Canned the butter myself in 2020. Basically, you heat it up a bit, pour it into jars, shake regularly as it cools down. Tastes great, normal texture, spreads easily, does not need to be refrigerated. To be honest, the photo of the butter does not do it justice. That shit was practically a golden glowing yellow and looked amazing. Though, as to be expected from butter you've heated, when it melts it wants to separate into solids and oil especially if put in farina, oatmeal, and the like.
Onions. Freeze dried and sealed in a jar. They're onions. Nothing special. I used them in a stir fry. Tasted just fine. Could have made onion powder or minced onions from that if I wanted.
Green onions. Freeze dried. Interestingly, they turned a little brown even though they were still as crispy "fresh" as the day I canned them. I ate a couple and waited for a few hours. No stomach upset, sniffles, irritation, or explosive diarrhea so they went into the stir fry as well. These tasted just fine as well.
The tomatoes have been freeze dried and on the shelf for... I wanna say around 4 years. I honestly didn't expect them to stay on the shelf this long so I never put a date on them. I also put some in bags around the same time. The bags did NOT keep them safe and they turned into mush within months. The jars, however, were perfect for long term shelf storage. Pulling them out, they were still as "fresh" as the day they were canned. Still snapped, ground to powder, etc. They tasted fine and did not exit my ass at light speed so those went into a rice dish just fine.
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TheOriginal1Icemonkey 0 points 8 months ago
I’ve bought shit tones of freeze dried foods, both bagged and canned, from the suppliers you are familiar with. I looked into the machine you have and all o saw was horrible reviews, poor service, massive downtime, oil changes, all kinds of reasons to NoT make that purchase.
Apparently I have more money than time, and I have stocked up accordingly. I’ve dated everyithing and have tried some stuff, but I’m not really worried about checking in on all of it all the time. When a sepals comes up, I buy more. I have a bit of everything. I also have bagged up and bucket Ted my own rice and beans, all different types. I’m glad you’re having fun with all this. It’s pretty cool and I hope you get things dialed in and reliable. Thanks for posting.