Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis by Peggy Layton

Author:Peggy Layton [Layton, Peggy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Cleaning; Caretaking & Organizing, Cleaning & Caretaking, Cooking, Reference, House & Home
ISBN: 9780449819920
Google: WSYrNxolKK8C
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Published: 2012-05-30T21:26:39+00:00

Reconstituting Guidelines for Dehydrated Foods

When food is dehydrated, the water is evaporated out and the cell walls collapse. Some products, such as tomatoes, cannot be reconstituted to the texture that they were before. However, they can be used in soups, sauces, or seasonings.

It’s very easy to reconstitute food. A good rule of thumb for reconstituting fruits, vegetables, and meats is to add about three times the amount of boiling water to the dry product and let it sit for at least twenty minutes. If you use cold water, the product must sit in the refrigerator for about four hours or overnight. If you have added too much water, you can drain it and use it in cooking. If it looks like you used too little water, then simply add more. If using commercially packaged items, follow package directions when they’re listed. (See “Product Reconstitution Chart” in Chapter 8.)

To speed up the reconstitution process, add the dried products directly to soup and cook as usual.

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