Dehydrating meals
I don't know about the rest of u guys, but mountain house and backpackers pantry give me the sh#ts within minutes of eating them. Anyways, I've been getting a little more serious with my dehydrator. I've been reading a bunch of forums and websites getting recipes and thought it might be good to start a thread so we can share tips and recipes.
I'll post my jerky recipe up tomorrow, but so far I've made all kinds of fruit. Really ripe fruit seems to be best. Pineapple, pears and Granny Smith apples.
I took some some of the wife's chili and dehydrated it for my last camping trip. It took longer to rehydrate than any of the recipes I found online, but it turned out really good. I poured some boiling water on it and let it sit for a while and kept adding water and bringing it back to a boil over the fire until it quit thickening up. Probably took at least 30 minutes.
I made the banana nut pudding from backpacking chef too. I used brown sugar instead of white and whole wheat bread. It turned out pretty good. It seems like quite a bit of effort for the results though.
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