Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Another Batch of Leather Britches Going

The green beans were done for the year so we pulled the plants up and then picked the beans off.  We got a nice bunch and decided to go ahead and make some more dried green beans.  Last week I got almost 1/2 gallon jar full and they will come in very handy.  The first cool day I am going to make a pot of vegetable beef soup.  I have been wanting some for a while now, I can almost taste it now.  I love soup weather, vegetable beef soup, potato soup, chili, chicken noodle soup, chicken vegetable soup, chicken and wild rice soup, taco soup and beef stew.
I wish I had more dehydrated peas and corn to use for soup, maybe next year I will do more of them.  Just called the hardware, yes hardware store where I get 50 lbs of red potatoes for $8.  They should be in this weekend so I will call again next week to make sure they are in and will be getting 100 lbs.  I will can some, dehydrate small cubes for soup and dehydrated some shredded potatoes.  I have a couple recipes I use shredded potatoes in and making dehydrated shredded potatoes is very easy and they keep forever.  Last time I made some I had them 2 years before I ran out.

1/2 gallon jar of dried green beans that I did last week.

Dried green beans.
 
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  1. Taylor-Made Ranch HomesteadSeptember 11, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    I'm dehydrating potatoes now. I dehydrated a bunch of shredded potatoes and I will dehydrate more shredded potatoes tomorrow. I was not aware you could cut them into small cubes & dehydrate, so I may have to try that next! How small should the cubes be and how long does it take them to dehydrate?

    I always enjoy reading your blog - thanks for keeping it up.

    ~Taylor-Made Ranch~
    Wolfe City, Texas

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    1. Paula OSeptember 12, 2013 at 7:40 AM

      I use them in my soups so I just cut them the size I would as if I was using them fresh, around 1/2" to 3/4" cubes. I also have dehydrated sliced potatoes and used them to make cheese potatoes.

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    2. Taylor-Made Ranch HomesteadSeptember 12, 2013 at 7:43 AM

      Thanks Paula - I'm going to give it a go. I love the look of the shredded dehydrated potatoes in the jars in my pantry and I love to use hash browns in my scrambled eggs so I know they'll be used, but I really do like the thought of popping cubes in my winter soups too!

      ~Taylor-Made Ranch~
      Wolfe City, Texas

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  2. Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®September 12, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    Great ideas Paula, as always. Thanks for the tip on the potato cubes, very clever! I think I'll try dehydrating small carrot cubes as well!
    Warmly,
    Tracey

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