"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:23:43 -0000, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2/28/2014 9:40 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> >> ...
>> >>> On 2/28/2014 5:45 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>> >>>> Reporting back as requested:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I had about 5 pints of stock in the freezer which I defrosted and
>> >>>> poured into a tray to dehydrate. It never became brittle and it was
>> >>>> like a sheet of taffy; very pliable. So I rolled it up and cut it
>> >>>> into
>> >>>> slices and put them into a baggie. I wouldn't want to bag it and
>> >>>> leave
>> >>>> it on the shelf as I do my dried veg, but even it I freeze it, it
>> >>>> will
>> >>>> take much less space than all those pots of stock.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So, will I do it again? Yes
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> Good going! Instead of fruit roll-ups* you made stock roll-ups.
>> >>
>> >> lol they sure look like them )
>> >>
>> >>> *fruit roll-ups are a commercial snack food I associate with getting
>> >>> kids
>> >>> to eat more fruit, although I'm sure they're mostly sugar.
>> >>
>> >> They are and they will keep fine unfrozen because of the sugar content
>> >> I
>> >> suspect. I daren't do that with these. But the difference in volume
>> >> is
>> >> marked
>> >>
>> > You know, if you added sugar you might create a new snack food craze.
>> >
>>
>> <g> Perhaps the 'diabetic' nurse might have an opinion on that)
>> Anyway,
>> I need that stock! )
>
> Dehydrating might be the answer to my freezer capacity issue. Thanks
> again, O.

You are very welcome and I will be doing it more too.


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