10 Foods You Should NEVER Put In Your Freeze Dryer

Are there any foods you CAN'T freeze dry? Yes! There are many that will not work in a freeze dryer, or that can actually hurt your freeze dryer. I am going over 10 common foods to avoid when freeze drying, you can chime in, in the comments if you have any foods to add to the list! Subscribe for more freeze drying & food prep/preservation fun!

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[jonnyvegasxd]

I saw homesteading family freeze dry and reconstitute cake with frosting

[scinanisern]

It takes a dehydrator to make honey powder. Water is evaporated. Set the temperature to 120 degrees and drizzle the honey on silicone sheets to make it easier to remove. Spread the honey thin, the thinner the faster it will dry, but fast in this case is not exactly what it used to be. It can take a few days for the water to evaporate, but in time it will. Sugar is very hydroscopic, so after you remove the honey from the machine and grind it up to a powder you have to put it in a sealed jar with some desiccant to absorb what water is in the air cause the sugars are going to want to nab it when they can.

[beckylight]

Powder peanut butter is a byproduct from peanut oil milling

[olddudegrowsorganically]

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[david]

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[ttvLegionusa]

If you ever have made peanut brittle, its kinda done the same way with honey, so once it it's a hard honey candy, you can grind it up into a powder

[lindajohnson]

Our favorite candy to freeze dry are Werther's soft caramels. We have to cut them in half because they get too big otherwise.

The flavor is intense and they are crisp like malted milk balls. Our grand kids and great grandkids really like them.

Enjoy your videos! This one was fun to watch!

[SquishyTheSlime]

Great video! Thank you. I did hotdogs in slices and they ended up as dog treats and they didn't even want to eat them lol. Tried liver sausage chunks for dog treats too. Made a mess but then did eat them! I also did frozen sardines to try to grind into powder for fertilizer--YUGE mistake. We had to do like 3 bread runs to get rid of the smell lol and some still lingered a couple more loads! Avocado was a bust too. Need to figure that one out.
For candy my favorite is Milk Duds! Salt water taffy and Laffy Taffy do great also. (excuse the screen name please. My kids thought it would be funny to change my name. I need to plot and get even with them!)

[Cap-E-Tolla]

Thank you for the great content! I've had my FD for a couple years. I just tried candy Rolo's for the 1st time the other day to see what they would do. I bought the tiny dark chocolate bites, but expanded so large from the caramel, I couldn't remove the tray from them sticking to the shelf above. They got so airy they were too fragile to even handle without crumbling to dust. I wouldn't recommend unless you want to experiment with sectioning them into smaller portions.

[sharonjennings]

There is a red licorice salt water taffy that freeze dries well and actually tastes like crispy red licorice😊

[Endoplasmic-Reticulum]

I make a mint off of freeze dried basaltic vinegar! The local chefs love that stuff!

[Sam-ydj]

You can freeze-dry heavy cream, then in future rehydrate and churn the milk to get your butter.

[betsybright]

You don't have to freeze dry honey as it stays shelf stable forever. One should never mess with perfection❤

[clydedyson]

You can freeze dry coffee and milk as well. For freeze dry coffee, pour up a cup or a small bowl. Use a scale to weigh out the coffee before and after freeze drying so you will know exactly how much water to use to reconstitute it. Milk is done the same way. It will last in an air tight container for years.
As far as powder peanut butter goes, it is a byproduct of peanut oil making. After they grind the peanuts. They run it through a press to extract the oil out. What is left is peanut powder. You might try to find the "Natural Peanut Butter" (no preservatives or other stabilizing chemicals added) and allow the oil separate naturally. Pour off the oil until very little oil forms at the top. Then try small amout of the peanut butter in the freeze dryer to see if will dry it out further.
As far as your meats and fats. You can take the fats and render them down to make lard and crackling. Lard can be stored in a air tight jar and kept in a cool dark dry place. Lard can also be good to store cooked meats in jars by sticking the meats in the jars (make sure the jars are clean, dry, and warm), then take your lard (pourablely warm) pour over your meats in the jars, secure with sealable lid, and water bath the jars. Allow them to seal.

[MLC.]

I don’t know if you’ve gotten to canning jam yet, but my favorite jam to can is the low sugar strawberry jam from Melissa K Norris. Just a recommendation! 🙂

[Endoplasmic-Reticulum]

The puffy type of gummies do really well.

[renaesutton]

I think the key to doing foods with some fat is to be sure they are dried all the way, I weight check mine, for everything, just to be certain. I use the freeze dryer telling me the product is done as my starting point for weight check and 9 times out of 10, it continues to loose weight/moisture after that. I would rather spend a little extra time on the front end instead of losing all the time, effort and money down the road.

[michellewilliams]

Dehydrated honey works. Thin layer honey in Dehydrator with mat. Love your channel ❤️

[Sam-ydj]

You can freeze-dry mayo in tuna salad: onion, celery, jerkins, tuna, & mayo. Just don’t over use it and NEVER use tuna packed in oil. Tuna in water, drained and dried off on paper towels, in mylar bags work. You can even reuse the washed mylar bag the tuna came in to store your tuna salad. Miracle Whip has 1/3 of the oil as Hellman’s, so if you like it pick that.