🥛Can Freeze Dried Milk Last 25 Years?🥛 #freeezedriedmilk

Imagine being able to preserve milk and dairy for 25+ years. It takes up very little room to store. An entire gallon of freeze dried milk powder fits in a quart ball jar. It is a simple 1 to 1 ratio for reconstituting. But does it taste like it does when it goes into the freeze dryer? Milk is a must have for prepper food storage. Powdered milk is so easy to reconstitute, there's no reason not to have some on hand.

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[candyhawkes]

When I do liquids, (eggs and milk), I line the trays with plastic wrap. This makes for super easy release into the Mylar bags and easier cleanup of the trays. I don't prefreeze because I can't find a flat place in my freezer. I find that reconstituting eggs and milk works best when I have powdered the crystals in my blender. The crystals don't re-hydrate well at all. Also, powdering allows you to put more product in your bags or jars.

[Gary]

Seriously thinking about getting into this, but here would be my solution. If four trays is 1.5 gallon I would make each tray one quart instead (decreased processing time). After processing I would make bags that held either one quart (one tray) or 1/2 gallon (two trays) so reconstitution would be easy. Place as many labeled plastic bags, unsealed, as you want in Mylar and seal. You could pull out one or several at a time then reseal the rest in the Mylar with a new O2 absorber.

[jerrysmith]

Yes I've done a lot of whole milk. I place my trays in the dryer first and pull the tray out just a few inches then measure the milk into the tray with a large measuring cup. I don't spill any that way. Each tray will hold one quart without overflowing at the back. After drying I run it through my food processer to powder it. I put one tray into small Mylar bags. I feel this makes it easy to figure the amount of water to add back.
I've never pre-frozen my milk and it turns out fine. Nice and white and very dry. I cant tell the difference from fresh and freeze dried milk. I do plan to do some chocolate milk for the grand kids. (I like it too) If you chill your water in the fridge first you'll have cold milk to serve right away. I use water from my Alexapure filter and it makes great tasting milk. So much better than the boxed powered non-fat store bought stuff. I've hated that crap since I was a kid and my grandma served it. That's all they drank. Never fresh.
Yes, if you own a dryer, by all means do some milk. You'll be happy with it. Happy prepping - peace be with you.

[m.k.]

If you take a vanilla bean cut it in half and then cut it long ways and scrape out the innards and put them and your freeze dried whole milk into a blender for a few seconds you can make yourself a nice vanilla coffee creamer. (Also take the empty vanilla bean pod and put it in with the milk. It will keep adding flavor.

[joseroque]

You can get the instructions from a store powder milk box as to how much water and powder you can mix. I got it from there

[emmagraceoutlaw]

THANK YOU! We've been raw milk drinkers for almost 2 decades and are always looking for a way to make our stash last longer. Husband is a truck driver and I ride with him now since I retired. Raw milk never goes back to normal after being frozen, so we only take a few half gallons to put in our fridge but it doesn't last the 2 months we're on the road and sometimes it's difficult to find out there. THIS IS SO PERFECT! Gallons can travel with us and we'll NEVER be without our precious raw milk again!!!

[jamessherrill]

I have the premier pump and put the fan in front so air goes over the entire pump. It now is warm to the touch and that is a huge improvement. Thanks for the tip and all your videos.

[jaredattaboy]

We are a raw milk dairy. I’m getting my harvest right in a couple weeks.

[jasonedlund]

I just came across this you should use a sifter after drying process makes for rehydration really easy with out clumps

[wjf]

Adding a dash of vanilla flavoring to the milk will usually make it taste much better to kids, at least that's what we've found. Keep up the great work.

[jonandsteph]

Helpful tip: stick the end of the tray (with the freeze dried milk powder on it) in a gallon sized ziplock. Scrape the powder down into the bag with a small metal spatula. It is amazing how quickly and easily you can get the milk (or eggs, or yogurt, or broth, etc.) off the trays. Then I use a large funnel to dump from the ziplock bag into a Mason jar.

[russgenemurray]

Where I live, my neighbor had milk cows. He was always telling me to come over and get some milk. Whole raw milk. I dump and prefeeze 2 gallons at a time. I was getting so much FD milk I had to stop getting from him till he realized what I was doing. He asked me for some FD milk, so I gave him 30 packs. (60 gallons). Then I got more and kept doing it till we had 150 packs each. Sadly he lost his land in 2009 and moved away. But with all the food and garden and milk that I FD for him.

[mikeking]

Glad I came across your video before trying this...no need to reinvent the wheel. Look forward to seeing what else you have done. We use our freeze dryer a lot and your fan tip alone was worth the time of watching

[AdmiralPreparedness]

I'm saving up for a Harvest Right unit. Your videos are super informative and I thank you for sharing your experiences with your freeze dryer with us!!

[tcfarmourminiatureadventur]

My husband and I love you channel. We both are retired at the age of 40 too now we have a homestead.

[capcloud]

I am a industrial HVACR mechanic those vacuum pumps a pear to be off the shelf stuff we use to dehydrate refrigeration circuits.Yeah those pumps run warm but boy they do run .We will have those things running on 100°f + roof tops for hours or days ( system size dependent ) .That fan is not needed

[lobodo]

This was the nudge I needed. I've been living off powdered milk for several years now. I like fresh milk, but mine always goes sour too fast. Powdered milk is my coffee creamer, my creamed soup base, for mashed potatoes, for smoothies, for 'sour cream' in cheesecakes. It's about $40 for a large can - approx the same as 3 dried qts from the freeze dryer -- which I can make for about $4 and use freely instead of carefully?? I wonder how long it would take to recoup the $3000... Maybe not long, what with everything else I can freeze dry.

[lonnaadkins]

Hey I was wondering where you got your shelves for your chest freezer. New subscriber thanks for your information.

[amberstephens]

This is great! We have goats and swim in milk during spring and summer. I can most of it bc we can't keep up just drinking it. I would love to store it this way! I'm definitely buying one of these machines.
Thanks for all your videos!

[raydennis]

I fit 4 cups of whole milk in each small tray. Then I crush the powder up really good and put each tray into 32 oz ball jar. Just fill the ball jar up to the 32 oz line and it's the perfect ratio.