I freeze dried grapes because I was curious, lol
I love grapes, and so do our chickens, so I decided to try freeze drying some:)
This time, I just wanted to keep emptying out my freezer. I had sliced apples, some random bags of blueberries, and some grapes I had vacuum sealed and frozen. I’m sure curious what the freeze dried grapes will be like. I hope they don’t explode in the machine or something – really don’t want to have to do a huge cleanup afterwards.
The apples, blueberries, and grapes were all pre-frozen before I put them into the Ice Queen (a Harvest Right Home Pro Medium freeze dryer).
Welp, the grapes didn’t work, lol
The apples and blueberries came out wonderfully, like they did the first time I tried to freeze dry them. The grapes, however, are not good. The sugar bubbled out a bit, they didn’t actually dry all the way, and they’re just a super sticky mess, hahaha! Perhaps if I had cut them in half, they would have done better. I will try that next time I do them and see. Live and learn, right? 🙂
I put the freeze dried apples and blueberries into mason jars with oxygen absorbers, sealed them with a jar vacuum sealer (I actually now have two of these, lol: Electric Mason Jar Vacuum Sealer), and put them on our shelf:)
Freeze drying timeframe:
The Ice Queen ran for 19 hours and 45 minutes. And like I already said.. apples and blueberries were great, grapes were garbage, ha!
Did the 2 hour defrost after this run:)
Happy freeze drying!!
Welp, cutting in half probably would have worked out better.. the freeze dried grapes came out a gnarly, sticky mess lol. I rinsed them really well and gave them to the chickens with their breakfast though, so not wasted. Live and learn, right? 🤣 pic.twitter.com/kVCurxlTum
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