dried veg

[diamond lil]

I'd be very grateful if anybody knows of a cheapish source of decent-sized packs of dried veg...?? all the usual sites are far too dear for moi.

[Rosesandtea]

Do you mean like mixed dried veg? Like this?
http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/asda-com ... s_50g.html
I've gotten them from Asda but not sure that is the best way. It's just what I found at the time.

[diamond lil]

What kind of sizes of packets do you get R&T? I can only see wee tiny things at 40p - ish.
EDITED ah sorry yes I see the link now, thats the stuff I saw. I suppose buy several a week.

[Rosesandtea]

Yes, they are quite small sadly.

Would you consider getting a dehydrator and making your own?

[diamond lil]

Well it's been on my list for ever R&T so maybe one day...in the meantime I was getting twitchy with the Greece thing and suddenly wanted more soup mix

[jansman]

Yes, they are quite small sadly.

Would you consider getting a dehydrator and making your own?

Don't want to hi jack this Lil. R+T talk to me about dehydrators. What brand and how economical?

[Ferricks]

I'm also really interested in any info on dehydrators.... spent my lunch hour at work looking through various types online but just gave myself a mother of a headache trying to work it all out.... I'll probably just buy extra soup mix while i still can....

[Rosesandtea]

Excalibur is the best. I cannot currently affford it. You can find them on ebay or specialist shops on the internet.

I believe Stockli is another good make, it's Swiss.

I'm looking at the Severin on this page:
http://ascott-dairy.co.uk/acatalog/Coun ... pment.html

but if I can't raise enough money I'll get the Bomann on the same page.

I'd really love a large, nine-tray one but I just can't afford it now.

If you have a fan-assisted oven, if you use the lowest heat, you can use the oven as a dehydrator. Uses more power than a dehydrator but when I had loads of free apples and other hedgerow fruits it seemed a shame not to.

[jansman]

Thankyou,will look at that.
Lil, how do you make use of dried veg?

[diamond lil]

I'd like a dehydrator if somebody gave me one for free but I'm not growing enough to warrant buying one... I cant even fill it with bargains reduced at the supermarket because I only go once a week.
If I had an allotment then I'd def get one Jansman. I hate depending on a freezer - powercuts can easily ruin all your stuff.
Re dried veg, I figured if we had loads of porridge; the veg + lentils/barley for soup and stew making; and a load of bread flour thats the basics that would sustain life.. all you need after that is a gun and some game and you've got good food