You should do a side by side taste comparison of fresh broth next to canned broth next to freeze dried reconstituted broth - kinda like you did with the eggs! Would love to know if they all taste the same.
Becky…I feel like you are an old soul. How you view things & how you are homesteading is a thing of the past for someone as young as yourself. The fact your parents only did gardening on a small level just goes to show this is something near j dear to your heart. Of course now you have the perfect space to have an amazing garden. Now that your Dad is retired I can tell your parents enjoy coming over & helping you. Gives them a chance to “garden” without having to deal with it on a FT scale. Your parents are just awesome. Actually your entire family is. After all life would be boring without family. I think they enjoy coming & helping you as well. Plus you pay it forward in canned & fresh goodies. ♥️. Keep it up kiddo. You will only continue to learn what works best & become an expert.
Never in my life would I have guessed that seeing a lady take out the freeze dryer would make me so happy! 😊 I love seeing your videos! I have a tiny garden and grow carrots, garlic and herbs, but used to throw out a lot because it was just too much for one person. You taught me lots of ways to use and store my harvest! Thank you! ❤️
I FD shredded carrots that I powder. For breakfast it's great. I put 16 oz apple cider/ice 2-3 Tbs carrot powder and 1 Tbs spirulina powder. Not only does it taste great but gives a wonderful kick start to your day
Girl! You are dedicated! Maybe a worthy future home upgrade will be an outdoor kitchen where you can store your freezdryer, dehydrator, do you canning, etc and have big drains in the floor for easy cleaning and just in case more pear juice is dropped on the floor 🤣😉.
Back in the day they utilized a lot of out door kitchens to keep the main house cooler and reduce fires. I watch a couple in AK that are off grid and they do a lot of their pressure canning outside on their grill. They recently did Moose bone broth. Fun to watch.
Everyone should be creating food security in their homes. Prices continue to rise and shortages are happening whether you see it in your stores or not. Don't hoard everything at once but pick up a few extra shelf stable items and preserve what you can. Labor Day weekend wiped stores around me clean. I've never seen a Holiday empty stores before. It took them over a week to restock all the shelves. That should tell you something.
One of the grocery chains in my area have changed the shelves to a shallower depth to make it look like the shelves are full. Isles are wider now which is nice, but the deception is giving people false hope.
I just got home from Aldi and there were half a dozen things on my list that I normally get there that they did not have. There was still plenty of food, but the empty spaces here and there were concerning.
I'm excited for you. I don't have a freeze dried - nor am I likely to get one because of space constraints, I'd love to though - but I reduce my broth to a jelly and freeze it in ice cube trays. Works well and I know it's nothing more than bones, water and vegetables.
Hi Martha. Yes it's very simple. I make the stock as usual (bones, vegetables, herbs, water and sometimes wine if I'm feeling fancy, simmered on the top of the cooker or in a slow cooker). Then strain the liquid - I line a strainer with clean muslin to make sure I catch everything - into a saucepan and reduce by half over a high heat. When it's cool, fill ice cube trays and freeze.
I have to say Becky, I don't just say I love and enjoy your channel just to say it, but I truly do. I love how you explain what you are doing and why you are doing them. Very helpful. Thank you very much for that.
The news said there will be a shortage of turkeys this year. Never thought I would ever see our store shelves so empty as they are where I live…scary. Always a good idea to conserve food the way you do. Love the freeze drier idea! Have a great day.
Rose Red Homestead, in addition to Retired at 40, has freeze dryer videos. She does comparisons with dehydrated versus freeze dried, too. I just love her videos.
The freeze dryed broth can be without salt which completely beats the bullion cubes for those of us on Dr. required salt free diets. Thank you for this!
So pumped for all her videos!! Every time I see one its a little treat for me. So excited for you and this freeze dryer! Match made in heaven. 😍🥰 thank you for being youuuuu
@@AcreHomestead I also follow retired at 40 he shows how to do how to rehydrate and gives plenty of ideas (freeze dried fruits for cocktails 😉🍹) very valuable channel, as yours. Greeting from Switzerland and all the best🇨🇭🍀
You are inspiring me to start growing and preserving my food! With all of these supply chain shortages, prices are rising and supply is dwindling. We’re only at the beginning - time to start working towards food security.
A great way to make it completely salt free. I love using freeze dried mushroom powder for deeper Unami flavor. Look forward to more freeze drying videos.
This will be great for camping! I am extremely sensitive to MSG which is prevalent in the commercial bouillon cubes. The only one that doesn’t have MSG is the organic BTB. I had taken to dehydrating the broth. This is a fantastic alternative!
@@AcreHomestead And you are so right when you say they both have different cooking applications. Its so nice to just put a spoonful into dishes to add richness. Also nice to have for quick single portions of bone broth.
@@firequeen2194 1st my broth is concentrated. 4 bird broth in a pint jar. Then I reduced it way down to syrup consistency. Then used fruit leather trays. It took 30 hours. because I didnt thin it out enough on the sheet. And parchment paper or silmats would make it easier. But it got snappy and I ground it up in my coffee grinder.
You will love having the second set of trays. It makes it so easy to keep the freeze dryer going. The FD also uses less time when you pre-freeze the food. The other item that I love having is the silicone mats that go on the trays. Then when you are processing anything not liquid it make it much easier to get the food out of the tray. Love you channel!
I have loved finding your channel this summer. When someone is so genuine and excited to share what she knows and has learned (failures and all) makes it a truly enjoyable experience. Thank you for that and for all your amazing content. Especially when we're on the fence about a major purchase such as this one. You help make it an obvious choice to buy it. I do share your videos on multiple platforms to friends so others can see too. Cant wait to see more. Thank you.
Hey Becky! I love your videos and thank you for your information. I heard an interesting tip when blitzing the dried items in your vitamix, place cling wrap under the lid and it will make clean up easy!
My freeze dryer arrived last week. Started it up yesterday and making a list of things I want to do. Thanks for this awesome idea and will be watching for more. I love having multiple options for food preservation - canning, freezing, dehydrating and now freeze drying. Your channel is so inspiring. Thanks much!
So happy you made a video showing how to make the mysterious bone broth powder! You could try to freeze into bone broth ice cubes and save those up in ziplocs or pre freeze on trays on in containers for no mess and faster freeze drying time if you are doing smaller batches :)
Couple of questions: 1) How many times in a row can you run the freeze dryer before there's too much ice build up and you HAVE to defrost it? 2) What kind of repair/maintenance is involved with a freeze dryer? Loved the video, thanks!
Hi Carole, Harvest Right says to defrost after every batch. If you do not this causes the freeze dryer to work harder and not as efficiently. This can be done by the built in heater the freeze dryer has or you can leave the door and the valve open and let it defrost naturally. Depending on where you're at and your climate which you would prefer. As for maintenance you need to filter and or change the oil. If something does break they have a really awesome customer service system that will either tell you if you need to bring out to repairman or how to fix it yourself.
Becky I hope it’s ok to say as much as I look forward to your gardening and cooking content, I also love to see your nails and earrings! Always so cute!
So cool! I wonder how the Powdered bone broth would be changed into gravy, because know you would have instant turkey gravy too! So jealous if your freeze dryer!
Hello. Great video - I'm so glad the broth freeze drying experiment worked out :) I look forward to hearing your feedback on how the broth works in your dishes. Have a great day!
I’m in the PNW in Scappoose, OR on 9 acres. Becky has ignited in me a drive to grow, try, preserve and enjoy what gardening can bring. So grateful for your realism, Becky! Don’t stop doing you.
Becky, This was a great video. Lots of valuable information and easy to follow, for others who have a freeze dryer 😀. Always love seeing you in a new video. All the best wishes to you, Josh and the wider family circle, from the UK 🇬🇧. Paula 💖
Fantastic Video I am glad that you are sharing your freeze drying adventure to your viewers. I also have a medium freeze dryer and having two sets of trays is nice. However you do have to defrost in between batches . you cant just take a set out and pop another set in. you will have to much ice build up.
Freeze dryers are such a good investment. Your food doesn’t lose nutrients like they can with a dehydrator. Sarah at Living Traditions Homestead has talked about hers quite a bit. Becky, I know you’re excited about using yours. 💞
I love, love, love this channel! It’s the only channel that I have “clicked the bell”. We live on an acre lot in a gated community and I am so inspired to create my garden. We are in the process of building raised beds. Our goal is to get more out of our yard! Unfortunately we cannot have chickens (HOA rules) but I am excited to become a gardener and a food preserver. Thank you for all the inspiration!!!
Freeze drying that bone broth is awesome and it takes up less space once it’s all freeze dried and your powder it it’s gonna be probably less than a quarter of what you actually had to start with and it’s concentrated
I absolutely love watching your RU-vid videos. I know that I myself will never accomplish half of these, but it’s really great content all the same. Lol I feel like if there’s ever an apocalypse, I may have at least a 2% chance of survival.
A freeze dryer has been on my dream list for a few years but is more of a long term goal because they are spendy. This is the number one thing I wanted one for. Thanks for sharing! I will reference this video in a couple of years because dreams come true! : )
My husband and I weigh the trays before and after freeze drying so we know how much liquid per gram (grams are easier for math for us) is needed for reconstitution. For liquid, we will weigh it in a bowl first, and then weigh it in that same bowl again after it's dry. :) You didn't say anything about weighing it so you know how much moisture to add back, but I'm sure you may have off screen. If not, maybe this will help in the future :)
Hey sweetie... couple of things. You absolutely have to defrost the fder every time. Every. Single. Time. You can have the machine do that (which is what I do) or I've heard about people who put a fan on it and pull out the ice once it's partially melted. I just do other things, packaging up the food asap, washing trays, prepping food, etc. Also another thing, I learned from others that a frozen turkey can be cooked in a pressure cooker for 2 hours. Yup... I tried it and it's amazing. I put the turkey (I've done 16# turkeys) in there, an onion, 2 celery stalks, 2 carrots, pepper corns & bay leaves, fill up to the fill line and put it on the stove. Mind you this is my pressure canner that I stack pints 2 high in. Once it's rocking, I set the timer for 2 hours. I let it cool, put the turkey on a cookie sheet to cool faster, bottle up the turkey with broth that I just made. Take the bones, put them in my instantpot filled (to the fill line) with the same seasonings I did with the turkey, and do a 1 1/2 hr cycle and then I have even more broth and I can that up too. I hope this helps.
I'm waiting to see you freeze dry milk. Now that you've done the broth you know a pan of liquid will work. Powdered milk, of course, can be bought. But it's not the same as organic whole milk. I wonder if it would taste the same... For those times when you come home with 11 gallons of milk all at once because it was on sale. It would take less room than freezing it all. And perhaps you could add that to recipes without adding more liquid.
You really have to be very careful with things that are full fat… they can go rancid in long term storage. The freeze dryer is wonderful but not all things can be don’t in there.
Hi Becky!! I just found your channel and I love your content! Just wanted to pass along an idea for your freeze dryer. You should freeze dry a portion of each fruit that you harvest this year. Freeze dried fruits like strawberries and raspberries make GREAT tasting buttercream among lots of other things! You get the flavour without adding any water to your baking 😁. Take care and keep up the fun content!! ❤️
That is sooooo cool Beckie!!! I had no idea that was even a possibility!!! I cant afford to buy one of those, but I'm still so impressed that its even possible to do that!!! Also happy for you that you have one of those gizmos!!! Woo hoo!!! 🍃🤗🍃
This is exactly what I was talking to my daughter about today. That I need to freeze dry all the bags of chicken carcasses in the freezers, after being made into broth. I need to get to it.
I have been teaching my partner the difference between buying something to fill in space like a cheap processor to get the job done and an investment purchase like the freeze dryer. Showing him the possibilities and the potential for income as well as lack of food waste and long term storage I saw a lightbulb go off in his eyes lol So maybe one day xox
I went to Dollar Tree and bought 8 of the 8.5”x6.5” Betty Crocker baking pans, they are my extra set of pre-freeze trays. When I’m ready to load the FD I just pop the frozen food out of these little trays and put it on the FD trays, two fit perfectly on each. Then I can prepare and pre-freeze my next batch to be FD.
We recently started farming rabbits for food security. They are way easier to manage than I expected. I find farming rabbits easier and more enjoyable than chickens. Plus their manure is a cold fertilizer and can be used on your garden without needing to be composted first. Their manure is seriously gold.
I LOVE your channel! I had never canned before I found you. You have changed my cooking. I love cooking but due to a medical condition that makes it hard. I use to grocery shop on Sundays and then cook all the meals for the week which usually made 2 meals from my recipes. I use gallon size bags for the extra meals and I freeze them flat. We live in the country and don’t go out to eat like we had before, because there is nothing by us except at the gas station deli. I am currently on the look for an upright freezer! So again THANK YOU! 🥰
Hi Becky. Just be aware that no matter how much fat you skimmed off, there will be fat in the broth. It can be freeze dried but, it won’t be a long term item for your pantry. I have a freeze dryer too. I just finished tomato sauce that was expiring in a few months, boy it took 46 hours but so worth it! Blessings
Its good to do both methods just because if water is an issue you still have a water source and you can just drink as it is very nutritious or you can cook with it.
Love.. love…love it Becky…Something I’m def gona do..U make it all look so easy..Thanks for yet another great vid..Youre gona need a bigger larder though 😉xx👨🍳❣️
