Bushwalk Australia

Hello!
I am very excited to be going on the OLT this February and I have just come across the endless benefits of dehydrating food!! (Slow on the epiphany, I know...)
I would like to give it a go but don't want to invest in a dehydrator only to use it once and then watch it collect dust.
Does anyone have any idea where I could hire/rent/borrow/beg for a good quality one in Sydney to give it a go for this trip?
Thanks in advance!!

Hey Hornsby
I am on the north Side of Sydney, send me a PM if that works for you - you can borrow mine for a few weeks.
BTW Aldi has them most years (think they had them recently) for about $40.

Matt

Hi Matt- I have messaged you but it seems to be stuck in the outbox... Let me know if you get it!!
(Still working out the website!)
Thanks.

Horneby wrote:Hi Matt- I have messaged you but it seems to be stuck in the outbox... Let me know if you get it!!
(Still working out the website!)
Thanks.

That's how the message system works Horneby, when the person reads the message it leaves your outbox.
I had the same thing early on and thought the message was stuck too.

A dehydrator is good value and you don't need to spend a sqillion on them. Mine cost about $100.00
and has been good value.

Thanks for the tip neilmny!! I was convinced I was doing something wrong!!

Try the kind of mesh bag that fruit comes in, hung out in the sun.

After 1 or more trips according to dehydrator price, the food cost savings will outweigh the dehydrator purchase price.

You can dehydrate food in any oven. I have successfully dehydrated meals in my conventional wall mount oven as well as in our LG convection/microwave oven.
I also have access to and used our Scout group Harvest maid dehydrator.

Basically all give the same result.

In times of high demand I have considered bying a dedicated dehydrator myself, but then the wall oven and LG microwave do just as good a job and are available most of the time.

Something to consider.

Hi Bruce. What settings do you put your oven on?

I tried to dehydrate pasta in my oven and burnt it! I suggest very very very low temps. (I now have a dehydrator - bought it off the internet at $169 and it feeds a family of five).

Ive done jerky in a standard oven before with no issues. About 80 degrees with the door cracked over half a day or so. Havnt tried anything else but should give it a go

What are people using to package their meals once dried? Vacuum sealed bags make sense but I imagine they will melt when you put boiling water in.

Coffee bean bags?

I could transfer contents to pot but would prefer to use the bag I carry the meals in.


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Dehydrator at Aldi next wednesday $40