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 yukon hankerin' intrepid dog lovin' fleet footed adventure racing pie packing poet who is ever keen to cave hunt, route find, night hike, and has finally introduced Bishop to Mt. Bishop
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada
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Posted - 10/17/2004 : 6:41 PM
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Ah hikers!
Closets full of different sized packs,
stinky socks hiding out all over the house,
half completed homemade hiking gear on the kitchen table,
and fridge and freezer full of strange shivelled meals...
Ain't it grand!
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| Terra
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Never-Never Land, B.C.
Canada
720 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 3:26 PM
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Back in early August I replied to this thread that I, too, really wanted a dehydrator. Low and behold, that evening I received an email from a fellow club member telling me he would give me his since he no longer was using it. You can only imagine how delighted I was by this person's generostiy!!! Due to certain circumstances I did not actually obtain ownership of this fine appliance until just a few weeks ago, even though Bruce was kind enough to deliver it to a half way point back in August. Anyways, life tends to get in the way of life at times - ya, not very deep but quite accurate, imho - so, I'd not had the opportunity to use the dehydrator. Until today, that is.
Yesterday, I had the good fortune to get outside and enjoy some of the nice weather we'd been having. Near the end of my travels I ended up at the local wetlands to show my girls all the swans that have been frequenting the area. To my delight my father and I found large patches of Shaggy Mane mushrooms while we were there. Honestly, I did try to take a picture to add to C'Jacks photo essay, but my camera batteries failed me bitterly! Shrugging off my disappoinment I then when about collecting these edible specimens. It is best to pick the young firm ones and happily there were plenty of those to be found.
Ya, ya, I'm getting to the point.
Once I got these Shaggy Manes home I cleaned them under some cool water and cut off the ends. Next I sliced them length wise and pulled the stems apart from the tops. Inspecting for worms was pretty time consuming, but important to me. Yes, the worms are extremely small and a source of protein, which some people have no qualms about eating, but for me I'm a bit too squeamish for that. I've read that a person really shouldn't wash mushrooms since they claim it lessens the flavour and that they are very absorbent, which hinders the dehdyration process. Having already explained my attraction to clean food, I chose to risk using water. However, I did let the mushrooms sit out overnight in hopes of some of that water evaporating. Once they sat out for approx 17hrs I figured that would be sufficient. They now have been slowly dehydrating for 3 hrs and the aroma is absolutely mouthwatering!!
The moral of this long drawn out tale is: dehydrate your wild edible mushrooms, you won't be sorry! Oh ya, and that CT members are the bestest! Thanks a million Bruce!!!
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"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
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 Manitoba's misadventurin' bushwhackin', dog sloggin', dehydratin', beer drinkin' biggie - who's eager to peak bag Mt Currie in a dress
Squamish
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Posted - 11/13/2004 : 8:36 PM
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Good story Terra. I hope they taste good for you. Personally, I don't like mushrooms, but my friends Lorrie and Mary asked me to dehydrate a bunch of Pine mushrooms that Lorrie picked on our last Currie excursion, and so I did (they can't plug in regular appliances because their house runs on a 12volt current). PPPPPPeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Did they STINK! Smells like someones rotten feet combined with.... well, never mind. But yuck!
And so I'm glad you have pleasant aromas to savour.
Enjoy your dehydrator! Keep us posted on what you're doing with it. Almost anything can be dried. |
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ass wigglin, cheese lovin, 4x4 drivin, apostrophe hatin, hiking chick who loves camping on snow
spaceship..
Canada
7209 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 8:59 PM
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Originally posted by Bishop
Ah hikers!
Closets full of different sized packs,
stinky socks hiding out all over the house,
half completed homemade hiking gear on the kitchen table,
and fridge and freezer full of strange shivelled meals...
Ain't it grand!
I'll take all of the above 'cept for the stinky socks 
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| Terra
Intermediate Member
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Never-Never Land, B.C.
Canada
720 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 9:16 PM
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Originally posted by blackfly
PPPPPPeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! Did they STINK! Smells like someones rotten feet combined with.... well, never mind. But yuck!
And so I'm glad you have pleasant aromas to savour.
LOL! The things we will do for our friends.
I'm pleased to report my Shaggy Manes do not smell like stinky feet - thank goodness! My oldest daughter, like you BF, also is not partial to eating fungus. However, she did tell me these in no way stunk up our house. Believe me, if they would have she would have been the first to let me know!
They are all done drying out now. It took approx six hours to get them to the crisp stage. The flavour is very enhanced and quite yummy.
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"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
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Mysterious, pop can stove stashin', gps totin', overnighter virgin, wannabe tentmaker and foul weather wuss who rides a thumper to the trailhead with wonderdog Max to hike the Chilliwack Valley
Chwk
Canada
4910 Posts |
Posted - 11/19/2004 : 11:49 AM
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http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushroomexpert/coprinus_comatus.html
http://www.mssf.org/cookbook/shaggymane.html
"Some people eat C. atramentarius, a close relative of the shaggy mane. This mushroom contains a chemical called coprine, a substance which acts like the medicine Antabuse. As a rule, when alcoholic beverages of any sort are drunk before or after eating these mushrooms, one becomes quite uncomfortable."
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Pop can stove-making hiker wannabe that drives a tiddler to trailheads!
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Satirical photoshop junkie who frolics in the mountains of the Chilliwack River Valley
Chilliwack, BC
Canada
6908 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2005 : 5:44 PM
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I just tried dumping an entire bag of a "Far East" vegetable mix into my dehydrator. I let it dry for around 8 hours, and everything dried up nicely! A 1kg bag now fits easily into a medium sized ziplock bag after it's all dried.
I used a small portion in a standard ichiban rice noodle instant soup with a 3 minute boiling time, and pretty much everything rehydrated. Only the waterchestnut and the thicker stalks of brocolli needed a bit more boiltime, but it's certainly a great way to add a good source of veggies to your favorite meal. |
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Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/07/2005 : 1:06 PM
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Got the basic american harvest at LD last month.
Tried my dehydrated food for the first time last week-end.
What I learned so far:
Let ground beef soak longer then the pasta sauce to rehydrate.
Chewy bananas are great. Nothing to see with the rock hard store bought banana chips.
Banana-orange mush dried past the leather stage is still good in porridge.
Rehydrated peperoni lasagna = gooooooood!!
Quiche-like recipes still taste good but get mushy (I had tried the mexican corn pie found here: http://205.147.231.45:28090/technique/article/1,1026,2317,00.html)
Chilis seem spicier when rehydrated.
For the next trip, I still have spag sauce and I am already working on drying:
Home-made mac n cheese.
more bananas!
Baked beans.
Zucchinni cream soup.
My husband wants some Blueberry/Raspberry roll-ups,
Question to those who got sucess making leather, you cook the fruit or not? how long? you add sugar? (I was thinking about a little bit of maple syrup) how long do you dry to avoid the banana-orange chips I made last time? |
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Calgary, alberta
Canada
670 Posts |
Posted - 07/07/2005 : 1:55 PM
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My son dehydrated BBQ beef on a bun (only the beef part!). He said it looked awful when rehydrated but tasted wonderful
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yukon hankerin' intrepid dog lovin' fleet footed adventure racing pie packing poet who is ever keen to cave hunt, route find, night hike, and has finally introduced Bishop to Mt. Bishop
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada
934 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 10:51 AM
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I am trying a few new things today...
Salmon - tricky due to oiliness. But I think if it is dehydrated, then refrigerated until packed for a trip then it will be great. Better than carrying around a can anyhow.
Tomato Paste - will go well with the salmon and rice.
Kraft Dinner - This will be interesting! |
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N. Vancouver, BC
Canada
393 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 11:08 AM
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Bishop, you are good inspiration for getting mine out of the cupboard. I haven't used it in a couple of months!
I had a lot of success with this recipe for salmon from LadyDeanna. It keeps really well and is really tasty:
Smoked Salmon Jerkey
1 c sugar
1 c brown sugar
1/4 c salt
1tsp garlic powder
2 tsp liquid smoke
1 quart hot water
1 quart cold water
Mix 1st 6 ingedients well.... then add cold water. Place thin sliced fish in mixture, seal and refrigerate overnight. Take fish out of mix, rinse off...and place in dehydrator, for 10-14 hours...depending on how thin slices are, how hot it is (time of year). Should be leathery, but not brittle.... Yummy!!! :)
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 adventure seeking, peak-bagging, high-enduring, strong and silent forest gnome
N49°09', W122°47'
Canada
3819 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 11:35 AM
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sounds delicious; i've bought salmon jerky at costco before and loved it.
what's the hot water for - or am i missing something? |
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ass wigglin, cheese lovin, 4x4 drivin, apostrophe hatin, hiking chick who loves camping on snow
spaceship..
Canada
7209 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 11:45 AM
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Blackfly had some creative meals at the Hut that weekend, Im inspired to try dehydrating again....
Red, d'you mean salmon as your first ingredient? looks like you have the name there, but not the first ingredient? That's where the hot water would make sense...
sounds delicious, I wouldn't mind trying it, but I'd like to clarify before I end up with something disastrous 
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Richmond, BC
797 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2005 : 5:58 PM
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Originally posted by Jimbo
what's the hot water for - or am i missing something?
Dissolve the sugar? |
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yukon hankerin' intrepid dog lovin' fleet footed adventure racing pie packing poet who is ever keen to cave hunt, route find, night hike, and has finally introduced Bishop to Mt. Bishop
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada
934 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2005 : 7:12 PM
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Just finished doing a big batch of curry and rice. Haven't tested the KD yet - but it kind of looks like I just dumped the orange powder in the box and shook it around. The cooking and drying process has not damaged or changed those little noodles in the least.
Strange. |
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Outward Bound author of the Seinfeld Thread, who builds his own snowshoes
Troy, MT
USA
3125 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2005 : 4:00 PM
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ayone got a good beef jerkey recipie
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But aren't nalgenes marketed to humans? Maybe we should just ban them from mice.
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Mysterious, pop can stove stashin', gps totin', overnighter virgin, wannabe tentmaker and foul weather wuss who rides a thumper to the trailhead with wonderdog Max to hike the Chilliwack Valley
Chwk
Canada
4910 Posts |
Posted - 10/31/2005 : 4:25 PM
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Originally posted by Farmer
ayone got a good beef jerkey recipie
Look Here near the bottom of the page. |
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Richmond, BC
797 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2005 : 09:00 AM
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I just wanted to add that yesterday I bought the Magic Bullet. Oh. My. Lord. These things were made for each other. If you want to make your own... anything, to dehydrate.
I spend an hour last night playing with it, and ended up with some of my own creations of home made spices, soups, salsa (for dehydrating), dips/speads (1 cheese, 1 bean, 2 hummous), CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, muffins, and if you wanted to make your own marinade or "chicken bites", it is SO EASY I can't even tell you. Just toss everything in the bullet, pulse a few times, dump it all (bits and juice) onto a cookie sheet, and bake at low temp until dry-ish. Drain the liquid (if you can... most of it is now a sticky goop), place "bits" on dehydrator, and voila. Camp food.
I love YOU, Mr. Magic Bullet.
Edit: I forgot to mention (*gasp!*) that it comes with a blender and a juicer, so making (REAL) fruit leather takes literally, about 4 seconds. Canteloupe was shockingly good (though of course now I don't have my canteloupe to eat). |
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vancouver, bc
Canada
466 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2005 : 7:01 PM
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im looking to grab a dehydrator soon im on the lookout for any good deals
i saw one at london drugs i think it was american harvest? for 50 or 60 bucks
anyone know any deals right now? costco has a Ronco dehydrator for 50 bucks, anyone have either of these?
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Fleece thong wearin, Buntzen Lurkin, mystic poet mountain man and international spokesman of the friends of the white squirrel society
Port Moody, B.C.
Canada
5910 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2005 : 11:52 PM
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| Bought my American Harvest at Walmart for less than $50 so you might want to check them out. Just finished a big batch of onions. |
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I love you, Mr. Dehydrator
