dehydrator meals/snacks
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Anyone dehydrate meals/snacks for whatever? hunting fishing trapping camping? just for everyday snacks?
I carry some heathers choice on the yak with me or in the woods, easy enough to have a good meal other than potted meat and crackers! or vienna sausages. Just want to do my own so went and got me a dehydrator to try. Maybe dehydrate some of the wifes leftovers as a meal.
J
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I dehydrate mainly meats. Light quick easy to pack. I used to dry fruits. Gonna make me some fruit roll ups soon. Now that I got a new dehydrator I'll be drying a lot more now I got off my butt and bought one when I saw the fruit roll ups recipe in a video! thought that be cool to do.Then got thinking about alot of wasted left overs that would make good "out in the woods" meals. I usually have a MSR windburner with me in the truck or on the yak - like I said that be better than potted meat! I make biltong (dried meat? like African jerky) VERY easy to do and I do that in a box I built with a little fan and a lightbulb. Got tuned on to it on an African trip bowhunting I did many moons ago. It is a great snack. I plan on carrying alot on a elk hunt this yr with that daughter. J
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[Re: JakeDog]
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01/09/18 11:31 AM
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mostly jerky and fruits, not full meals
and I had to google heathers choice - thats not food man, you gotta find somethign better than that.
I did look into it a while back - and i seem to remember that you needed quite a peice of equipment ($$$) to actually do meals right. I dropped it there. I usually go with mountain house and wise brand freeze dried meals - or MREs - if I need to pack something like that
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[Re: JakeDog]
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danny clifton
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anybody ever make pemmican? high energy food. will keep you warm. dehydrate meat and grind it up. render some fat and pour the hot oil on the powdered jerky. put it in baggies and keep some in your pocket. you can add fruit and or nuts also before you mix in the hot oil. beef fat makes good oil. you can make a lot of it out of an untrimmed brisket.
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anybody ever make pemmican? high energy food. will keep you warm. dehydrate meat and grind it up. render some fat and pour the hot oil on the powdered jerky. put it in baggies and keep some in your pocket. you can add fruit and or nuts also before you mix in the hot oil. beef fat makes good oil. you can make a lot of it out of an untrimmed brisket. I've been wanting to try this. I think it goes like: 1/3 berries/nuts 1/3 meat 1/3 tallow
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[Re: JakeDog]
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you can use whatever ratio you want. need enough oil though to bind it all together. that fat is where the energy is. use plenty of it if your going to be out in cold weather
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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anybody ever make pemmican? high energy food. will keep you warm. dehydrate meat and grind it up. render some fat and pour the hot oil on the powdered jerky. put it in baggies and keep some in your pocket. you can add fruit and or nuts also before you mix in the hot oil. beef fat makes good oil. you can make a lot of it out of an untrimmed brisket. I made some last year after watching a video about it that meat trapper made on YouTube. I used deer, strawberries, and coconut oil. Put a little salt and liquid smoke in the meat before dehydrating.
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[Re: JakeDog]
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use beef fat. animal fat is good for you. the proper response to anyone telling you to substitute coconut oil for animal fat is DIE YUPPIE SCUM DIE
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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adam I don't like a lot of added stuff. some unsalted sunflower seeds are good. if you can get your wife to pick em out for you I bet pinon nuts would be good. a little apple can be tasty. the idea behind it is a preserved food high in energy. dried fruit is mostly just fiber. haven't tried it but I but I bet roasted peanuts ground into small pieces would be a good flavor and source of energy.
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adam I don't like a lot of added stuff. some unsalted sunflower seeds are good. if you can get your wife to pick em out for you I bet pinon nuts would be good. a little apple can be tasty. the idea behind it is a preserved food high in energy. dried fruit is mostly just fiber. haven't tried it but I but I bet roasted peanuts ground into small pieces would be a good flavor and source of energy. Thanks Danny. I'm gonna have to try it. I'm going to a "natural grocery store" this weekend their rump roasts and ground buffalo are on sale, so I'll be making a batch the next few days. I bet that would be great. I think we still have 4 more years before the northern crop starts. I was thinking about it, we put red and green on ours so it's not much different. As you know red and green are packed with vitamins and other nutrients.
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[Re: JakeDog]
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If your going to be outside all day in cold weather, nothing keeps you going, and keeps you warm, like the natural healthy energy of meat and fat. Sugar, whether its in fruit or just processed white sugar, is empty calories that wear you down. A little fruit for flavor is ok but the good calories are in that fat. Combined with the protein in the meat stuff will keep you going. Amazes me the rest of the world hasn't caught on to red and green. I bet a little added for flavor and fiber would be every bit as healthy and tasty as fruit and without the empty sugar calories.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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