Freeze Dried Instant Mashed Potatoes | With Taste Test!

Today we are making some homemade freeze dried instant mashed potatoes! Once they are done we rehydrate and give them a taste test!

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[redxgear]

The available dividers are great for this type of food. Makes for even portions and easier bagging

[jumper]

Amazing, I think that sums up your channel. No Um's, Ah's or other fillers. You talk and move at about twice the speed of everyone else, but very easy to understand, without waffling. I don't know when, but once you get noticed you are going to be a big hit. I don't know what you do for a job, but if it's not sales or training think about a career change. I will be passing your channel onto friends. Please keep the videos coming. Thank You!

[hydej]

I rarely comment on most freeze dry channels (even when YouTube puts them in front of me) but once in a while I'll watch and comment on one . . .
We've been freeze drying for over six years.
When freeze drying foods the machine is only removing the water - so when adding the water back in, the foods are being rehydrated. ( Concentrated orange juice is reconstituted) 😂

And remember . . . the machine can never know when things are done . . . many types of foods can fool the machines like crazy.
Infrared cameras can't tell you if something is totally dry, nor can Infrared thermometers, nor any type of moisture meter - especially not the wood moisture meters that a lot of freeze drying people try to tell others to use. There are going to be many very unhappy people a few years from now when they open their freeze dried food containers and find out it wasn't dry after all.
We have already heard this from quite a few people.
The Only way we have found that is allways sure is to do weight checks . . . if the food is still losing weight ( even a gram) it is Not dry.

Keep on freeze drying and having Fun. But remember - it's addictive. 🙂

[marypeterson]

Loved your “singing “! 😂😂😂😂 great video. Love your straight to the point style, not long and drawn out. Will subscribe. 😊 z also love that you show the taste test

[usha]

I started drying everything to 40 hrs for standard runs. I leaned this from john in bibs.

Im really likings your vids.

[SkylarRosaleAC]

these always make me so hungry bro keep it up

[maryn]

I'll be doing my first mashed potato freeze drying in a couple of days (after I pop it into the freezer for that amount of time, first!), thanks so much for your easy to follow video, you make it all seem pretty cut and (freeze) dried, haha!

[tybrady]

I’d suggest maybe not loading the trays quite as much. Know the capacity of your freeze dryer and don’t go over it. As the ice gets thicker on the wall of your freeze dryer, that ice on the surface is not as cold as the ice closer to the metal walls. The freeze dryer is more efficient the colder the ice is. I once had a batch of food that I overloaded and the freeze dryer seemed like it was stuck. So I took the trays out, stored in freezer, defrosted the freeze dryer, put the trays back in and the food was finished very quickly.

[이두나-rn]

I'm going to watch this video and make mashed potatoes!

[StainlessSteel-gl]

I love it with the potato skin is left on

[amish]

Do those stackers work on half sheet pans?

[salamonius]

Just an FYI The corelle bowl that your eating out of has lead paint on it according to the corelle website.

[TanyaRandazzo]

You lost me at " nobody over the age of 12 likes mashed potatoes without skin". hahaha

[rinah_dm]

Can you freeze dry butter and cream/milk? I'm curious about that

[jjflash]

Curious, how much does it cost to run a Freeze Dryer for 50 hours, to dry those potatoes?

[garyinner]

What is the freeze dry model that you are using

[iNTHunter]

I usually take tactical foodpacks on my hikes but now I’m thinking about getting one freezdryer and make my own food with it is there any downside to doing it your own other than time investment ?

[AutumnWhisper]

I’m curious if it’s like expensive when it comes to electricity? I wanna buy one so bad!

[TEOTWAWKI]

Besides the oxygen absorber, drop in a piece of dry ice. As is gently go to gas, it will fill the bag and, being heavier than air, will drive out the air (and oxygen).

[vanstony]

How long would you say that they last for.