Drying Food to Put Up in Appalachia
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- čas přidán 30. 08. 2021
- In this video I share my tips on drying food for future use. Some of my favorite things to dry are tomatoes, apples, green beans, and mushrooms.
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Hello! My grandmother used to dry sweetcorn by parboiling the corn then cutting it off the cob. Not too deep that you get the tough Cobb but just the tip of the germ in the corn. She would the scrape the Cobb gently removing the remaining germ and sweetcorn fragments to eat then. The cut sweetcorn would then be spread out on clean sheets on the tin roof of the porch till dry. She would bring it in at night to keep the dew off it and set it out again the next day till dry.
If it didn't dry completely it would be put in the old Cookstove to finish it off. This corn will keep for years and was used in baked corn pudding and soups and stews. I love your channel and your gentle voice sharing memories and wisdom that won't be forgotten thanks to thoughtful people like yourself.
Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing your grandmother's method of drying corn. So glad you enjoy our videos!!
The best dessert I have had in my life was my grandmas fryed apple pies. She always made them from apples she had dryed, stored in jars sometimes for years, and rehydrated. The flavor seemed intensified.
I remember them. I could eat a ton of em
My mountain Granny made 'em but she wouldn't use much sugar. As we lived on the west side of Atlanta, during one visit we brought her some fried pies from the Varsity. I don't think she made any after that-we had to bring her a couple boxes full every visit from then on!
Dried apples are the best!
I dehydrate mushrooms and blend into a powder (nobody in my house likes mushrooms). I then use it in gravies, tomato sauces, etc. The flavor it brings is unbelievably delicious.
Kitchen medicine with an umami benefit. 🤩
Great tip!
That sounds delicious 😋
@@CelebratingAppalachia Spaghetti sauce with tomato powder and mushroom powder is great! Also, a way to use up those tomato peels. Have you considered storing some of the dried tomatoes in olive oil? They are so so good in a pasta sauce or a cold pasta salad.
@@dibutler9151 I haven't in the past, but now I will try that 🙂
I remember in the mid 70’s my granny would dry apples on screens outside so we could have dried pies & stack cakes in the winter. She taught me a lot & I miss her stories~she was a treasure...
Back in the 50s, my two old maid aunts dried apples in the sun on pieces of rusty tin. Flies crawling over everything. No one got sick or died, probably because they had stronger immune systems than people today.
Granny did that and she would put the apples in the oven for a few minutes, she claimed it sterilized them...idk
I had a lot of pears this year. After canning 27 qts I started dehydrating slices just like your apples. They are wonderful. I vacuum sealed bags of them for my grandchildren’s snacks.
Great ideas. My husband dehydrates okra. He slices it as if to fry and when it’s dry, he stores it in glass jars. These can be peanut butter jars or any jar with a good clean lid that closes tightly. I rehydrate the okra for fritters or-my favorite use-vegetable soup. Thanks for the directions on tomatoes.
Never dried anything before but admire that you do, and such a variety! Being on the porch with you talking ,giving explanations is incredibly relaxing. Like old friends getting together, doing things. A lesson that life does not have to be a wheel in a hamster cage.....life, nature, so much we take for granted never appreciating the gifts we receive.
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Yes it does, I just love the Presleys
I like dried cherry tomatoes. I put some olive oil,Italian seasonings and a couple cloves of garlic in a quart jars. I then put it in the freezer and add it my spaghetti sauce during the winter. I’ve also have did the same thing with dried tomato peelings.
I was just thinking about this the other day when you posted your home cooking video. It got me thinking about my Mamaw and how she dried apples every year to use in stack cakes throughout the winter. She had a system of two screen frames that overlapped and just left them out in the sun. I've seen her also put the screens in the back window of her old Rambler auto and keep the windows up in the hot sun. Her stack cakes were awesome. She's been gone several years now and if I had a million dollars I'd gladly give it to have some of her stack cakes or home cooking. Her canned green beans were so good. She also used to fix peanut beans and I can still remember that wonderful taste. Thank you for your videos they bring back such wonderful memories.
I cannot recall peanut beans. Loved the fried apple pies too.
As a child one of my jobs was to 'keep the flies off the apples'. Mamaw dried them on white bed sheets thrown on the bushes! It was all they knew, and it worked.
My son helps me with the peeling machine now, and I have 3 dehydrators. I use the peels for apple butter. The apples for stack cake and fried pies.
I also dry carrots, celery, bell pepper and onion slices. Shelf stable, keep very well and take up very little room. I still string 'Leather Britches' and hot pepper. Thank you Miss. Tipper!
I need to try doing some of my peppers too 🙂
@@CelebratingAppalachia Miss. Tipper, If you do dry peppers, dry some hard enough to grind into a 'powder'. Makes a real good addition of flavor in anything you'd use bell pepper in.
@@lavonnemay5586 I will do that-thank you!!
Lavonne, it never occurred to me to dry carrots, celery, peppers and onions. That would be a great addition to the dehydrated backpacking meals we put together. Thanks for the tip!
Same weather conditions here in central lower Michigan. My Cloudy Day hybrids and Mountain Magic are doing well but others very challenged. Have grown Juliet tomatoes for 40 years and they have been wonderful performers. Thanks so much for your wonderful videos. My wife and I watch everyone.
Thank you James! I'm hoping my Juliets will perform better next year 🙂
Don't forget the black berries that were left on the vine, ours are dried up now and can still be collected and rehydrated.
Great tip Kelly 🙂
More great memories. I remember my grandma drying apples on a clean white bedsheets. Each morning, she would put the sheet out in the sun and spread the apples out to dry. She always brought them in at night so the dew didn't get on them. Next day the process would start over. Later I can remember my mamma and daddy doing the same. I've also seen them put the apples inside the car to dry. This system didn't take as
long and it kept any pests away from the fruit. Mamma always canned apples and peaches. Many good cakes and pies came from the hard work they all did. Thanks again Tipper.
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My grandmaw would always dry her apples in the sun.sliced then laid out on a sheet of old plywood in the direct sunshine. I remember the yellow jackets would always wind up stinging someone when the apples were drying. She made the apple butter and apple cake. Great memories. Thanks for sharing. - Tennessee Smoky
I grew up with my country grandmother's (I had a city grandmother and a country grandmother - so lucky) stringing up green beans for leather britches and apples to dry. The produce was always dried on the screened in back porch. Grandma didn't like fly specks on her produce. I think the flies still got to the fruits and veggies, but less than if they had been dried outside. I still like leather britches, being from the south. Diane
Oh I love leather britches! They’re the best. I didn’t mind helping with them so much either.
I spent z week every summer with my grandparents within sight of Hogback Mountain. During those hot summer months, she sent me under four apple trees to collect ripe apples off the ground, never to be picked from the tree. After washing the apples she would have me use her apple peeler and then she would slice them all and place them in a bucket of salt water. I would set up some saw horses and place roofing tins on them, and then cover the roof tins with newspapers. Grandmother would then come outside and place those slices on the newspapers, spaced as close together as possible without overlapping. The salt water kept the flies off the apples as they dried. Half way through the day we would both go and turn each slice over to encourage thorough drying. My family and I and others would be rewarded in the fall and winter with fried apple pies made from those dried apples. Of course, as they were drying I snatched a few of them for snacking. MMMMmmmm.
What wonderful memories!
Hah, remember on TV they used to sell those air-vacuum bag gadget things, I'm sure they're still around. Thanks Tipper!
My grandmother put her sliced fruit on a white sheet and then on the porch roof to dry in the sun. Those were the best fried apple pies I’ve ever eaten.🤗🐝❤️
The age-old question: What are we to do with all these tomatoes?
I have very strong memories from childhood of absolutely everyone trying to give away tomatoes. "I grew these in my backyard and we've got more than anyone could ever need. Would you like some?"
I love these videos.
Good timing! My dehydrator is drying onions, as you speak. I haven't heard 'Tommie Toes' since I was a kid. 😁 Thanks!
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Nice work. I’m a backpacker and make my own meals so my dehydrator works a lot. If you haven’t already try drying sweet potatoes. The quick way; buy a can of yams, put in bowl, mash with potato masher, spread as evenly as possible on a flat dehydrator tray (not the wire) and dry until done. It should peal off like a fruit roll-up. I add it to grits along with honey. I store these in the freezer because it will last you at least a year. If you use sweet potatoes from the garden; wash, peal, cut in small chunks, boil until soft enough to mash. 😀
Thanks for that great tip Norm!
My mother-in-law dried apples & more using a screen rack, top/bottom screened, sides framed. She’d place the rack on two chairs spaced apart. I’ve seen ppl use their car, front dash & back glass.
We have the same metal bowl. It is my favorite. 🥰
Dried fruits and vegs are ideal for hiking snack or to add in a meal like muesli, or porridge.
I am finishing up dehydrating Blueberries and Raspberries and Celery, and Green Onions, also all color bell peppers, we have recently moved to a new homestead in Liberty, KY and are having to start over with our garden, so I will get organic produce and farmers produce from Amish communities and dehydrate what I can. I put mine in canning jars and the ones I will cook with often sit by my stove.
Hearing the handles jingle reminds me of my Mom. Her metal bowl always clinked when she was using it.
Tipper, you're a scientist! A master of many trades.
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My favorite has always been dried sweetcorn. It was kept as a special item for holiday meals.
Using the dehydrator on the porch is a great idea!
Ohhh, Tipper...I have a whole set of Rada knives. I agree, that tomato knife is the best thing since sliced bread.😊
I splurged on a set of Rada steak knives. They cut a steak so easy. I don't have a dehydrator. Each year, I buy one new small appliance. Unless it's a coffee pot. Ha ha...that purchase is usually a emergency. Shantrell mushrooms are sooooo delicious. You have a great kitchen. Everything is so handy.
I love those knives 🙂
Those are the best!
I think Rada is made in the USA too 💪🇱🇷
I also love Rada. I have a set I have been using for 30 years. Still good and sharpens easy.
I love my Excalibur! I take lunch meat when it’s near expiring and dehydrate it, feed them to my dogs as treats. I too, dry completely as I don’t have a freezer.
Never thought about doing that with lunch meat-thank you for the tip!
I have learned many different tips and tricks from you on putting up food. Even if I can't eat it I still like to grow things and put them up. Gardening and putting up the harvest is just plain fun and I really do enjoy the whole thing from start to finish. They say anything that you deeply enjoy is not work and it truly isn't to me. Kinda like the saying "do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life". So true😁😃 Thanks again for all that you do Mrs. Tipper!
Wise words Bucky! I love what I do and it doesn't seem like work at all 🙂
You know you're getting old when you have a favourite tomato knife. I have one too. 😄
There's nothing like the flavour of homegrown dried tomatoes. Hopefully I'll get a decent crop this year.
🙂 So true!
Kinda like having a favorite iron skillet for cornbread, right? Diane
I'm a beginner dehydrator & are still am amazed at the amount I can put in a Mason jar from a hugh bag of frozen mixed vegetables. Using for winter soups!
I dry such a variety: sliced apples, mushrooms, berries, onion, any fruits just about and even meats if precooked.
I started making apple chips with cinnamon this Summer and husband and kids love them. Just 200 deg in oven for about three hours.
Would you mind telling me if you can dry other veggies in oven at this temp. ? Thanks!
@@KW-es2bz I believe so as long a you cut them thin enough. No more than 1/8 inch.
Thanks for answer!
I just pickled some cherry tomatoes. I bet dehydrating those would be delicious too. I may give that a try.
Blessings to you all!
As a first year dehydrator user, I appreciate all this helpful info!
I usually put my dried veggies in glass jars and use a vacuum sealer to get the air out. The Excalibur works well. If we run out of jars I’ll throw stuff into a zipper freezer bag and toss it in the freezer.
Love both dried apples and dried tomatoes! Fried apple pies is so good!
I have a small dehydrator and I dehydrate almost everything. Mushrooms, onions, carrots, maters, chile, bell pepper, apples.
Many years ago my wife bought a dehydrator from an infomercial And I was so angry! Well we made our 1st batch of apples and I was hooked. We did grapes bananas peppers apples And then eventually started making beef jerky which went over huge with our friends. Been through 2 of those machines since. Lol!
I am dehydating some end of season tomatoes. I used the skins and make tomato powder, to thicken soups and stews. I am experiminting this year with other veggies in the dehydrator. Cucumbers was one of the experiments. Made a powder out of those for dressings.
I fill a couple of mason jars with my dried tomatoes and add olive oil and keep in my refrigerator for pizzas. I have to have them on my pizzas now.
I don't have a lot of space just now. Have started drying a few things. Been trying different methods. Time to just airdry depends on humidity. Another time used an oven, then a flour sack towel on a sidewalk. Quickest was covering dash of car with a towel to dry rainbow kale on. Kale was crispy in no time. Next time will use oven thermometer to check temp. All be well!
I love makin deer jerky or beef jerky too
It's been a long time since we made any jerky-we need to do that again 🙂
Another Great video! I dry exactly the same way. I have the Excalibur Dehydrator too and love it! I do all my drying outside too.(especially ONIONS!) Dry onions in the house and you'll have the whole house a crying!
I cut Silver Queen off the cob and dry it, once dry I grind it into meal, makes the best darn cornbread ya ever tasted. I have a hand cranked apple peeler but I take the handle off and chuck the handle shank in a cordless drill, you can peel, core, and slice an apple in about 3 seconds! I use a similar technique for taking fresh corn off the cob in about 3 seconds Keep up the great work, your videos are the best!
Great tip about the corn-thank you!!
Thank you, I learned a lot. Bless you and your family.
I’ve been making Leather Britches. Some people around here call them shucky beans. My wife and me both dried a bunch of beans last year. We ate a batch of them not very long ago and we both thought they were the best beans we’d ever eaten. I like them even better than regular canned beans.
So how do you eat them? Dried as snacks or do you use in dishes?
Awesome video. Thank you for the tips. Have a wonderful rest of the week.
Great timing Tipper! A friend just gave me that exact dehydrater and I haven't used it yet. Now I'm really looking forward to trying it!
Hope you and yours are safe through this storm! Stay safe out there...
I dry all the things you do, also have done watermelon and cantaloupe. They were good but I wouldn't do again took too long.
I love all my dry veg for soup in the winter. I do the meat, onion potato, and celery fresh and most of the other veg is just handfuls out of my glass jars of dried.
The Purposeful Pantry is a great channel to learn all things about dehydrating food. I’ve learned so much from her and she’s a wonderful resource for troubleshooting any issues you may have with the whole process.
Thank you I enjoyed all your posts so much God bless
Tipper with your old saying how about this one I am about slap to sleep
I like how you work on your porch same as they did in the “old” days! They worked on those porches more than they did in the house!
I will say I love dehydrating onions in the house. The smell is wonderful
🙂 Onions smell so good!
I loved dried tomatoes also! When I was growing up we dried alot of things on the farm...we would string up the beans also....the old timey way...enjoyed this ....thanks tipper ...God bless...🙏
I could listen to you for hours
🙂 I'm glad because I've got a lot to say about Appalachia LOL! Thank you Karen!!
I have the same Excaliber dryer and I dry apples & banana chips at the same time and have never noticed any taste transfer. I usually put the fruits in Ball jars. The banana chips get eaten by the grandsons so fast I just leave them in a bowl! I use it more for making beef jerky than anything else.
So jealous of that beautiful porch! My four year old apple tree finally decided to produce some fruit, this was very helpful!
Hi Tipper, We invested in an Excalibur dehydrator too a few years back, and are so grateful that we did. One of the things I found it also good for was making yogurt. I will fill the largest Pyrex bowl with whole milk, boil it (~30 minutes) wait for it to cool back down to 105° then put it in the dehydrator for about 8-10 hours at 105-115°. My wife, Doris uses the yogurt to make smoothies, adding fruits that we grow. Another thing I like to use the dehydrator for is for camp food. Doris and I will spend 3-4 days camping in the mountains, so if we dehydrate our food ahead of time, we don't have to carry all that water weight. Really appreciate your take on dehydrating. I've been putting everything in the freezer afterwards, probably out of fear. Good to know that's not really necessary!
All great tips Chris-thank you for sharing them 🙂
Your just so amazing thanks for sharing I’ve learned so much truly grateful 🌸
Thank you 😀
I hope to get a dehydrator some day. I LOVE dried mango, so that would be awesome.
Really enjoyed this.thats a great way to dry fruits&veg's.my mom used dried fruits to make fried pies.so good.iliked the apricot and apple.thaks tipper.always a blessing.
Thank you so much 🙂
I bought a dehydrator, but haven't used it yet. This video is inspiring, and I have a Bunch of cherry tomatoes ripe. Blessings!🌺
I absolutely love you so very much you remind me of home I have been on the road for way too long and God willing this year will be the year when I come home to appalachia Tennessee my home sweet home I hope to meet you some day you have brought me much joy may God bless you and yours! Keep the home fire burning!❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Jenny-you just made my day. Thank you for the kind words 🙂
TN has had a ton of rain and even flooding. Mine didn’t do as well but we’ll do better next year. Sounds delicious.
That's a pretty sweet dehydrator! I like to dry tomatoes as well,I'll usually salt some,put them in Olive oil in a jar and snack those or cut them for salads. Love sundried tomatoes
Hi Tipper....I've never tried drying anything at home but I love your content generally and always look forward with enjoyment to anything you put out on your channel
I had leather britches for the first time last fall. Boy…they are delicious!!
Thanks for your sweet note Tipper! I enjoyed the lesson on dehydrating. My husband dehydrates deer to make jerky.
You are so welcome!
For SHAME, Tipper!
You mean, you went chanterelle hunting and DIDN’T bring us along??
Don’t you know that once you start a CZcams channel, you’re obligated to share every single teeny, tiny, itty-bitty aspect of your life with us!
😂🤣.. you ain’t allowed to have *any* privacy anymore.
(I hope you know I’m just a-joshin’)
I bought an air fryer with a dehydrate setting. I’m going to have to try drying tomatoes, apples and oranges!
🙂 Believe me I thought about it! LOL but I was afraid my friend my object so I left the camera at home 🙂
What brand did you buy I’ve never heard of an air fryer and dehydrator thanks
Awesome Video, I have only used my round dehydrator to make beef jerky , I figured out if you spray the trays with cooking spray ( Pam) before you put the meat on them they clean up a lot easier , I dried some Carolina Reaper peppers one time ( hottest pepper in the world) , They were way too hot for me , I gave them to a friend at church and he loved them :-)
We grew Juliets this year for the first time and they did great for us. They are very prolific and seemed to be resistant to bugs and they were the only tomato that we had not a single one with blossom end rot. I've dried tomatoes and then put them in jars of olive oil and they were so good.
One of the things, I liked was dehydrated pineapple, even if it’s can you just make sure it’s well drained and you pat the pineapple dry and, that’s a good snack to munch on to. Another thing, a dehydrator is good for when, you have lots of fresh strawberries and lots of grape trees, is making your own fruit leather, young kids love it.
Feels like I’m hanging out with a dear friend, love your videos. All good things to you and yours.
🙂 Thank you!
I know this is off topic for this video but your channel makes me aware of things that I say. Just tonight I was telling my kids, "y'all are eating me out of house and home." Then I thought, I have to share that on Tipper's channel and see if everyone else says that. 😊 Always heard my momma say that one. We sure enjoy your channel.
That's a great one! My sister-n-law still says that about one of my nephews 🙂
Get Matt to build you a shelf for railing on the porch, I got nervous about those falling off,, lol.
My grandmother dried her apples on trays in the trunk of her car in the driveway in the summer :)
I love the Rada products. They’re a fine product. I still have my Nana’s knives. We haven’t done any dehydrating yet. Thank you for sharing ♥️
Good show!💥
I love learning things from you! I really enjoy spending time with you watching your videos. I've never had dried cherry tomatoes but I love to snack on them. I think you may have inspired me to try doing it. Thanks again! Oh and I'm saving grease to try frying the corn like you do also! :) .....and we love your girls around our house too! ...can't wait for the next video of Mountain Pass! :)
Glad you like them!
Love my Rada knives!!!
Awesome great video thanks for sharing.
Nesco. Your round dehydrator. I have one too.
When I grew a big garden, I used it a lot. Dried and vacuum packed, fruit and veggies last years.
I have that Rada tomato knife too.
Thank you!
My wife bought me a vacuum sealer at a discount auction several years ago. I never could figure out how to make it work and since my brother ate a lot of meat, and I didn't, I let him try it. He had it a few years before he died and didn't use it much. After he died I took back, it mainly because I didn't want the people he was living with to try to take it.
I decided to give it a try again. After cleaning off years of cigarette smoke I figured out how to use it. Now I wouldn't be without it. I use it mainly to make meals for one now that I am all alone. I had been drying some things all along and trying to store them in ziploc like bags and in clear containers such as peanut butter jar. Everything seemed to draw moisture in just a little while. I was considering getting some silica gel packets to prevent some of it when it dawned on me. "Why not try the vacuum sealer?" It works! As long as none of the dried food has sharp points or corners that might puncture the bag it will keep perfectly. And you can open the bag, take out what you need and seal it right back up.
Do you have a vacuum sealer?
Papaw we do have one. We use it for deer meat but I should try it for my dried things too. Thank you!
Not good to put a silica gel in with any food to keep dry ...that's a no -no...
An alternative to an electric dehydrator: a friend used to dry his produce in one of the old junk cars he had sitting around. Had to be one with all the glass intact, though, to protect from the bees, flies, and yellow jackets. I have an old dehydrator made by my papaw to government specs during WW II. It was part of the government's efforts to get folks to preserve more food items -- to help in the war effort, I reckon. Never use it, but my aunt did a time or two. She said her little round one (also a Presto, I think) did a much faster job. When her son, my cousin, said he was going to haul it to the dump, I told him I wanted it -- I look at it as part of my family's history.
What a treasure! I'm glad the dehydrator was kept by your family 🙂
My cousin uses his dehydrator for making fish jerky. He’s been doing it for over 25 years or more.
Dried vegetables, mushrooms and fruit can really enhance a recipe!
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Love your videos 😍
I'm so glad!
I just got through drying apples I dried 4 1/2 gallon jars full and one quart jar. I like to store mine in canning jars. I’ve go some 10 yes old and the still taste great!!
The Rada tomato knife is the absolute best! I've had one for years. I have the pairing knife as well. I'm considering the vegetable peeler.
Thank you for doing this video. We just bought a dehydrator and are really nervous about using it. (I hate to waste food). This helps me feel a bit more confident. Wish us luck.
You'll do fine! Happy drying 🙂
I remember helping grandma in Tennessee peel and cut the apples. She laid them on a screen in a frame and sat it in the sun or put it in the attic under the hot, tin roof. She made the best fried apple pies from them for our trip back home to Indiana.
great video keep up the good work
We use to dry bananas, apples, and pineapples,haven't done any in years.The tomatoes sure look good dried, believe I'll give it a try.Theyll make a great snack. Thanks Tipper 🙂.
Thank you Donald 🙂
I haven't used my dehydrator in decades but there's no time like the present… But first I have to start home growing tomatoes 'cause the ones I get in the store are awful! As always, truly enjoyed ... 🍅🍎
Thank you Jane! Maybe you can pick up some apples this fall to dry 🙂
Ain’t never dried up maters like that… but know it comes in handy… I’ve always dried up peppers though to use in different things. Wish I had me a dehydrator like y’all’s… that’s a nice one!
Thank you
I am drying onions right now after watching your video tomorrow I will be drying tomatoes I have some sun sugar cherry tomatoes I will try as always great video