Dehydrating Beans and Vacuum Packing

[Durgan]

Dehydrating Beans and Vacuum Packing
Posted on October 28, 2014 by Durgan
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?CBCWQ 28 October 2014 Dehydrating Beans and Vacuum Packing
Two hundred grams of pressured canned beans were dehydrated and vacuum packed for long term storage at ambient temperatures for back packing and camping.One liter of wet beans makes about four vacuum packages or one meal for one person. The vacuum packed beans are reconstituted by adding water and heating or even ingesting cold. Pictures depict the process.

I revive these beans periodically add some garlic and onions and sometimes fresh oysters and make a soup. This makes a quick,nourishing and simple lunch.

I am not looking at dehydrating Natto, fermented soy beans. Using this process the product stores for long periods.

This is the original cooked beans.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?SCAUH 17 January 2015 Pressure Cooking Dried Beans
A batch of pressure canned dried beans was prepared. A variety of beans were washed and boiled for about half hour. These were rinsed and pressure cooked for two hours at 15 PSI.Dried beans must be thoroughly cooked. The beans were then placed in a pot and mixed with a prepared sauce for flavor. The beans were then beat into a slurry.The beans were placed in containers and frozen until required.The sauce was made from home tomato juice, mustard, soy sauce, garlic and molasses.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?ZJWVZ 24 August 2014 Tomato Juice.

 

[IcyBC]

You are amazing with your preserves! Something that I can never do due to my condition and the situation I am living in.

 

[Durgan]

It does not take many tools or effort to preserve as I practice. However it does require almost a complete shift in what one uses for food. The dehydrated beans will be used in the next batch of whole wheat buns that are made.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?YBJXQ 27 May 2015 Whole Wheat Buns
This is my method of making whole wheat buns.The quantity is about 12 medium sized buns.
Ingredients:
Three cups whole wheat flour.
Teaspoon of yeast.
Teaspoon of white sugar.
Teaspoon of salt.
1\8 teaspoon of baking powder.
1.25 cups of milk.
Heat milk slightly warm.Combine all the dry ingredients and mix dry. Add milk and knead into a ball. Shape into convenient sized buns. Let rise for an hour then bake at 400F for 20 minutes. The product is a leavened bun of good texture.Very similar to an English muffin.