Re: [pct-l] Dehydrating Goodies

[Owen Kittredge <owenk@quiknet.com>]

My wife and I have dehydrated food and have found that we do not save much
money when the cost of the electricity for the dehydrator if worked in.  I say
this because we notice a marked increase in  the electric bill the following
month so if you are running it 5 days a week it will get expensive.  We did
find that dehydrating our own food made the meals more enjoyable. My favorite
was dehydrating our favorite spaghetti sauce.  If I was doing it to save money
I would build a solar dehydrator.

Good luck

Owen k

Karen Borski wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am curious whether anyone out there has experience dehydrating food
> for the PCT or another similarly long hike, and can give me some idea
> of how long I should expect to need for the process of dehydrating food
> for myself for the PCT next year?
>
> I'd like to have 1 - 2 servings of dehydrated fruit and one serving of
> vegetables at the very least for each day out hiking.  I'd also like to
> have 3 servings of dehydrated meat (which I will supplement with
> store-bought TVP) per week.  I plan to take 5.5 to 6 months to hike.
>
> Any ideas on when I should start dehydrating, if I expect to run the
> dehydrator 5 days per week until I'm finished?
>
> Thanks,
> Karen
> Nocona AT98
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