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Post by claytonpiano on May 18, 2015 22:02:30 GMT
Anybody here can or dehydrate sugar snap peas. If so, how did they turn out.
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Post by siletz on May 18, 2015 23:30:35 GMT
I am interested in this as well. I froze them one year. I didn't like the texture at all as they came out very mushy when thawed. Hadn't thought of dehydrating them.
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Post by oneraddad on May 19, 2015 2:21:17 GMT
I am interested in this as well. I froze them one year. I didn't like the texture at all as they came out very mushy when thawed. Hadn't thought of dehydrating them. I blanched and froze mine and they also turned out mushy ?
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Post by claytonpiano on May 20, 2015 1:05:02 GMT
So far everything I am finding on the Internet says that they come out mushy canned or dehydrated (when you reconstitute.) I'll keep looking. Surely there is some way to preserve these delicious things. I may not have any to preserve. The grandkids eat them in the garden. I get such a small amount that I have had only one serving for DH and me, but the grands are so cute stuffing them into their mouths.
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Post by spacecase0 on May 20, 2015 1:25:55 GMT
any extra I have I let dry on the plants in the pods, I just plant them the next year, but never tried eating them that way
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Post by ketoriverfarm on May 20, 2015 2:19:57 GMT
I have tried freezing them too. If I cook the from the frozen state with a tiny bit of sesame oil, just till they thaw and get hot. They are not too bad.
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Post by Skandi on May 20, 2015 6:35:26 GMT
I've never frozen my own but I've bought them frozen and they're fine in a stirfry, not crisp of course, but not in danger of turning into soup either, so it must be possible. I do cook them straight from frozen
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Post by aftermidnite on May 20, 2015 14:45:48 GMT
I have researched them and from what I can find out ..they are mushy when rehydrated . The few women I have seen on YouTube say the best way is to bite the bullet and buy freeze dried if you really want them long term storage .. I intend on growing them again this year and IF I can get enough I am going to try it just to see how I like them since even store bought frozen ones will turn mushy for me too..
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Post by spacecase0 on May 20, 2015 15:05:17 GMT
freeze drying at home is possible, you just need a vacuum pump that pulls a fairly hard vacuum and vacuum chamber if you can't find a vacuum pump that can deal with water vapor, just add in a tiny amount of air leak on the input of the pump, that will keep your oil from getting messed up with all the water I have freeze dried things with a rotary vane vacuum pump from harbor freight tools (used for air conditioning service in cars) and a canning jar as my vacuum chamber with a heat lamp pointed on the canning jar.
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Post by northerngardener on May 20, 2015 15:14:09 GMT
freeze drying at home is possible, you just need a vacuum pump that pulls a fairly hard vacuum and vacuum chamber if you can't find a vacuum pump that can deal with water vapor, just add in a tiny amount of air leak on the input of the pump, that will keep your oil from getting messed up with all the water I have freeze dried things with a rotary vane vacuum pump from harbor freight tools (used for air conditioning service in cars) and a canning jar as my vacuum chamber with a heat lamp pointed on the canning jar. This deserves it's own thread with pictures!
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Post by spacecase0 on May 20, 2015 15:26:37 GMT
freeze drying at home is possible, you just need a vacuum pump that pulls a fairly hard vacuum and vacuum chamber if you can't find a vacuum pump that can deal with water vapor, just add in a tiny amount of air leak on the input of the pump, that will keep your oil from getting messed up with all the water I have freeze dried things with a rotary vane vacuum pump from harbor freight tools (used for air conditioning service in cars) and a canning jar as my vacuum chamber with a heat lamp pointed on the canning jar. This deserves it's own thread with pictures! ok, I will see what I can do, not sure if I already put something like it on my blog already or not, it would have been years ago if I did spacecase0.blogspot.com/but I can't seem to search my own blog anymore...
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Post by claytonpiano on May 23, 2015 1:37:39 GMT
Result: Dehydrated. Super mushy after rehydrating. Looks like freezing or freeze dried is the only way to go.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2015 14:44:32 GMT
I found a recipe for pickled sugar snap peas that I want to try. They are not canned - just a refrigerator pickle but supposedly keep a long time and are supposed to be crispy. I haven't tried them yet so I can't say how they'd turn out but if you are interested in the recipe I can post it here. They do say they need to age at least 2 months before you eat them so they have time to "develop the desired flavor and crispness."
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Post by my3boys on Jun 1, 2015 17:56:33 GMT
I love sugar snap peas but when I can't grow or get them fresh, I admit I buy them commercially frozen. I bring them to a boil then immediately turn of the heat and cover. I let them stand for a minute or two before draining. They aren't like fresh but aren't mushy either.
I use the same method with frozen beans.
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