I'm doing avocados now--my favorite food to freeze dry. When I can get them for 50 cents each, I buy 20 a day (usually Aldi). I mash mine (with lemon or lime juice) so that I can do more than slices (I recommend using parchment paper). On a medium tray I do five mashed compared to about 4 sliced (medium to large avocados). One tray of mashed avocado split in two fits nicely in a gallon mylar bag and they stack flat and better in bins than the bulging slices. Slices are prettier though and make sense for trail mix.

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Bring on the Guac!!!

@mgideon12345

6 ай бұрын

Have you tried just FD sliced avocados like in his vid? I did and they were horrible after re-hydrating. They were slimy with no flavor.

@jacknathaniel5203

6 ай бұрын

@@mgideon12345 I have. Mashed rehydrates well, but slices do not. I don't rehydrate the slices--they're good as a snack as is.

I just watched the trail mix video. The water was absolutely brilliant!! I was thinking.... how does he do those avocados. Well, thank you! Love watching your great ideas!

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I make a guacamole with Sauteed mix Spicy and fruity my garden peppers sweet onions, garlic. Then add tomatoes, bulgur wheat, parsley ( or you can just buy tabouli ) season and squeeze fresh lemons. I use the little green Rubber Silicone cube trays I bought from harvest right. Sometimes I just spread and section them off with the tray divider. I put 2 to 4 in a small little Mylar bag. In a 2nd little bag i put 6-8 little FD Pita chips for diping. I then add to a 1 gallon Mylar bag that has other snacks. I have a food and water bag by the door i grab before leaving the house. Thanks again for your videos.

You’re always so intelligent and creative with your FD journey! I’m loving learning from you!

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you!

Perfect, I am about to run avocados once this run of bananas are done. Living in the Philippines countryside gives me access to crazy cheap fruits. (and other stuff) Now to get some lime juice.. that I have to order

Super video!

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Merci pour la vidéo 🙏🏻

My husband keeps telling me we can't FD avocados so I need to have him watch this video. Thank you!

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't he know the wife is always right?

A great strategy for purchasing avocados is after a big weekend event when markets are reducing their price before they get too old. That means I tried FD avocados purchased the day after the Super Bowl. Your soak of lime juice and water worked great. Then I sprinkled them with sugar after draining them. Our university student granddaughter [who has lived at times in Brazil as a child/teen during industrial engineering work projects assigned to our son] gave the FD version a definite thumbs up. I like them also; however, I have to admit the guac purists of the family won't even try them that way. Brazilians, as well as citizens of several other countries, eat them for dessert sprinkled with lime juice and sugar. The FD pieces certainly had a pleasant contrast of tart citrus and sugar plus a sort of creaminess from the fat content of the avocados.

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

When in Rome... I buy a lot of avocados from a local Mexican market.

@maegan5034

Жыл бұрын

@@Philat4800feet Buyer envy! We'd have to travel 4 hours, round-trip, to get to a specialty market. I'll have to rethink my shopping destinations. 🥑🥑🥑

Helpful video. Thanks! If using the knife with a glancing blow to get out the pit doesn't work, our son [who lived in the Canary Islands where avocados are eaten with a spoon] taught us to hit the pit straight on with a sharp knife, then twist the knife. Works every time. I like how you slice the avocado with a not-too-sharp knife. That works better than a tool I purchased on Amazon. If you salt the avocados, a las Islas Canarias, I'm assuming that will slow down the FD time, correct? Have you ever tried FD them sprinkled with sugar to eat them as is done in Brazil with a mixture of sugar and lime juice? This also would slow down the processing time, correct? AND.....referring back to your Freeze Dried Emergency Food Rations video.... All generations of our family devotedly watch all seasons of "Alone." So many of life's lessons become apparent in addition to that of having sufficient fat and protein in one's diet!

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

I like those ideas...Need to try sugar. Serval millions of Brazilians can't be wrong

Since they say that fat doesn’t freeze dry well and it isn’t recommended for long term storage are you just not using them for long term storage? I have freeze dried avocados and they come out very dry and crunchy, so I’m always confused about food that contains a lot of fat. It is something that is very important in our diets and for long term emergency storage in case of shortages.

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Yup, Fat is flavor and fat is important. 30g of fat in an avocado and a cup of mayonnaises are totally different. You can freeze dry fats and oils to a point. Overtime they may lead to rancidity. You need to keep moisture, light, temperature, and oxygen away.

@photofreak21

Жыл бұрын

@@Philat4800feet thank you! How do I know how long I can expect food that contains fat to last and be edible?

Just found your channel....and I subscribed! Loving the videos!!!! Where do you purchase your mylar bags and OAs?

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Currently I buy them from all over. I test them and make videos called "Buyer Beware Series". Distribution Services have great OAs. Bags aren't too much of a risk as long as they're around 7 mil.

Hi Phil, nice video again. I have another problem again. My „red sealing cap“ of the standard oil vacuum pump is broken, and in Germany there is no standard size in the store for this caps. Can you tell me which size it has? Or do you have any idea how to close the vacuum pump after I filled oil? Thanks a lot!!!

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

My guess it's a 3/8 MPT (Male Pipe Thread). You might be able to find a rubber test tube stopper or use a tight ball of aluminum foil, the same size as the hole, and thread it into place.

How long does it take to freeze dry these? We just did our first batch and it said it was complete, but took just over 22hrs. Seems like a short time to me.

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Comes down to weight in moisture and how much you pile in a tray . 22 hours sounds good to me.

How do they reconstitute?

@edwardsnowden1380

Жыл бұрын

Trail mix…

@trinade3732

Жыл бұрын

I add a little water but usually end up mashing them on my toast. Thats why i just make cubes of guacamole. Guess it depends on what you want to use them for.

@mrpush2532

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardsnowden1380 yes, I.saw he was adding to trail mislx....I was meaning if being rehydrated, do they do well?

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Some foods will come back a little mushy. But with me, no problems: Avocado toast, Guacamole, etc.

Good morning

@Philat4800feet

Жыл бұрын

Same to you