Yeah, the sis-in-law and her husband are big time hunters. Between hunting and their livestock (chickens and ducks) they probably only get about 30% of their protein from the store. She makes a lot of venison jerky and stores it for the year.
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Dehydrator
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Likely to get a dehydrator soon. I have been wanting to make some jerky from some beef heart.
Well, I was about to pull the trigger on a dehydrator and was going to buy the one Kyle @uacowboy got a few posts back. I was talking with my brother about it since I knew that he had one and used from time to time. Anyway he told me not to buy one. My brother is planning on a big move in the next couple of years and he is planning on getting rid of a lot of stuff. So he said that I could have his. I was expecting something on the smallish side. Not sure why I thought that, because my brother doesn't do anything small. Anyway...he gave me a 12 tray dehydrator that he got from Cabela's that looks like this...
The thing is a beast! My problem right now is that I don't have the room for it. But I will make it work!
The thing is a beast! My problem right now is that I don't have the room for it. But I will make it work!
I like those, but yeah they take up a ton of space. I like mine with the round stackable trays. It expands with how much you use and gets small enough to store. But Yours is a beats for sure. Enjoy!Well, I was about to pull the trigger on a dehydrator and was going to buy the one Kyle @uacowboy got a few posts back. I was talking with my brother about it since I knew that he had one and used from time to time. Anyway he told me not to buy one. My brother is planning on a big move in the next couple of years and he is planning on getting rid of a lot of stuff. So he said that I could have his. I was expecting something on the smallish side. Not sure why I thought that, because my brother doesn't do anything small. Anyway...he gave me a 12 tray dehydrator that he got from Cabela's that looks like this...
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The thing is a beast! My problem right now is that I don't have the room for it. But I will make it work!
Made some beef jerky the other day!
I have a dehydrator very similar to @uacowboy, the older version of the one you showed an amazon photo of (the biggest difference seems to be that mine has the heater/fan on bottom). I usually use it to make jerky (ground beef or turkey work really well) but I recently tried something new. I made a large pot of leek soup and had the tops from 4 or 5 leeks left over so I decided to cut them into 1" squares and dehydrate them, I added a little seasoned salt before dehydrating then let it dehydrate at 135 for about 18 hours (12 would probably have done the job but I set-it-and-forgot-it. I am surprised by how tasty the results are. I might do it again and grind them into powder so I can use it as seasoning. The crunch factor was there and the flavor was powerful enough to be self limiting (I didn't need to eat a lot to be satisfied). Your idea to dehydrate zucchini chips sounds like it might be tasty too, maybe I could season the chips with ground leek.
We’ve been using our a lot lately. Mainly for jerky. Both venison and beef. @Ambalance has been perfecting the recipe with the past few batches…. Using the spicy Asian seasoning we got as a PIF from @Majorrich. Soooo good!