I tried freeze drying baked potatoes and I was very happy with the end product. When I reconstituted them I just poured water on them and let them set. They fried up really well. I liked the idea of blanched hash browns. I will have to give them a try.
Yay!! I am so glad you liked it! If you have any future video suggestions I am all ears. Can't say it would happen asap but would definitely put it on my list.
Great comparison. How did the fry up? The FD'd baked potato definately has a place in the kitchen. Even though it mushed together, it's similar to what the baked potato is like. Heat it up, add butter, s&p and good to go. It would be great to have if there isn't any way of cooking it like hash browns. It will also work great to use as instant potatoes and as a soup thickener instead of corn starch. I love the blanched potatoes to use for actual hash browns. It will get a good brown crisp on them. I am going to do baked and cubed potatoes and blanched shredded and cubed. I like to package it as Potatoes O'Brien with peppers and onions. I somehow ended up with a huge potatoes harvest this year!
Thank you so much. I will be freeze drying potatoes this summer and you have given me so much great information. I think that I will grate them raw and blanch the potatoes for my hash browns as you did.
this was good. You got to it. Most vids don't get to it, but talk and talk. When I freeze dry, I weight everything first, write it down, FD, the write down the final weight. That way I know how much water to add. Like spaghetti weighs 11 oz before Fd and 1.9 oz after. So I know to add 9.1 oz of water.
This looks good. I'm going to use your blanched method to do our sweet potato hashbrowns that we like so much. I'll add the onions and spices after the blanching process. Thank you for sharing.
A hint…..I have learned with my freeze dryer, just pour the water on raw potatoes and in a few minutes you can just pour off the excess. No need to measure or keep adding and keep adding.
Thank you for this info it was exactly what I was looking for! I am making a batch of corned beef hash and was back and forth on the cooked V raw potato. Def going with the raw ( blanched ) !!
Wow - you do have an older version machine. If you bought that new, then you've been drying for quite some time. I've only had my large dryer and oil less pump for 2 years. One of my favorite way to do potato's is to peal chop and fully cook them. Then press them through my potato ricer.
Yep it is one of the first versions we got it about 6 years ago. They only had one size too at the time. Ha ricing them is a great idea, with a little more elbow grease, 😂 thanks!
Fun fact, a lot of u.s. potatoes are grown from Canadian seed potatoes, I work at a potato farm and they get a lot of American business, most of the trucks that show up have u.s. state plates saw a couple Idaho plates. one truck came from Sugar city.
Interesting, I just keep some seed potatoes from my garden and just replant them the next year so I thought that is what a lot of farmers do here, but maybe not 🤷♀️. Thanks for sharing
@@countrysparkles certain potatoes are indeed re grown but they can be only done for so many generations of that potato, when farmers start growing new potatoes they get nuclear seed potatoes, now there’s absolutely no radiation involved other what the sun pumps out everyday, it’s just what they’re called. and you can definitely eat seed potatoes and be fine, the potatoes grown from the seed potatoes then Go to market and restaurants or a processing plant that uses potatoes in their recipes etc.
Costco sells freeze dried hash browns in paper cartons. It has a fill line for boiling water. I bet a person could figure out the exact amount of water needed by weight. They are pretty good and easy to do.
Personally I am very happy with the oil pump so don't plan on upgrading to oil-less. I thought it would be more of a pain then it actually is, we have got a pretty good routine down now. I used to change the oil out every 10 batches ( but empty the water out every batch super easy). Now I do drain it and filter it after every batch to keep the pump cleaner because taking the pump apart to clean is a bit of a pain. But it really isn't as intimidating as I first thought it would be. Here is a video I made about changing the oil that may answer other questions too 😃. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tawydreIPTs.html
@@countrysparkles I seen a video of freeze dried leftover soup. That video pretty much sold me on getting a medium sized dryer. Yours is the first video I've watched on changing the oil. I see a lot of people rehydrating in a bowl so viewers can see but I'm sold the Costco paper carton so for me I'll use a glass bowl with tight fitting lid to rehydrate the hot foods . Those baked potatoes would make great instant potatoes or use to thicken some soups. Thanks for getting back to my questions.
Thanks, it is a Rubbermaid utility cart here is one from Amazon... amzn.to/3aLEYUh We went to harbor freight after we got the FD machine and measured it in person to make sure it would fit them ordered one on sale on Amazon. Our FD machine is about a medium size.
Thank y'all for y'all's knowledge. I'm on the fence with buying a freeze dryer. Do y'all have a garden? Looking for tips on when to get started and what grows best here. Thank you. Been in zone 9b for 35 years and had something growing 11 months of the year. Can y'all give me the farmer's name? I'm in Treasure Valley
Hey! Welcome to Idaho! I got these potatoes from ashland produce, they are located between Idaho falls and Rexburg, the main farmers name is Joseph. Treasure valley is a bit warmer than we are over here. We don't plant outside until mid-end of may depending on the plant, and our season ends around October depending on the weather. But we started plants inside 2 weeks ago and they will go out to a greenhouse as soon as nights aren't so cold. I have 2 of our garden tours on my instagram account, here is one right before I weeded it, instagram.com/tv/CEE5o_7jnPF/?igshid=1vsvtsgl6jtha Depending on the plants you can plant outside in about a month in your area. Peas, zucchini, squash, pumpkins, green beans, cilantro, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes (sweet 100 are our favs), are just a few different things that we grow. Every year we try something new! Thanks for the comment. I plan to put more videos about our garden as we get going on it this year, so keep an eye out for those. Where you are an experienced gardened you probably won't have any problem figuring out what grows in your zone. Check out fb too they probably have a page like treasure valley gardeners people always like to help in those groups. But you are always welcome to leave comments here too, good luck!
Thanks! I have a gardening watering system tour on RU-vid here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MrRnKtZ2ZQga.html I don't really talk about what is planted but you get a basic idea 😊
That is hard, for long term storage #10 can is best but those are hard to come by and seal now. My second is a mylar bags with oxygen absorber and then put it in a box or tote so it doesn't smash. If you are going to use it in the next 6 mo. Then a XL glass or plastic jar in the pantry works great! You can also vacuum seal it in glass jars, then it will last a couple years on the shelf if you put oxygen absorbers in it too.
Very good video but I’m just wondering why couldn’t you have done them just raw? The reason I ask is because before you cook them as hashbrowns there raw.
They need heat right after being cut up in order to stop them from oxidizing which turns them grey and it isn't so appealing to eat. So cooking raw you cut and then put straight into the pan stopping that process. For preserving they will either need to be baked before shredding or blanched right after shredding to stop the oxidizing process before they are frozen whether in the freeze dryer or freezer. Thanks for the question!
A two pound bag of frozen country style hash browns fills one tray and they can be use for multiple purposes. You can make hash browns or mash them or put them in soups.
OK, first off did anyone think-ahhh-steak and shake fries, on the blanched? LOL Girl, you need to figure out the old LDS potato pearls and teach us how to make them!
Ooo those potato pearls are amazing! I am sitting here trying to figure out how they made them into the pearl shapes. For the flakes that is easy you would just make mashed potatoes and then freeze dry them and they will flake and crumble up, but the pearls... I have no idea!
Yea, that is an awesome idea to use a meat grinder! They would definitely need to be thick, and I am sure they add butter and salt to the mashed potatoes too.
Most commonly at restaurants they use russet potatoes for baked potatoes yes, but you can bake any variety of potato and make baked potatoes or these hash browns . Yukon gold's are one of my favorite potatoes to eat as a baked potato their flavor is so buttery! 😍 I have used lots of different potatoes to make hash browns and baking them until you can poke with a fork but it is still firm is the best for shredding, the length of time does vary depending on potato variety and size. Even though I have done this for years I still over bake them every once in a while, it happens. 🤷♀️
Have you tried freeze drying frozen store bought shredded hash browns potatoes? Or frozen store bought hash brown potato patties? Would you suggest cooking either one before freeze drying or break apart shredded ones from their frozen state and then freeze dry? Thanks for your help!
I think freeze drying them from the frozen state would be best. The less cooking involved the better for potatoes so that way they don't break down as much when you rehydrate them. But I have not tried freeze drying store bought frozen hash browns before.
You are right they don't sell the door pad with machines any more. I still like to use mine since I have it, and it definitely doesn't hurt anything. This video is only a year old so not too bad, but I have had my machine and been using it for 8+ years.
@@countrysparkles Man, I wish I had that problem! I am jealous - that is so very fortunate for you… I have been saving up to get myself a food processor (that shreds stuff too, because I don’t have a food processor yet), as there are so many dishes I would like to make, but I have a really messed up back with 24/7 chronic pain from a failed back fusion surgery that limits my time in the kitchen, so I can’t make a lot of the things that I want to make. The last time I tried to make hashbrowns from potatoes I got from my local food pantry, to put in the freezer, it took me _WAAAYY_ too long to shred all of the potatoes by hand with my little box grater, so I was dying by the time I was done (and they didn’t even come out good, because the potato shreds froze together in a huge clump in my gallon Ziploc bag, which was a nightmare to try to break it up to cook - and they didn’t even taste that good either 😢). I am hoping to get a Breville food processor, and buy the additional dicing blades for it, after I save up enough money from credit card cashback rewards from just using my credit cards to pay monthly bills. Haha. Where do I find these people to inherit awesome kitchen equipment from? 😂 There is so much stuff I need to get to be able to spend less time in the kitchen, and just be able to make certain dishes at all that require specific equipment. It sure isn’t fun being poor! Didn’t you have a KitchenAid too? I was debating about whether or not to get a mixer like that to make pizza dough with, but I _THINK_ the food processor will do the job good enough, cross fingers!
I do have a KitchenAid too and it is really great, there are some awesome shredding attachments that go with that also. I would not recommend having a bunch of different devices like I do I use different ones in different videos to show their different capabilities. But if you can get one that does it all then that is even better. I get hardly anything brand new I buy second hand mostly and then use what I find there, that is what my mom taught me to do and how I ended up with so many. If you have a deseret industries (a type of thrift store) near you they often have a lot of kitchen gadgets for great prices.
@@countrysparkles Goodness… I just realized I had a million typos in my last comment, because I use voice-to-text and didn’t do a good job proofreading! I edited it to make it understandable now, in case you didn’t get something I was saying. ;) Yeah… A couple problems with your suggestion though… The last time I went looking in our local thrift store nearby, I saw a Cuisinart food processor that I wanted to check out more/research before I bought it, but I didn’t even have the chance to write down the model because they kicked me out for not wearing a stupid mask. So I’m not going to go there anymore, because they weren’t even respecting my medical exemption. The exemption was literally granted to us from day one when these stores began demanding patrons wear masks, as written into our state governor’s mandate. The employees were extremely rude to me, to the point of grossness. I don’t want to give them my business anymore because of that. And secondly, that food processor they had wasn’t even that cheap… It would’ve been a waste of money no matter what, because when I looked up reviews later comparing food processors, the best of the Cuisinart’s food processors didn’t cut the mustard and are nowhere near the quality of Breville’s. It wouldn’t be saving me time or money if I am trying to slice a bunch of tomatoes and it makes slush of them, you know? Cuisinart also doesn’t offer a dicing option like Breville’s. So I am simply trying to hold off by saving up money from my cash back rewards from my credit card to get something that I know will be great and reliable and hopefully last a really long time. I agree with you that it is good to try to condense as many tools as you can, but I know that if I were to buy a crappy version, I would have a hard time throwing it away or find a new home for it when I undoubtedly end up needing to fork out the extra money to buy a better quality device (and thus end up collecting crap lol). I have a tiny shoebox of an apartment, and already have way too much crap as it is haha. I just hope that I can make my pizza dough/bread doughs like people say I can in the breville food processor! :) I can’t afford to get a stand mixer too, but I really need that ability, because I simply can’t stand in the kitchen that long to knead out dough with my bad back. So I’m crossing fingers that a food processor will do the job of a stand mixer well enough for my purposes. All the extra attachments are so cool on a KitchenAid though… The most enticing one being their pasta maker. What a cool luxury - all of their stuff is so expensive though (even their attachments). I will never be able to make fresh pasta from home because I won’t be getting that KitchenAid mixer (and the manual one is way too much work for me). Sorry for writing such a long comment and ranting a little bit. ;)
