Most people start out freeze drying basic foods like fruits vegetables and meats.
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Freeze drying also known as lyophilisation or cryodesiccation is a low temperature dehydration process that involves freezing the product lowering pressure then removing the ice by sublimation.
So when you open the door on a full freezer letting in warm.
Chopping and dicing foods to a smaller size can help decrease the amount of time it takes to freeze dry and make the foods much more convenient to use at a later time.
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Deciding what to freeze dry.
Over a matter of weeks the food will become dry.
To freeze dry food start by spreading it out on a plate or tray so that none of it is touching.
Then put the food in an empty freezer set to the lowest possible temperature.
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Freeze drying is complete when all the dry ice is gone though as before you can test the food by removing a small piece and seeing if it turns black.
This is in contrast to dehydration by most conventional methods that evaporate water using heat.
Leave the food in the freezer for at least a week.
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You ll know the food has fully dried by removing one piece.
After a week test if the food is freeze dried by removing a piece and letting it thaw.
Once food items freeze they help keep the air inside the freezer cold.
This process should only take about a day.
Place the tray inside a deep freezer and leave it.
At first the food will freeze.