What You Should Know About Dehydrated Potatoes
Dehydrated potatoes are really the same as instant potatoes, and this latter term is perhaps more familiar to you. If you are like thousands of other US people, you purchase dehydrated potatoes on a constant basis and often use them in your cooking.
Think about how often you have gone to the local greengrocer to buy dehydrated potatoes. Once a week? Twice a month? In those times that you have caught a pack that says “Instant Potatoes,” have you ever checked the package for the list of ingredients contained in the pack? The next time you go out to purchase your fave brand of dehydrated potatoes, you must try taking a look at the list of ingredients. You might be in for a shock.
Actually, we have done that to one of the less expensive types of dehydrated products – check out its ingredients, that is. We went to our local Aldi’s and grabbed a box of “Great Worth Instant Potatoes.” You would expect the package to contain potatoes, and nothing else right? In fact, it’s just instant potatoes, so what else should be in there?
Here is a listing of the ingredients that are really included in the pack of dehydrated potatoes:
– potato (you would really be shocked if this wasn’t included )
– monocerides ( these are fats )
– diglycerides (another kind of fats)
– sodium acid pyrophosphate (this is basically a chemical employed in electroplating)
– sodium metabisulfate ( this chemical is used with antioxidants)
– citric acid (a weak acid used for flavoring )
– BHT or butylated hydroxytoluene ( a fat and oil antioxidant which has been quite questionable in the food-processing industry)
Out of all these listed ingredients, the only one that really has business being in a pack of dehydrated potatoes is the potato itself. So what are all the other stuff doing in there? Just seeing the amount of chemicals involved in making dehydrated potatoes will make you want to think carefully about purchasing them again.
You do have the option of making your own dehydrated potatoes. You can be certain that there are no dangerous chemicals added, and you can have a good time making them. The process is fairly simple, and you can make it into a fun activity for the family, particularly if you have children around. For more info see http://www.dehydratedfoodguide.com/Articles/Dehydrated_Mushroom.php on Dehydrated Mushroom.
When making dehydrated potatoes at home, just follow these straightforward steps:
1. Cut your potatoes into thin slices.
2. Place them in a warm oven.
3. Keep turning them until they become crispy and dry.
4. Mash them into powder and put them in airtight containers.
You can ask your youngsters to help you in this last part. Simply make sure that everything is orderly so you won’t have to wash up too much afterwards.
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Eatin some rib flavored chips…aka some dehydrated potatoes sprayed with kick ass bbq sauce…no animal sacrifice, but maybe some msg!
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Ancient south Americans dehydrated potatoes and stored them for use during famines
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The potatoes are all fresh not frozen, blanched, dehydrated they are fresh all the wave to the microwave.
Food teeming in my stomach…dehydrated potatoes…
How do dehydrated potatoes really taste?
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