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“Just Add Water… Cooking with Dried Foods”
Presented by Debbie Kent
President Ezra Taft Benson has urged each of us to be productive and to store what we produce: “Plan to build up your food supply just as you would a savings account. Save a little for storage each paycheck. Can or bottle fruit and vegetables from your gardens and orchards. Learn how to preserve food through drying and possibly freezing. Make your storage a part of your budget…We urge you to do this prayerfully and do it now.”
Drying Food Past and Present
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Delicious Dried Foods
Benefits of Dried Foods
Nutritional Value of Dried Food
Dried, Dehydrated and Freeze-Dried… What’s the difference?
Dried Foods
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Moist and pliable Not for long term storage Can be dehydrated more Usually eaten as is
Dehydrated • 98% moisture removed Foods • Wrinkly; small; hard Green Peas
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Takes 15min-4 hours to RH Long Term Storage Hold shape well rehydrated Fruits & Vegetables
Freeze-Dried • Foods keep their shape Foods • Light weight, >in can than DH • • • • •
Rehydrates fast: 5-15 min Good to eat “raw” Drink H2O! Some mushy when RH Long Term: moisture affects Expensive, Good Selection
Getting the Most for your Money
Green Peas
= $38
= $22
$37
Using And Cooking Dried Foods General Tips for Rehydration
DH Fruits
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Barely cover w/ boiling water; soak 10 min. Barely cover w/ cold water; soak 1 hour. Soak only until the fruit is plump or mushy. To retain nutrients: cook the fruit in the same water used for soaking. • Most dried fruit needs no extra sugar.
DH Vegetables
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Water usually 2-1 for dehydrated Do NOT use salt until reconstituted Vegetables usually regain size and shape To retain nutrients use soaking water Soaking times vary: kind, size – Boiling water: 15 min. -2 hrs – Cold water: 2-12 hours (in frig)
Other DH Vegetable Uses • Vegetable Chips
• Vegetable Flakes
• Vegetable Powder
Freeze-Dried Foods
• Fruits-great for snacking (drink water!) • Add 2-1 water, let sit 5-10 minutes, eat. • Meals-Expensive $30 feeds 5
Dairy Products
Breads
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Use in quick breads and kneaded breads Dried Fruits and Vegetables can be added Foods can be added dry or pre-soaked Add 1 c. per loaf: the possibilities are endless Optional: ½ c. nuts, chips, etc.
Quick Bread
3 Kinds of Bread
Before and After
Dinner as Easy as 1-2-3
One Pot Meals
Great for 90 Day Supply
Dehydrated Dinners
Backpacking or Single Meals
Converting Recipes • • • • • • • • • • •
Water Applesauce 1 c. Apple Slices 1 c Bell Peppers 1 c. Broccoli 1 c. Cabbage 1 c. Carrots 1 c. Celery 1 c. Corn ½ c. Green Beans 1 c. Hashbrowns 2 c. Mushrooms ¼ c.
Product ½ c. 1 ½ c. ½ c. ½ c. 1/2 c. 1/2 c. ½ c. ¼ c. ½ c. 1 c. ¼ c.
Makes 1 c. 1 ½ c. ¾ c. 1 c. 1 ¼ c. 1-1/2 c. 1 c. 3/4 c. 1 c. 3 c. ½ c.
Packaging and Storing Dried Foods
Shelf Life of Dehydrated Food 1-30 years Constant Temperature 60° = 20 years 95° = 2.5 years
DH and FD Sources
Dehydrate at Home: See the All Dried Up… Dehydrating Made Easy handout Food Storage Companys Walton Feed; Honeyville Grain; Emergency Essentials
Locally Win Co Foods
On the Internet Dehydrate2Store.com Survialacres.com Yourfoodstorage.com YouTube.com Backpackchef.com
Books
• Plan • Gather • Do…Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment
Coming in October Got Milk?
Harnessing the Power of the Sun
Solar Energy
“More than ever before, we need to learn and apply the principles of economic self reliance… Food production is just one part of the repeated emphasis that you store a provision of food which will last for at least a year... The Church has not told you what foods should be stored. This decision is left up to individual members. I bear you my testimony that President Heber J. Grant was inspired of the Lord in establishing the Church Welfare program. The First Presidency was inspired when they made the first public announcement in 1936 and declared the prime purpose of Church welfare was “to help the people help themselves”. I bear witness to that inspired counsel from 1936 to the present day that the Saints lay up a year’s supply of food. When President Spencer W. Kimball persistently admonishes the members to plant gardens and fruit trees and produce our own food, he is likewise inspired of the Lord. Be faithful, my brothers and sisters, to this counsel and you will be blessed. You are good people. I know that. But all of us need to be better than we are. Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through home production and storage, but others as well. May God bless us to be prepared for the days which lie ahead, which may be the most severe yet.” Ezra Taft Benson, “Prepare for the Days of Tribulation
“Just Add Water… Cooking with Dried Foods”
