26
Oct
Posted by wildbackpacker in Food Tips. Tagged: dehydrate, dehydrater, dehydration, dehydrator, food, home-made, homemade. 3 Comments
Dehydrating food is a great way to reduce the weight of your food while backpacking. To do this, you can buy already dehydrated foods from stores, such as Wilderness Dining, or you can dehydrate them yourself at home. You can buy expensive dehydrators, costing even up to $100, or you can build your own, for [...]
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23
Sep
Posted by wildbackpacker in Food Tips. Tagged: canned, Canning, dehydrate, dehydrated, dehydration, drying, freeze-dried, freeze-dry, freeze-drying, freezedried, storage. 7 Comments
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What is the difference between freeze-dried foods and dehydrated foods?
Freeze-drying: Food is rapidly frozen then placed in a strong vacuum. 98 percent of moisture in the food is removed as vapor through sublimation and as a result the food weighs significantly less then the original item. For example, 3kg of chicken weighs only [...]
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