Linda’s Yummy Mummy Pie

 

Linda’s Yummy Mummy Pie 

I was once asked about the most unusual thing I had ever dehydrated. Promptly I replied that it had to be my Yummy Mummy Pie!   

Pie? Are you kidding? You mean you dehydrated a whole pie?

Backpacker's Coleslaw

 

So months ago, someone submitted this recipe to our Facebook group.  http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Backpacker_s-Coleslaw-Recipezaar?servings=12 

Quest for Carrots A Great Bargain! Day Three - Shredded

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By the third day, my remaining carrots were beginning to wither a little, so I knew I had to get the rest finished quickly.

I decided to take the odd shaped bits and pieces and shred them. 

First I peeled these carrots and sliced them into chunks.  I wanted to make sure they would easily fit into the food processor chute for grating.

• Notice the large split piece in my hand. It was one of the few carrots that had a split, I guess from being over grown.  I simply cut away the split edges and used the rest of it. There was very little waste. 

Two Gallons of Shredded Carrots

I had considered using my mandolin slicer, but I knew I wouldn’t have the time or energy to hand grate and slice so much produce.  So I borrowed Karen’s food processor. When she learned what I was doing, she offered to let me use her machine in exchange for some dehydrated julienned carrots. 

• Economy tip - Hey, barter is a good thing!

Unlike my basic machine with a chopping blade in the bottom, hers has a slicer/grater blade in the top. You simply feed the food into the chute in the top. Before I knew it, I had a huge container of grated carrots.

Since my dehydrator racks were still working on yesterday’s batch, I refrigerated these.

Nine racks of shredded carrots

If you have screens for your racks, use them.  It allows for better airflow with tiny objects like shredded carrots, but won’t allow those dried bits to fall through. 

Shredded & Dehydrated

Otherwise, just use your fruit leather trays.  If they tend to clump a bit, once in a while check on them and give them a stir to allow air to circulate better.

Quest for Carrots A Great Bargain! Day 2 – Julienne

When I opened my 25-pound bag of carrots, I learned why they are substantially lower in price. There is absolutely nothing wrong with these carrots.  They simply are what might be considered ‘seconds’. 

 The ones we buy in one-pound bags in the produce department are graded. They are standardized in size in thickness and length.  Ideally, they are without blemish.   

• Economy tip - The commercial market has trained the American public to expect this type of standardization. Many people today assume that there is something wrong with less than aesthetically perfect produce. Clearly, we pay three times the price for such standardization.  It’s merely a device to charge us more for what we eat.

Quest for Carrots A Great Bargain! Day 1 – Sliced ‘n Cooked

Last Tuesday Mike was our Senior Center Bus Driver. He took a busload of us for our monthly trip to Riverton, fondly referred to as "Down Below". (So named because it is 2,000 feet lower in altitude than our home in Dubois.)

We went shopping in a grocery store I don’t frequent and I made an exciting discovery.  They had a huge bag of “juicing carrots” for $7.99. Twenty-five pounds of carrots for 31¢ a pound! 

A Dehydrating Misconception

FoodPantrie Slices

When my electric dehydrator racks are full, I use my FoodPantrie. It uses no electricity. It doesn’t have a thermostat or a blower. I like showing how simple dehydrating is.