freeze dried foods

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countryrider804
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freeze dried foods

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Can anybody tell me how to freeze dry my own foods? or is there a website that can tell me how to do it?

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CHUCKX53
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Here a set of instructions from Trails.com......"How To Make Freeze Dried Food".....

http://www.trails.com/how_40062_freeze-dried-food.html
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It would probably work better and faster if there were some way to put the food under a vacuum while drying. The ice would sublimate much faster in a partial vacuum.
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