Freeze Dried Foods for RV Travel
We bought a freeze dryer, with the intention of having better tasting freeze dried foods available. It's been a wild success so far, and we're literally still in the experimental stage. So far, we'...
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Freeze-dried more strawberries and raspberries, then shredded rotisserie chicken. That went very well.
Decided to try my hand at a corn nuts substitute, so I drained a huge can of sweet corn, added sour cream as a binder, then spiced each tray with a different flavor. Dried up beautifully, but I don't think they'll be a snack. Instead, they'll each be wonderful additions to a meal as an already seasoned side dish, or included into soups and stews. I still think that's a success. If i try again, I'll use hominy.
Going to make strawberry powder next.
Having a lot of fun with this, but finding storage space is a bit of a challenge. We need to eat down the extant pantry so there's room... Time to throw a party and feed folks.
Great hobby, albeit a bit backwards. I always thought the whole idea of having a RV with fridge, freezer, lots of room for food storage was so you didn’t have to eat like you were on a backpacking trip.
I guess maybe if you’re boondocking for long periods with no access to normal food it may make sense.
Id have to guess the weight of “water” in the perishable food brought for a couple weeks for a couple people is negligible. Way more weight in bottled water, beer, pop, sports drinks and booze. Can freeze dry beer and it tastes like sht warm, so may as well put some food in the fridge too!
no room for food in my fridge, its all beer 🤣
