Phillipsart wrote:Now that I have made my Pot Cosy, and I own a Dehydrator, I picked up a dehydrator a few months back from Aldi for apx $40.00 with 3 trays and adjustable temps. It's about time I start using all this gear and save some money and to have home cooked meals on my overnight hikes.
Those Backcountry meals are way to expensive and half of them taste like crap.
Cooked up a Beef stew yesterday with egg noodles included, more like a beef stroganoff without the cream.
For the stew I used, Premium Beef Mince from the local butchers, Onions, Peas, mushroom, egg noodles and seasoning to taste.
The mince I browned first than put meat in a sieve and using hot water from the tap rinsed the meat, this is to wash out all the fat. Fat don't dehydrate well. Added all the ingredients together with Beef Stock than at the last moment added the egg noodles and some Mushroom Sauce.
I cooked enough to make up 6 servings of dehydrated meal,
Dehydrated at 70 degrees celcius for 12 hours, than weighed out in equal proportions and placed the dehydrated meal into ziplock bag.
At camp, this is where the pot cosy comes in handy.
Place meal in pot, cover meal in pot with water till it just covers the meal, than bring to the boil, take the pot of the stove and place into pot cosy wait apx 20 minutes and your meal is ready.
EDIT by Moderator. Subsequent discussion on Dehydrated food has been moved to the Dehydrated topic, HERE.
Bluegum Mic wrote:Here's a couple of pics of the zip lock bag cosy I made
Bluegum Mic wrote:Here's a couple of pics of the zip lock bag cosy I made
Nuts wrote:adam, i'll sew you one... your not the fussy type?
tasadam wrote:Nuts wrote:adam, i'll sew you one... your not the fussy type?
I'll come and see you some time.
Cheers!
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