Trail Food: Scones & Freeze Dried Eggs

[@MonkeyToDaddy]

I don't know how you two have the time & energy to do all that you do but I am certainly grateful that you do! Thank you for the info and scone recipe! I appreciate and am encouraged by both of you 🥰 Be blessed 🙏

[@trailgrazers3690]

You are very welcome.

[@marygallagher3428]

Great demonstrations! The scones look scrumptious :-)

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thanks, Mary. I appreciate that.

[@AussieBrit]

I need to stop watching your videos when I'm hungry! 😂 Those scones look fantastic! Cheers from Oz! 🦘

[@trailgrazers3690]

LOL!

[@carolynsinyard1306]

I need to go on a trail ride with you two. I have realized that I take to many things with us when we go RVing. Reorganizing is what I will be doing this rainy day. Thank you both for sharing with us.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Sounds great! You are very welcome.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Scones for the trail. You're the Martha Stewart of camp food💞..

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you!

[@kittmiller2212]

Well in the UK they are pronounced without the "E" Scon like Ron, we use a 3" round steel cutter we brush cream on the stop to eliminate the crumbly top, and we top the a very light dusting of confectioners sugar

[@trailgrazers3690]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@gcook9221]

I have been FD for sometime - just a suggestion...when FD something that has been frozen start your machine probably 1/2 hour before loading the trays. That way, your eggs won't defrost.

[@trailgrazers3690]

The new software update has us pre-cool the machine for 15 minutes for everything now., pre-frozen or not. It works great that way.

[@garliclovers1416]

Well that was a lesson on Scone making. Never seen anything like it. Will be giving it a try. Only ever had SR flour, water, butter and salt and into the oven, back out for jam and cream. You are giving this oldie some cooking lessons. Really interesting video Pam and Jim. Thank you.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you very much. So glad you enjoyed it.

[@yalephd8533]

I love your videos and I always learn something new from you in each one! You are a wonderful teacher and I am so thankful that you so generously share your time and knowledge with all of us. Would you please put the large 20-quart plastic tubs and the smaller air-tight dry goods containers (both parts of your trail panty kit in this video) in your Amazon store? I would very much like a link to those items.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you. And thanks for reminding me about the containers! I forgot all about posting those in our store. Going to check on them right now.

[@sheilam4964]

I, too, can confirm that neither Amazon store pages has any items on them. The info on where 50% of the earnings will go and the category headings are there but no items in any of the categories.

[@trailgrazers3690]

That is crazy! I hope things are showing now. We double checked everything on every device in the house and had no trouble. Keep me posted.

[@suzannemartin1202]

Try a different browser. That happened to me until I picked a different browser. 🙂

[@sheilam4964]

@@trailgrazers3690 - tried again today and still the same for me. Another answer was to try a different browser but I'm not up to downloading one at the moment. Yours is the first of these that has not worked for me. Sorry. No worries. I will keep trying to find a way.

[@sheilam4964]

@@suzannemartin1202 and @Trail Grazers - My browser is Google Chome. Is anyone else using this browser?

[@maxibake9323]

6am here, & now I want Scones. Lol. 🤗 Great egg storage.👍 TFS TG, take care, & Happy 4th of July for tomorrow everyone. ❤🙂🐶

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you!!!

[@maxibake9323]

@@trailgrazers3690 👍🤗❤🙂🐶

[@eyes2see438]

SAVE ALL YOUR EGG SHELLS. Make calcium powder with them great for your garden. let them dry for a few days, or dry in oven on 250° for 20 minutes. Then put them into your blender and turn egg powder.

[@susanorozco9112]

Thank you sharing this. I need calcium for my tomatoes 🍅. They're getting the brown bottoms. ☹️

[@eyes2see438]

@Susan Orozco, yes it does wonders on root end rot. I used my powered egg shells on my tomato’s 🍅 and bell pepper 🫑

[@trailgrazers3690]

Yes, I have used them often for my garden!

[@markgoldjefferson2797]

Hi. I most compliment you for this knowledge of yours.... I am Mark Gold Jefferson from Frankfurt Germany reside in kenturky, how about you? I really want to be your friend please

[@PamelaKS]

I’ve watched all the videos in here so far and they are terrific! I just checked on my Freeze dryer and it looks like it will arrive in 3 weeks. I’m tired of waiting, but I still have a lot of food storage organization left to do. I think I’ve used every bit of space in our house to it’s max. It’s been very challenging, indeed!

[@trailgrazers3690]

So excited for you!

[@sharonhendricks9706]

I want to be able to freeze dry so badly, sigh.... Pam, I wanted to remind you that not everyone will have a Vitmix blender and that two good pulses on it will not be the same as a regular blender, therefore it might be necessary for someone to blend a tiny bit more than you did. I LOVE my Vitamix, even though it's an older one it is fantastic. I recently added the grain mill canister and wow! I bet that's the canister you need for those eggs, but as dry as they were it's just as easy to crush inside the bag. Good thinkin'! I have to say that those scones looked amazing,. I used to make scones from scratch, rolling/patting the dough and cutting them for tea parties that I did as a little business. Really makes me wish I'd had this version and that pan. Thank you and Jim so much for all the experimenting you do to bring us these terrific ideas and recipes!

[@trailgrazers3690]

Great point, Sharon. Mine is also an older one--more than 20 years old. I'm fairly new to making scones but I think they are terrific!

[@patriciasweet9102]

That scone recipe sounds divine. Have made a few but I like that combination of ingredients. Am sharing this info and the new book with another person. She just got one and will love all the info you have.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@amsohn1]

That's awesome...we've only had our Freeze Dryer for 2 weeks, and love it... Harvy is our FD... cannot wait for your FD book... I'll be purchasing all your books next week. Blessings 🌞 Ohhh I made Pork Sausage and gravy- Freeze Dryed them... then sealed them... made them for breakfast for my hubby this am over Biscuits... he loved it, had to work on the rehydration time, however it was awesome...

[@trailgrazers3690]

How kind of you! And congratulations on your new freeze dryer. It is so cool that we can now enter the name of our freeze dryer and it shows up on the screen!

[@amsohn1]

@@trailgrazers3690 yes it is... we've never had thr older settings so that's all we've known... I've gone back and binge watched all you have on freeze drying... got corn ans green beans going tonight, will most likely have cream and yogurt and maybe buttermilk and homemade cheese... I grew up on a dairy and we made all that great stuff, soooo woohoo... where did you get y'all's black silicone mats for Kelvin?? We have thr large FD... Blessings 🌞

[@lorijarrett8428]

I store the majority of my Freeze dried foods in jars as well.

[@trailgrazers3690]

I think it is a great way to store FD foods.

[@wifigrannyl.1354]

I can honestly say, "I've never had a scone". I will have to try this recipe. Thanks Pam & Jim. Love from SE Texas ❤

[@trailgrazers3690]

That was me as well about a year ago. I am new to scones and never knew what I was missing!

[@kayecramond8194]

Can't wait for my freeze dryer to arrive. I will certainly be purchasing the ebook on freeze-drying you mentioned.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Wonderful! So excited for you to have a freeze dryer!

[@Brineytoes]

I wish freeze dried eggs weren't so horribly expensive! At my age it wouldn’t be a smart decision to buy a freeze dryer, but if I was a lot younger, I would. Maybe I will try some in my dehydrator, thanks to your saying it is alright to do so. As we begin spending a great deal of time in our camper, they would be a tremendous advantage! I eat fresh cooked eggs, but my spouse won’t touch them, so I don’t keep a whole lot on hand. I am glad to know the powdered measurement that equals a fresh egg, so thanks again for that! I’ve never had a scone. I have to try that, too.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Glad the information was helpful.

[@fastenuf]

I have never had a scone, but these look easy and yummy. And may I also add that I really love the way you are styling your hair these days. I have curly hair as well, and it's wonderful when you can put away the straighteners, etc and just enjoy your natural curls!

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you so much!

[@retiredpsych2658]

I concur on your new natural hair look. Lovely!

[@MrandMrsBurns]

Another check is to stand the jar upside down over night and look for condensation on the inside of the bottom - now the top, of the jar.

[@bookgal]

Great tip - thanks!

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thanks for the tip.

[@eyes2see438]

The rolling pin works much better. Only put one try of Freeze dried eggs into the gallon Ziploc bag. Remove all the air. Then you use your rolling pin. You will get a fine powder. I have been doing it this way for the past year. You will get more into each half gallon jar.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Great tip: She tried that. Hands worked for her. I'll replay video to see how many eggs fit in her jar, since they are 2 people & I don't use as many in a set time frame.

[@eyes2see438]

@@fourdayhomestead2839 I get 18 eggs on one tray. I have a medium FD. I sometimes put the egg powder in a sieve, to remove the larger pieces, to reprocess in my mixer. I have found on occasion that these larger pieces don’t fully rehydrate.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Yes, using my hands was faster than the rolling pin. Two trays of 18 eggs each fit nicely into a 2-quart jar.

[@webknob6998]

It looks like you may have more than 1 1/4c flour. Just wanted to ck so I can make the scones. I love all of your creations.

[@trailgrazers3690]

The recipe calls for 1 1/4 so I tried to stick to that.

[@dianeshaw9061]

Loving your newest channel!

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you!

[@lizstone18]

Great video as always. I'm making progress on building my pantry of freeze dried items in sealed ball jars. I noticed that you secure your jars on the shelf with an orange net of some sort. Would love to know what you used - maybe include things like that in your videos too. Thanks for all your hard work - looking forward to your ebook.

[@trailgrazers3690]

We did show that orange barrier on one of our RoseRed videos. We buy it at Home Depot--it is what some people call a snow fence and we just cut it to size and wrap it around our shelves for earthquake safety.

[@lizstone18]

​@@trailgrazers3690 thank you so much for responding - this helps me finish my pantry project. Heading to home depot.

[@annelefevre9457]

When you head out onto the trail, how far do you usually go? I hope you will tell about some of your experiences on the trail. Do you combine “ camping out” w/ being on the trail? Your good perpetuation is so fascinating. I enjoy watching you so much.

[@annelefevre9457]

Oops ….food preparation…..not good perpetuation. (Don’t know where that came from)!

[@trailgrazers3690]

We set up our trailer or our tent at a "home base" for several days and then ride out daily on day trips on our 4-wheelers following different trails. Those day trips last anywhere from 2 hours to most of the day. Hope that answers your question.

[@judieneal9962]

I love to freeze dry eggs. my daughter has her own eggs, and I do those. some are very large, some are small I usually use about 20 or 21 per tray. she collects about 20 a day.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Fantastic!

[@furmisl203]

Wonderful and informative! Thanks so very much.

[@trailgrazers3690]

You are welcome.

[@Lulu-he9dp]

I would never been able to eat dehydrated or freeze-dried raw eggs until I saw you okay with it. I trust your opinion on the safety of it. I don't dehydrate them, but I am buying freeze dried eggs now and it will be great to have that in the pantry. I love scones too so that will be something I just have to make! Thank you!

[@trailgrazers3690]

You are very welcome! Thanks for your comment, Lulu!

[@pattf1002]

Pam, I would love to get a scoop like you use. I have been using an ice scoop.

[@trailgrazers3690]

It is a great scoop and I am so glad I found it. I put that on our Amazon store over on RoseRed. The link to the Trail Graizer store over there is: roseredhomestead.com/amazon-trail-grazers

[@pattf1002]

@@trailgrazers3690 I received it yesterday afternoon. Will be a lot easier, thanks so much!

[@lynsmith2698]

Great video. The scones look so good 🌷🇨🇦

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thank you! They didn't last long around here!

[@Inspired2Design]

Pam, you did a video on dehydrating eggs but many people say it isn’t safe. We don’t have a FD (frankly we are afraid we will buy it and by the time it arrives, there will be no food to dry)… but what is your official stance on dehydrating eggs. Ours come from our own chickens so I tend toward storing this way… thanks for your hard work!!

[@trailgrazers3690]

It can be tricky to dehydrate eggs but I have done it and the eggs have been just fine. You need to control the temperature, which is the tricky part, and try to keep it under 140°F so you don't "cook" them. We do have a video on that on RoseRed if you are interested--it also reviews freeze drying eggs. Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5fEYnqsmNSbfq8

[@kerrycooper-dean4243]

Interesting that your basic scone recipe is the same as the biscuit recipe given the me by a work colleague who was originally from Missouri! A scone by any name is still yummy 😊

[@trailgrazers3690]

That is interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[@vikkisoderquist6013]

Very nice. Mmm, carbs... they look really good... honest. I love carbs. Tfs. Please stay safe and sending hugs to you both 💜😎

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thanks so much!

[@sandrayarnell9498]

Great video! Thank you and God Bless!

[@trailgrazers3690]

You are very welcome.

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

Nobody ever talks about the cleanup of Calvin. When freeze drying do you ever get a problem with it taking on odors of the things that you’re doing. Or does the machine ever get dirty inside and how do you clean it

[@trailgrazers3690]

We have done a video on that on our other channel. Yes, I have had to clean it. You can pull out the shelving unit and disconnect the cable. I use mild dish soap and warm water and wipe everything down. Don't use bleach! I wipe the shelves and inside the chamber. Then I do the same thing with clean water and then use a dishtowel to dry everything off and put it all back together. Between batches I leave the door open so it can air out--especially after doing onions or other smelly stuff!

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

@@trailgrazers3690 Thank you so much I will try to find the video on that. I didn't know you had one.

[@irishtea15]

Thank you for making this video, I use my freeze dryer frequently, but haven’t done eggs yet. Regarding the scone recipe, what oven temp did you use. Thank you

[@MaryWehmeier]

Oh my! It just broke apart… LOL. Looks yummy Pam. Thanks

[@trailgrazers3690]

Thanks, Mary. I am fairly new to making scones, but I really do like them!

[@DeeDeeDIY]

Mmmm!

[@ChieftuckabuckawaysWife]

Hot diggity! This is teriffic!! Thank you.

[@trailgrazers3690]

You are welcome.

[@chinady1827]

What temperature to bake the scones? Thank you!

[@trailgrazers3690]

375°F. Sorry if I forgot to mention that. And they bake in my oven for about 18 minutes.

[@chinady1827]

@@trailgrazers3690 Thank you! Have a great day!

[@chinady1827]

@@trailgrazers3690 just made them. Delicious!!!

[@KitchenFairy61]

I know that you have some of your mix recipes on your website. Are you planning to put the scones recipe on the site?

[@trailgrazers3690]

It will be in our Food Storage book coming out soon, but I can put it up on the website as well. I will get that done over the weekend.

[@karenkingrey6142]

I have a much smaller freeze drier…I’ve not used it, yet. My question is, can a smaller unit be used for safely processing eggs?

[@trailgrazers3690]

I only know about the Harvest Right freeze dryers, so if it is the small model of that brand, then I would say it is safe to use.

[@JaniceCrowell]

Because of the fat content, how long do you think these would be shelf stable?

[@trailgrazers3690]

Commercial ones say 10 years on the back of their cans. I would say that ours will last at least 5 years because I am quite conservative about home-processed eggs. We rotate through a 2 quart jar of ours in about 2 months and I keep a minimum of a 2-year supply of them in our food storage. I don't want to be without eggs and we no longer have chickens.

[@tinak8081]

Eggs are the next big shortage. So please save your eggs, as many as you can.

[@trailgrazers3690]

I agree!

[@marilynweber7957]

Oh no, no, no - let's help each other here - grab some "barbie tables" - pizza box white separators - you put 4 or 5 in the tray - I wash them in the dishwasher in between batches - use your wonderful little white squeezy measurers to pour into trays if it gets harder to reach and not spill, but I have a tupperware container of those cheap little tables and use them in the corners and in the middle, pour into the tray in the freezer and stack the next one - helps you to get LOTS of trays in that shelf - and I now make whites and yolks every once in a while - I use the whites for angel food cake and the yolks for noodles. I don't do as many and the yolks are very plastic like - I have a LOT of chickens.

[@trailgrazers3690]

I am not exactly understanding what you are saying...dividers in the FD trays, or stacking additional trays per shelf in the FD?

[@marilynweber7957]

@@trailgrazers3690 Making it easy and very inexpensive to stack trays in the freezer - we have 8 trays and are constantly filling them, getting them ready for the freezer - this makes it so very easy. If it's liquid, you put the pizza tables down first and then pour in your liquid - using your nice squeezable measuring cups - put another tray on and add more pizza tables - Or you just put the food in the tray and then put the tables in and freeze. It makes it easy to stack 4 trays to a stack and then, for us, 3 rows of trays on each shelf. Then we start with the small 1/2 trays for a toaster oven to get more started for the medium freeze dryer we have. Hope that helps and sorry it was confusing!

[@TheCanniScot]

You've put the Rosered intro on this one, as opposed to the Trail Grazers one.

[@trailgrazers3690]

Silly me! That is what I get for trying to edit videos for both channels in the same evening1

[@CoyoteWindRanch]

Loved this one! My first day using my freeze dryer will be tomorrow and eggs will be a perfect start batch as I have eggs coming out my ears right now. How strongly do you recommend freezing them first? Excited to get started and freezing first will set me back a bit but if I need to freeze I will.

[@eyes2see438]

Lori, you don’t have to freeze them first. I put my trays in the freeze dryer first. I scramble 18 eggs in a bowl with a spout, than pour the eggs into the trays. I turn on the freeze dryer just before you scramble the last 18 eggs. This way all you will have to is start the freeze drying process. I have a medium size FD with 4 shelves. Get a second set of trays. Have fun with your new FD.

[@CoyoteWindRanch]

@@eyes2see438 thank you! Super excited to get started today.

[@trailgrazers3690]

We did 4 trays of buttermilk this week without freezing them first and they blew up inside the freeze dryer. I won't do that again! I am OK with not pre-freezing things like stew and fruits and veggies, but for me, pre-freezing trays of liquid food is a must.

[@CoyoteWindRanch]

@@trailgrazers3690 I appreciate that. The milk did great not freezing it but I will freeze the buttermilk for sure. I wonder what the difference is? So much to learn about all this. I did reconstitute a 1/2 gallon though and it separates really quick. It was raw goats milk, perhaps that is why? I don’t know but it tasted great!

[@sheilam4964]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@MyFavoriteColorIsBLUE]

Do you have a cheaper option for us to be able to do eggs 🥚 on Pam? I'm not seeing a freeze dryer in my future

[@trailgrazers3690]

I know--they are so expensive. We saved up for 5 years to get ours. If you have a dehydrator, you can use that. Here is the link of our RoseRed video that talks about that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5fEYnqsmNSbfq8

[@gingerhawkinshills]

Have you tried making mayonnaise from freeze dried eggs?

[@trailgrazers3690]

Yes, and it works great!

[@gingerhawkinshills]

@@trailgrazers3690 Thank you!!!!

[@eyes2see438]

Do you have a video on making mayonnaise with your freeze dried eggs?

[@michaelkoons5230]

When trying to go to your Amazon links, it comes up on the Amazon site saying Web page not available. I tried these links on another one of your videos and the same thing came up. Will you be able to fix it?

[@nancyst.john-smith3891]

I just used the link and it worked fine.

[@michaelkoons5230]

@@nancyst.john-smith3891 I will try again. Thanks 😊 UPDATE: it worked! Must have just been my phone and 🤷‍♀️🤔

[@trailgrazers3690]

So glad you got it to work. Several others have said the same thing so we re-checked everything on our end.