). Doing this, will prolong the RE-hydration Time of the food. .
YES we can make much of our own Pre-Prepared meals ourselves, with some imagination and small vials of oil, ( for needed “fats”) , good planning, we can indeed create quite the menu, at a cost way lower than MRE’s.
In times past, I have cooked then dehydrate Spaghetti & meat balls ( Cut the meat balls into 1/8 to insure they dried), and Spaghetti & meat. Cooked beans in a crock pot, then dehydrated them. Also chilli, no meat ( in future will try a chilli w meat). I had “steamed” the meat ( then browned it) to eliminate the oil/grease/drippings, which would grow rancid either in the dehydrate OR in storage. The meat balls were heated, removed from their liquid environment, Steamed ( to allow further grease to drip away) then cut in 1/8ths for drying.
I have mixed dehydrated vegetables with chicken bullion, beef bullion to make a soup. I do dehydrate broccoli and then make my own “Cream Mixture” ( all dry powdered ingredients). Will soom be making Cream-of Adspersus/mushroom/celery soups, I make my own powdered potato soups, my own Potatoes Al gratin, escalloped, etc with dehydrated potatoes, flour, butter, ham base, dried cheeses, whey, spices. I may get some FREEZE dried meats ( ham) for this as well!
According to the “Hiking / Backpacking” forums I sometimes frequent, many a meals may be dehydrated zip-lock bagged, then inserted into a Mylar bag, to which boiling water is latter added. Some hikers use a hand warmer placed in-between the two bags ( with ambient temp water added to the Zip-lock bag) and they hike till the meal is “heated”. When I do do this, I place the hand warmer, cut in half in a separate2 baggies, with VERY little air, ( which prolongs the life of the hand warmer) in-between the food bag & the Mylar bag, ( on either side). Doing this, will prolong the RE-hydration Time of the food. .
YES we can make much of our own Pre-Prepared meals ourselves, with some imagination and small vials of oil, ( for needed “fats”) , good planning, we can indeed create quite the menu, at a cost way lower than MRE’s.
