storing dehydrated and powdered fruit

[Guest guest]

Hey, if any of you dehydrator people know. . .

I dehydrate strawberries and grind it to flour for my husband's yogurt

(he doesn't like the chunky texture). I want to store some of it for

the cold months. It has natural sugar in it and the flour can stick

together just ever so slightly, but separates when shaken. How could

I store it? Do I need to dip it in something before dehydrating it?

Would it freeze (seems it would get tacky if I did)? Or how long will

it last just powdered and in a mason jar? Anyone have any ideas?

Dehydrating the strawberries and putting them in yogurt was a sure

winner with my husband. He's not SCD yet (he's holding out), but I've

gotten him hooked on goat yogurt. Thanks Marilyn for the idea.

I LOVE MY DEHYDRATOR!!!

Bonita

[Guest guest]

At 12:20 AM 7/30/2007, bftodd wrote:

>Hey, if any of you dehydrator people know. . .

>

>I dehydrate strawberries and grind it to flour for my husband's yogurt

>(he doesn't like the chunky texture). I want to store some of it for

>the cold months. It has natural sugar in it and the flour can stick

>together just ever so slightly, but separates when shaken. How could

>I store it? Do I need to dip it in something before dehydrating it?

>Would it freeze (seems it would get tacky if I did)? Or how long will

>it last just powdered and in a mason jar? Anyone have any ideas?

>

>Dehydrating the strawberries and putting them in yogurt was a sure

>winner with my husband. He's not SCD yet (he's holding out), but I've

>gotten him hooked on goat yogurt. Thanks Marilyn for the idea.

>

>I LOVE MY DEHYDRATOR!!!

Bonita,

Getting my Excalibur dehydrators were two of the

best things I ever did as far as SCD and cooking in general is concerned.

I don't bother to dip my fruit in anything

because after all, it's those dips and washes and

ghod-knows-what that can be an issue.

My thought would be to dry the strawberries,

freeze them in zip-lock, then defrost -- if they

aren't quite dry enough, you can give them a few

more minutes in the dehydrator to get rid of

freezer moisture -- and THEN grind them. In Other

Words, only powder as much as you're going to use in, say, a month.

Dried fruit actually has quite a long shelf life,

even without preservatives -- it's why drying is

one of the oldest food preservation methods. But

the shelf-life will depend, in part, on your

local climate. I'm in humid N'Awlins, so I tend

to shove everything in the freezer to help

prevent moisture encroachment. If your climate

isn't quite so damp, or if you have air

conditioning and/or a de-humidifier in your

house, you won't have that as an issue.

— Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

Thanks Marilyn for the ideas. I live in Pensacola, so I will probably put

everything in the deep freeze. It's so nice to just put yogurt in the

dehydrator and just let it do its thing and not worry about temperature.

Wonderful investment!

Bonita

Re: storing dehydrated and powdered fruit

At 12:20 AM 7/30/2007, bftodd wrote:

>Hey, if any of you dehydrator people know. . .

>

>I dehydrate strawberries and grind it to flour for my husband's yogurt

>(he doesn't like the chunky texture). I want to store some of it for

>the cold months. It has natural sugar in it and the flour can stick

>together just ever so slightly, but separates when shaken. How could

>I store it? Do I need to dip it in something before dehydrating it?

>Would it freeze (seems it would get tacky if I did)? Or how long will

>it last just powdered and in a mason jar? Anyone have any ideas?

>

>Dehydrating the strawberries and putting them in yogurt was a sure

>winner with my husband. He's not SCD yet (he's holding out), but I've

>gotten him hooked on goat yogurt. Thanks Marilyn for the idea.

>

>I LOVE MY DEHYDRATOR!!!

Bonita,

Getting my Excalibur dehydrators were two of the

best things I ever did as far as SCD and cooking in general is concerned.

I don't bother to dip my fruit in anything

because after all, it's those dips and washes and

ghod-knows-what that can be an issue.

My thought would be to dry the strawberries,

freeze them in zip-lock, then defrost -- if they

aren't quite dry enough, you can give them a few

more minutes in the dehydrator to get rid of

freezer moisture -- and THEN grind them. In Other

Words, only powder as much as you're going to use in, say, a month.

Dried fruit actually has quite a long shelf life,

even without preservatives -- it's why drying is

one of the oldest food preservation methods. But

the shelf-life will depend, in part, on your

local climate. I'm in humid N'Awlins, so I tend

to shove everything in the freezer to help

prevent moisture encroachment. If your climate

isn't quite so damp, or if you have air

conditioning and/or a de-humidifier in your

house, you won't have that as an issue.

- Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund