Last two days, I have been binge watching Pam’s video’s. I had put an Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator in my Amazon cart to purchase it in 2 weeks, which cost $330 on Amazon. Today, I went to my favorite thrift store and I thought I was hallucinating, but there it was a brand new white 9 tray Excalibur dehydrator with the book for $65!!! I snatched it up, gave Thanks 🙏 to my GOD and have been smiling all day. In a few days, I will be using it 👏🏼👍👏🏼.

Just starting my dehydrator journey, but mushrooms have been a mainstay since the beginning when I saw some on sale about to go bad and dehydrated them that night. Perfect to just grab a few to throw in soup, ramen, eggs, tomato sauce... I love them.

I have spent the last three days or so, watching the pressure canning playlist and the freeze drying playlist, as my wonderful hubby bought me a freeze dryer AND a pressure canner! I've been watching this channel for quite some time, and I've learned so much! For years, we followed the guidance sheets our Church put out and recommended for Food Storage and a good 60% of it, we never ate. Over the years, we learned to start storing what we would eat. Now, as we're empty nesters, with our three grown daughters married with families of their own, I was struggling to figure out what to store, for just two people, but to have on-hand for more in case the kids had to come home for some reason. After purchasing our little five acres of heaven, raising some chickens and seriously trying to get more into raising our own food, learning how to properly store it has been such a blessing! Thank you Pam and Jim, I hope more members of my Church find you so they, too, can learn a better way to increase and use their food storage!

I make a stroganoff with beef jerky, dehydrated mushrooms, dried milk, celery, onions, and noodles. Add boiling water and put in a thermos. Yummy.

This woman is a power to behold Articulated, methodical, yet still warm and approachable Thanks for posting

Cream of mushroom soup with your freeze dried potato slices in ham will be a great idea for dinner. Thanks

I have dehydrated a lot of button mushrooms but I have never blanched them. They rehydrated fine and I also make powder out of them. I use it in soup and stir fries.

Something I learned this week from Dr Berg. Is that if you dry your mushrooms in the sun, with the giles facing up for 24 hrs no more, they will create vitimine D. And a lot too. Which is exactly what everyone needs. Can't wait for the soup recipe. Thank you.

I have been dehydrating mushrooms for a couple of years now. I put them out in the sun for a couple of hours to absorb vitamin D then into my dehydrator. I make a mushroom powder to add to soups and pasta dishes. Delicious. I do not blanch them.

Another dehydrating project for me. Right now I'm working on Pam's beef jerky.

Agreed, you don't need to blanch before dehydrating. Now we FD them and just cleans, pat dry and FD- beautiful- FYI- both process types are great on salads as croutons, or just snacking, soups, stir fries stc. TY

Jim saying put mushrooms in potato salad 😂😂 I'm with him. I try to sneak mushrooms in everything

About 2 years ago i went on a dehydrate mushrooms kick. Sometimes i can stll smell them in the house. 😂😂😂

At my Kroger store I find Button, Baby Portobello, Portobello and Shiitake mushrooms marked down by as much as 60% because they are about to "expire" and they look fresh as new to me, so I buy them. I can't seem to eat them fast enough and freezing hasn't work out for me in all cases, so I'm glad to find info on drying and rehydrating. Thanks for making the content. I had a buddy that used to hang Morels on sewing thread in his attic to dry them. I thought that was a pretty cool, low tech approach.

Mushrooms are the first thing I ever dehydrated and it’s still one of my favorite. I’ve never blanched and mine look more like your freeze dried ones. I love buying them on sale for $1 per pound, I always have them on hand so I never pay more

Why didn't I ever think to do this?! 🍄 I am always seeing mushrooms on sale, and buy them then try and use them up & sometimes they go bad. Never again will a mushroom go to waste in this house! Thank you for sharing!

My supermarket sells sliced mushrooms in large punnets. They are marginally more expensive than loose but I think it is worth it for the convenience if dehydrating (especially if you can nab them on special). I don't blanch before drying and rehydrate with boiling water and use the lovely liquid as stock. They may have a slightly rubbery texture if fried but when cooked in other things like meat loaf they are indistinguishable from fresh. I have used some that were two years old and they were perfectly good. I have just powdered a large batch but haven't used it in anything yet but the powder tasted good and obviously takes up way less space. By the way, I think the slices are quite yummy just as crispy little nibbles.

Absolutely love dehydrated mushrooms. The depth of flavor is outstanding. I always dehydrate then use in my cooking.

I learned recently that mushrooms exposed to UV light can be a very good source of vitamin D₂. Vitamin D₂ (not D₃ as is usually found in capsules) is the form of vitamin D that we synthesize from sunlight. And eating UV-supplemented mushrooms has been proven to raise vitamin D₂ levels in the blood. Pam and Jim, I don't know if you knew this, but I thought you might find that interesting. I love your videos and I dehydrated a bunch of mushrooms from the store a few months ago. They turned out great. I add them to stir fries, noodle dishes, and even to a tater tot casserole I brought to a potluck.

I don't blanch before dehydrating they turn out good. Most of ours go into mushroom powder which I add to soups casseroles rice etc. Very useful for adding flavor, nutrition and for thickening.

Mushrooms are my favorite food to dehydrate, great for soups, scrambled eggs and casseroles and more I have yet to discover I'm sure. 👩🏽‍🌾👍🏽🙏🏽🧡💖

I cannot wait until you give us a creme of mushroom mix! I have loved everything you two have taught us about food preservations and storage. We love every recipe too! The problem may be where to put all of the jars1 Thank you.

you are usually happy and smiling but you have a very special happy glow in this video. Thank you both for all these great videos and tutorials. I don't remember everything I see and like seeing them over and over, until I get it. lol.

Yes cream of mushroom soup mix. I hate using canned soup. Looking forward to this! You are great Thank You!

Would be great to see a list of single ingredients you have freeze dried and the time it takes to freeze dry them!!! Just love your videos!!!!

Pam your such a joy to watch . You make me smile and I love that you share all your knowledge and idea’s with us.❤️❤️

I cannot express how much you have helped me since I have found your KZfaq channel. You've become such an inspiration and your excitement lifts my spirits during a personally difficult time. Thank you both for all that you do for our community. I'm dehydrating shredded carrots today, then moving on to potatoes, onions, and last but not least...mushrooms! May you both be blessed!

The 2nd lid as a spacer is a life saver! I’ve battled the small lid size and gave up until I saw your “trick!” I’m anxious to see your mushroom soup dry mix!

I love dehydrating mushrooms! I really love that you decided to preserve them for us on video. Very helpful! Thank you! 😊🌱❤️

Hello to Pam and Cindy and Jim! Good mushroom find, Jim!!

I dehydrate mushrooms often but have never blanched them before. I also powder them and add them to sauce and gravies. I love them!!! Thank you for sharing all you do!!!

I have dehydrated for awhile now and so enjoy them! I have not steamed them, just cut them fresh and put in the dehydrator and store in vacuum sealed jars. I have never thought about powdering them but I will try that. So enjoy all your videos, I feel like you do your homework before you show us how you do things. Thanks for you and your husband's hard work. Liz

Pam..if you go to the Provident Prepper, she did a video on mushrooms you can grow in your kitchen. It was fantastic, they come in a kit...in your windowsill or table...

I just did this yesterday! They are so handy, love to make cream of mushroom soup with them

I just finished dehydrating 5 pounds of mushrooms in my Corsori dehydrator. I ran two batches at 135° for about 8 hours. It yielded two half gallon mason jars. I was truly amazed by how delicious the finished product turned out. They tasted like real mushrooms! The flavor was intense and I can’t wait to use them.

I REALLY needed this video! 🤩

You are just amazing! Your energy and excitement is transformative for me. Thank you. Have mushrooms in dehydrator right now! My second day of owning a dehydrator🤗

Thank you for always researching scientific methods for food preservation! There are so many others out there who are teaching unsafe methods.

I use dried shitake powder as a MSG substitute

Yes Im exicited about this one!

I just put fresh mushrooms in my freeze dryer. It’s because of your delightful teaching…I purchased one.

Love freeze drying mushrooms! Looking forward to your cream of mushroom recipe!

Whoa great to know I always need to buy cream of mushroom soup. I would love to see how it’s reconstituted

Thank you

MUSHROOMS... here for it!! 🙌🏻❤❤❤❤

We appreciate you! Thank you for taking your time to help us.

I love you Mrs. Pam you get so excited about your freeze drying, I love watching you so much.I wish I had a freeze dry

Fabulous!!

Great video thank you!!!

Yay! I’ve been hoping you’d do a mushroom video! I love mushrooms & am so excited to hear about your cream of mushroom soup!

I did not know they needed to be blanched first. I am just so glad I found your channel here and that you keep me from doing a big boo boo in preserving my food.

Thank you again for very informative video. I love your excitement. Thank you also for describing and quickly explaining the "gadgets". And yes I do like the new thumbnails 😎

I so needed this video. I definitely going try to dehydrate some.

Always a winner!!!

Thank you! Yes, I have dehydrated mushrooms 🌹

Always love your videos! I'm already anxious for the dry mushroom soup recipe! Thanks so much! ❤

I learn so much from you. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

Thanks so much for all your knowledge and taking the time to share helps Sooo much

I’ve dehydrated and freeze dried mushrooms. I haven’t blanched them before either process. We grow our own Shiitakes on logs in our woods. I also buy button and baby Bella’s at the grocery. I make a mushroom salt that is amazing. Waiting for your mushroom soup recipe. Great idea!

Mushrooms! One of my favorite ingredients. This is so fun. Thank you. And, by the way, whatever beauty regime you are doing, keep up the great work. You are more beautiful with every passing week. xoxo Love from a fan in Ohio. (Hum, did Jim try that Chicken Salad inspiration recipe he mentioned? HA)

So very excited to learn this. Thank you.

They ok amazing. I definitely need to dehydrated

Thank you so much for your video I truly appreciate it!!

Love all your videos. I have some mushrooms in my dehydrator. Bought them on sale after watching your video. I blanched mine. Now I’m reading all these comments that say don’t blanch. I read they won’t hydrate well if blanched first. If Pam says blanch then I’m going blanch because I know she cares about my safety in food preservation.

Thank you for this video. Dehydrating mushrooms has been on my mind lately so the timing of your video is perfect. I also appreciate reading the comments others leave. Looking forward to your mushroom soup video!!!

Thank you for inspiring me to dehydrating mushrooms !!

We love mushrooms. Anxious to see the different ways you use them.

Can’t wait for your dry mix Mushroom Soup!!! Oh the things we can make! Thank you again for all you & Jim do! We appreciate you both so much.

Your videos are always so informative. I love that. I like knowing the how and more importantly why! Thank you for such detailed videos.

I recently started dehydrating. Pumpkin seeds were my first food, and mushrooms were my second. I made mushroom powder. I'm going to put it in capsules to take everyday.

I also have dehydrated mushrooms and love them. Would love to have a freeze dryer. I just can't justify buying one at our age. But I want one so much.

Mushrooms are great. I have dehydrated them and it’s so easy. I didn’t blanch them and they look great. I need to use them now to be sure they will rehydrate well.

obviously a suggestion 'you should do mushrooms' can take on a whole different meaning depending on the social environment you're in...doing your videos while on mushrooms would potentially make for quite an interesting content to watch... :))) i thoroughly enjoy your videos pam, in fact i regularly download many of your clips to my laptop's hard drive for 'just in case' emergency reference should youtube/internet ever go down indefinitely... i do own a number of books regarding various aspects of emergency preparedness but a video to reference certain tasks can be so much easier and faster to follow than just written instructions... i feel that your attention to proper guidelines in order to make canned/stored food as safe as possible make your video content more valuable than most others on such a subject... keep 'em coming pam, i'm personally especially interested in your instructional content on pressure canning, freeze drying and dehydrating/rehydrating [and reconstituting] various foods for/in long term storage but really, there are only a very few of your videos which i find of little value to me... thank you for your dedication to share your knowledge and experience...

I LOVE dehydrated mushrooms... I also leave mine sliced and powder when I want. I have never steam blanched mine before, and mine taste fine, still look good in the jars. Can't wait to see what idea's you come up with. I LOVE powdered mushrooms in my chili!!! Gives it a wonderful extra flavor. Thank you

Loved the potato salad banter! Not a fan of mushrooms, but I can see the value of dehydrating some to make my own cream of mushroom soup.

I love mushrooms also. They all look great, Cant wait for recipes. Enjoy your week.

Thank you. This was a question I was going to ask

I wondered about doing mushrooms. Thank you!

LOVE this video. Thank you. I think I like Jim’s idea of trying mushrooms in potato salad! It sounds like something I would like. 😊👍 ~Sharon

I was just thinking about dehydrating mushrooms. It's as if you read my mind. Thank you.

Hi Rose, thank you for providing the tip for dry canning with the regular mouth jars. I was going crazy trying to get the kids to stay on. You made my day😊!

I love mushrooms! I just finished dehydrating some celery, I'm so glad I didn't slice them very small because they nearly disappeared! Tfs this with us. Please stay safe and sending hugs. 😊

I have some FD mushrooms and have found them so convenient and even able to use them in a wider variety of meals since they are so convenient. I'm looking forward to following along with you in our next mushroom projects. Today I found some white birch mushrooms and I was going to explore freeze-drying them as well.

I dehydrated my mushrooms and then powered them up. Its so good I'm my meals...Thank you Pam for a great video

Great timing I've got my first batch of mushrooms in the freeze dryer right now.

You give me so many project ideas... Will be doing mushrooms next payday.

Must try this

I have been dehydrating mushrooms for a few years now, I don't blanch mine. I love the taste but not the texture of them. Great to have on hand and just crush some up in my hand and add to anything. Love your stuff!

I just completed a batch of FD mushrooms. They turned great. Just rinsed and placed onto trays and then into the FD.

Going to do that, I too love my mushrooms.

We just got a dehydrator this summer , and that was the first thing I did it is one of our favorites! Thank u for all your lovely videos , I am always sharing!

Love the interaction between u and Jim. It’s always so funny and sweet. I gotta tell you Pam, I have some of those dried Costco mushrooms that are way older than yours…..and they are still fine. I use them for cream of mushroom soup and use the soaking water as mushroom broth for the soup. They are so handy for those of us who live almost two hours from town. Love this

Nice posting. I'm not a fan of mushrooms but hubby loves them.

I just received a dehydrator as a gift and mushrooms are the first on my list. Excited to get started!

I cant wait for your cook book🥰

Wonderful! Thank you !

I love that you taste your creations. 😂

Can’t wait for the mushroom soup mix!! Mushroom powder is all the rage, too

👏🏻🤗🤗My favorite! Mushrooms!!

Thank you so much for all of your videos! I’m new to dehydrating and canning and am so grateful for the knowledge you share! I just bought a dehydrator, that’s brand new, 30s ago. Lol I’m heading to the store now to get some onions and mushrooms. Maybe some frozen vegetables. I live in a tiny house and don’t have a lot of kitchen space to work. Not having to blanche EVERYTHING is a lot of work taken out of the process…