Howdy losers

With all the posts about making jerky and pemmican, I decided to blow 40
bucks on a food dehydrator. I guess I could have used the oven but what
the hell!  First try was hamburger jerky. The dryer came with some dry
spice mix and I had hamburger in the freezer. It was good. Not great,but
 ok. About a lb. of chuck yeilded approx. 2/3 lb of meat sticks. I just
rolled them out by hand. They looked like something the dog left. The
kids said "eeeewww" but ate em like candy.
    I'll try a round roast this weekend. I'll also try some deer jerky soon
as there's some in the freezer also.
    I bought some frozen blueberries to dry for the pemmican. I'll give a
report when done.
    Another thing I dried was some yellow squash and zucchini. They turned
out very good. I sliced them about 1/4 inch thick. When dry they were
crisp and crunchy. The yellow had a sweeter taste, but both were very
good.  Makes a good scoop for ranch dip!
    Any way, just a new gadget to play with. When the garden starts bearing
this year we'll try drying a little of everything!

            Dave