Will it Freeze Dry? GOULASH - In a Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryer.

[@77gmcnut]

I enjoy watching your "Will it Freeze Dry" videos. They inspire me to try similar meals in our Harvest Right. It appears that you and your staff enjoy a real sense of "family" working together. Keep the videos coming please.

[@EpicenterBryan]

Thanks Mark! I'll pass it on to the crew.

[@Manoel1978Alves]

These "Will it freeze dry?" Videos are awesome! Keep doing it, please!

[@EpicenterBryan]

Thanks! Many more in the works...

[@danineal5910]

The cook was brilliant!

[@thomasreddick5908]

Wow, that looked awesome. Wish I could have tried some...

[@LLWW]

looks super yummy and rehydrated so well.

[@tinameschko]

Yum! That looks amazing.

[@ediefaylor8137]

I bought the machine for Christmas and I have not tried doing meals, only vegetables and fruit. Now that I can see what you are doing, I will get much more adventures!! Thanks for the great videos! Edie

[@EpicenterBryan]

Full dishes are really fun. But try to make a big batch when no one else is around or you won't have any to go in the Freeze Dryer!

[@lolahassan4443]

LOL The can of parmesan looks like a can of Comet cleanser. (I like these videos and can't wait to get my own freeze dryer. This looks like total fun.)

[@Thisisit120]

Why don’t you guys do videos anymore. You were the first ones I started watching when I got my Freezedryer and learned so much. Miss you an awful lot❤

[@Ween745]

Jen is correct in that everyone has their own taste when it comes to making goulash. There is no right or wrong, it's all about your own personal preference. I have my own favorite recipe and I stick with it, but I'm not gonna knock somebody else for making theirs different.

[@EpicenterBryan]

Send your recipe! I want to make several big batches for my own preparedness, so any tweaks people like, I'm all over it. The last batch was great - but yours might be even better!

[@H2OSensei]

I've recently ordered a Harvest Right and haven't received it yet. I really enjoy watching your videos. You guys are a cool group of people. Almost like a little reality show. My goal is to make "Mountain House" type meals that you can rehydrate, right in the bag. So pre-cooked meals that I can throw in a pack. Have you tried any of your foods, rehydrated in the bag?

[@tkcdac]

How are you doing with your HRight? what is your favorite meal?

[@carolpanepinto5484]

So glad it freeze dries well. That is what I will make for my next batch. Good job!

[@EpicenterBryan]

Great! Let us know what you changed and if you think it made the dish better. I want to do MANY loads of this since it turned out so well. Would love to try any changes you come up with...

[@carolpanepinto5484]

I kind of followed Jenny's recipe except I did not have any chives handy. This is the first time I have put garlic in goulash and love it! Added some fresh green pepper since I used plain canned tomatos. Don't have a pressure cooker so just made it in a pot. I did not have a lot left over (it was so good) so I put some liverwurst slices and a beef slider as well as some grated cheese in the batch. Had one full tray of goulash, another half tray of goulash with the liverwurst and slider, third tray was about half full of grated cheese. Well the goulash seemed to freeze dry well, had a little bit of oily residue but not a lot. Liverwurst (already frozen) and ground beef slider (raw and frozen) came out nice and dry. But the cheese-did not do well. Hard cheese pieces in an oil puddle. Put the cheese in the fridge and hope I can use it. So thumbs up on the goulash but not doing cheese again. :-)

[@EpicenterBryan]

Interesting. I didn't have any issue with 4 trays of grated cheddar cheese. As for liverwurst, I never would have thought that was possible. I love it but figured it was full of fat. But it worked?

[@carolpanepinto5484]

Yes it worked great for the liverwurst. Of course I only did three I'm guessing 1/2 inch slices since I have the small freeze dryer and it does not hold a lot. And the cheese I used was actually cheddar and it came out terrible. I am beginning to think it is something other than fat content that makes things freeze dry well-or not. Avocado freeze dries well and it has a high fat content. and the raw hamburger I freeze dried still had all the fat intact where I did drain some fat off in the goulash and it is the same hamburger. Both the liverwurst and raw hamburger were already frozen

[@carolclarkson4859]

big fan of your videos

[@EpicenterBryan]

Thanks Tom! Any special requests to add to the list? (there really is a list)

[@susancarr9955]

Pressure cooker tip. Put a big binder clip on the cooker and liner to keep it from spinning when you stir.

[@durphy]

Jenny sprinkles spices while Janet sprinkles condescending remarks.

[@EpicenterBryan]

Ouch.

[@PreparedinOregon]

Vern Hickner ...so easily offended! I prefer to call my responses authentically honest.

[@durphy]

I'm not offended. I should've said insults but my recollection failed me. Please accept my apology!

[@PreparedinOregon]

Vern Hickner What did I say that is so insulting? I never intend to insult or condescend.

[@GoldenTrumpet24]

I got to freeze dry a tray full of yogurt a couple days ago., I was surprised that it didn't take much time to freeze dry lol

[@Vonroo3]

I freeze dried homemade goulash I have also done homemade spaghetti I have found that the spaghetti rehydrates faster than the goulash but both turned out really good

[@arstrahan]

Have you opened any of it after a year? Has any of it gone rancid.

[@vslecompte]

I make something very similar to this, but I add Velveeta cheese. It tastes WONDERFUL, but I was wondering if Velveeta can be freeze dried?

[@BrendaBodwin]

Where do you get those fantastic Huge ziplock bags that the pasta was in? I've seen those in several of your videos. Goulash is one of my favorite foods. (I never measure either Jenny) I could do with out the celery seed unless your adding hot sauce olives and a pickle for a bloodymary goulash. Lol

[@rinab4405]

I just found your video,Is it possible to freeze dry Chicken and Dumplings? It's getting colder here in North Texas!!

[@Vonroo3]

I've done goulash and spaghetti they both took quite a while to dry they turned out great I found the macaroni took a little longer to rehydrate than the spaghetti

[@EpicenterBryan]

Yep - It did surprise me how much water came out of those batches. But the noodles turned out great when re-hydrated with zero cooking. Those crazy noodle contain so much liquid when they are the correct texture.

[@thecman26]

New Mountain House entree? ;) Looks amazing!

[@EpicenterBryan]

Ohhhh... If they actually listed to me, there would be so many more items. We have been on them for years about doing simple things like ground beef. Imagine being able to free space in your cooler by taking FD ground beef in small portions.

[@thecman26]

EpicenterBryan that would be awesome!

[@arstrahan]

Has anyone had these freeze dried and packaged in Mylar bags with oxygen removal for over a year and checked it. Does it go rancid?

[@sundayscomrad4877]

i make mine just about the same but i add shredded cheese as well

[@EpicenterBryan]

Yum. I'll try that next time.

[@kardstore]

I use flat noodles and add corn and olives.

[@EpicenterBryan]

That sounds awesome. Do you do it in a pressure cooker?

[@kardstore]

no, I brown the beef, then put pre cooked noodles and everything in a baking dish pour some tomato sauce on top and put it in the oven.

[@EpicenterBryan]

Yum....

[@lortarn]

Has anyone tried freeze drying stuffed peppers

[@adamstevenson2485]

Love Jenny she seems so sweat.

[@beckyhrnandez]

So are you allowed to sell your own freeze dried foods or that's not a possibility?

[@EpicenterBryan]

I really don't know what would be involved. I've heard mention of the phrase "Cottage Food" - that might be a search topic for you. What we make in our own Freeze Dryer is for our own use.

[@beckyhrnandez]

got it, thanks!

[@trumpnewsnetwork9619]

can you freeze dry HONEY?

[@EpicenterBryan]

Harvest Right says it makes a sticky mess and can't be re-hydrated so I have not tried it.

[@forjazznjava]

What is this place? Some sort of workplace? Compound? Co-op? Church? Commune? I don't get why these people would be cooking together.

[@EpicenterBryan]

We are a company that sells emergency supplies. Often we make lunch and freeze dry what's left over for the KZbin channel.

[@jozefsvec5438]

this looks much more like pasta bolognese then goulas. Looks great though.

[@EpicenterBryan]

Share a recipe you want to try in the freeze dryer, and we will give it a shot!

[@sundayscomrad4877]

Canned dog food and catfood can b freezedried too!!

[@Vonroo3]

I also add can of tomato soup

[@carmenrichardson5524]

That is not goulash..dont know what it is, it looks good though

[@JM-or9dp]

I don't know what that is, but it sure as hell ain't goulash..

[@EpicenterBryan]

I also mentioned in the text that it was called "American Goulash". See Wikipedia here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_goulash

[@TheresaForino]

J M there are so many versions of Goulash in the world now a days and what was made here by Jenny was just one version of just one version of "American Goulash". I know here in the US it is a very popular dish made while camping.

[@ironbooze2937]

Haha, I was already going mad..."American Goulash", oh boy

[@JM-or9dp]

It's not even close, doesn't look like goulash at all. That's like me making a pancake and calling it an "Bosnian donut" :D

[@TheresaForino]

J M if you look at the Wikipedia article Epicenter Bryan posted it will explain the history and diversity of Goulash. Many countries have their own version of it with only one thing in common being that it's a a highly seasoned soup or stew of meat and vegetables with ingredients vary from country to country and region to region. There are a lot of foods out there that have the same name but are different depending on the country, you mentioned pancakes well they are different all over the world same as doughnuts. So your example just another example of how a food can be so diverse around the world!

[@AdmiralPreparedness]

My wife puts paprika in her's.

[@NecroBanana]

Admiral Preparedness In her what?

[@positronundervolt4799]

;p

[@gaaava]

It has nothing to do with goulash