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Freeze drying is a food preservation method that removes moisture from food while it is frozen. Instead of using heat to evaporate water, a freeze dryer uses freezing, a vacuum, and a process called sublimation to remove the water as vapor.
MEMORIAL DAY MENUS WITH A HARVEST RIGHT FREEZE DRYER
Memorial Day; the start of summer. Pools open, folks hit the road with their travel trailers and backpacks, summer sports go into high gear, and the temperatures begin to warm. Aaaaahhhh… Whether you host an event or attend one, chances...
Buying a Freeze Dryer Was a Lifesaver
Harvest Right began selling home freeze dryers because we wanted to provide a tool that could help people improve their lives. There are many ways a freeze dryer can improve a person’s life. A freeze dryer easily creates an emergency...
Hurricane Irma: One Year Later
"It's been one year since Hurricane Irma and I can honesty say that this has been the most trying year of our lives." (Read our previous post about the Smiths losing nearly everything they owned in Hurricane Irma.) Update from...
We received a nice note from one of our customers, Sharon W., in Texas. We bought the medium dryer about 7 months ago. Since then we have been running our dryer practically non-stop. We have found it keeps the flavor,...
"Help! I am receiving a Bible that is wet after a house fire. Has anyone had experience in FD books to salvage them? Do you pre freeze with it open? Put it on center tray? Do you need other items...
Irma Victims Keep Going with Freeze Dried Food
Recently we received a letter from one of our customers in Florida, the Smith family. The Smiths had some flooding during Hurricane Matthew, but just days later when Hurricane Irma took a dramatic western hook, they lost nearly everything. Within...
The poor sweet potato. It's not pretty so it's often overlooked as the nutritional powerhouse that it is. Sweet potatoes are not only one of our favorite foods, dogs love them, kids love them, and they are the secret weapon...
Freeze dryer saves the day...and the phone!
We love to hear about what our customers are putting in their freeze dryers. We hear a lot of great stories, some are brand new things they've tried, some we've heard before. Although typically we hear food stories, we occasionally...