Freeze Drying Asparagus (with a rehydration test)

Freeze drying a batch of asparagus and rehydrating a test sample.

This is part of our Freeze Drying The Alphabet from A to Z series.
Batch 286
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We have the medium freeze dryer with the original vacuum pump.

0:00 Preparing Asparagus
1:12 Blanching Asparagus
1:54 Putting on tray
2:14 Drying
3:48 Bagging
5:20 Sealing
5:57 Rehydrating

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Music used:
This is Not Effortless by True Cuckoo