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Canning cream cheese verses dehydrating it…????
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Canning cream cheese verses dehydrating it…????
Seeing that cream cheese does not loose volume after being dehydrated, is there a reason one would dehydrate it verses canning cream cheese?
I know, I know it is rebel canning, but I am also wondering who out there has canned cream cheese. I have been looking at ways to keep dairy on the shelf, and comparing options.
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I’ve been using this bc it’s shelf stable. You only use a cup powder to 1/4 c water. You can use for spreads,dips,cookies,cheesecake, begals, frostings, pumpkin roll,ect.. I have tried to freeze cream cheese but don’t like how it thaws out so this is a better option for me but I’m curious about canning it. I wonder it there is a way to vacuum seal it 🤔
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Thanks for that info.
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This is something that I want to do. I saw a video with someone canning it and it turned out good. I believe it was on YouTube by katzcradel. I’ll look and see if I can figure out how to link it here.
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Thanks for posting that. I watched another video of someone else doing this…
I can’t see any advantages to dehydrating cream cheese at this moment…..
I have been making cream cheese from whole milk for sometime and I love it… Being able to can it to be shelf stable sure has my attention.
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Now I am wondering about mozzerella cheese.. I wonder what the shelf life is on this…
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I have so many things on my “to do” list and making cream cheese, sour cream, and mayonnaise are a few.
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Yep, it is all about priorities doing the highest priority first, and sometimes which spinning plates you are going to have let break to save other spinning plates.
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Have you ever made and waxed hard cheese for storing? Another thing on my list 😉
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I have seen waxing cheese, but I guess I am too afraid to try it. Right now I get cheese in big blocks then I slice it down and put it in food saver bags then freeze it for when I need it.
I re-use the freezer bags and I get about 3 -4 uses out of the bags.
I guess it would be simpler if I just had a cow and made my own cheese 🙂 Yet I don’t like the idea of milking every day…
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I do the same thing. Just pondering on what I can do if we wouldn’t have power long term.
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I am offgrid as years ago I started asking the question, what would I do without power?
With the possibility of an man made EMP getting stronger I have been asking myself the question, how would I stay cool in the summer without my mini split? So far the only answer I have is using evaporative cooler… I hope I do not have to figure that out…..
I do look back to the 1800’s as they lived without all of the things we have now, things like ice stored in highly insulated buildings still works…
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from what i have read up on… The best way to stay cool/warm without machines is live underground.. either dig down into the ground to build your home or insulate with earthbags or some similar technique. Geothermics might be a concideration, swamp coolers are a thing but mildew becomes a real issue as well.
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My home when I was in Indiana was 1/2 of the way underground with cement blocks… It was great in the summer but the drainage was not the best, In the spring time water would seep thru the block into the home and we would wake up with 1/2 inch of water on the floor. We ran dehumidifiers all the time.
I have been looking at building a pit garden, also called a Walipini…. I was thinking of building it with a berm, so that I could go there in hurricanes…
This was another reason I was burring my 55 gal barrel, to see what the temps underground are…
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