The Freeze Dried Veteran

11/17/2025

Anybody interested in any sterling silver toothpicks, or sandwich sticks/burger stakes?
(you know those little toothpicks they put in a sandwich to keep it all together at a restaurant?)
Well look no further as I am now forging my own!
I have both standard size toothpicks and full length.(and any size in between if you contact me directly we can do custom orders as well!)
$30 for standard size sterling silver toothpicks
$45 for the Sterling silver burger stakes
For an extra five dollars I can ship them and if you order more than one I can bundle the shipping so the most you pay for shipping is five dollars.
If you buy more than one it's buy one get one half off.
Yes these are made of real Sterling silver
The burger stakes were approximately 6 to 7 g
The toothpicks were between 3-5grams each.
I can do twistedsterling silver, or I can do a gold plated swirl design.
Each toothpick features a point on one end in a flat chisel on the other however I can do two points or two chisels just let me know what you want and I got you covered.
For now get a hold of me on my personal page
Jay Cates
Thanks

11/17/2025

If you guys have been wondering where I've been, this little guy has been taken up all of my time and energy.. but I'm getting back on the horse and I should be ready to fulfill your freeze dried needs here pretty soon.
For any questions or orders for the time being contact me on my personal page.
Jay Cates

06/22/2025

06/20/2025

Hey guys with the baby coming I've been stretched really thin..
If you need anything freeze dried let me know, if you need any trees cleared, brush cleared, trees trimmed,(within reason), basically anything you need done around the house its between $20-25 bucks an hour. I get a LOT done, in a short time.
Simple landscaping
Tree trimming
Fire mitigation
Lawn mowing
Simple handyman tasks
Watering etc..
Usually $20 hour with a 3 hour minimum
$25 an hour If it's serious work or over 100f..
I have my own tools weedeaters, chainsaw, lawnmower, ladders, ropes , etc..
Been putting off mowing or weedeating the back 40? Lemme know I got you covered!
With the baby coming I'm making any money possible..
thanks love you all

04/19/2025

Made some biscuit's and gravy today

03/31/2025

I've been doing some creative freeze drying, all cycles and seasons, during certain parts of the year certain vegetables juices meats all kinds of groceries are cheap cheaper because that's the time of year that they get ripe. Recently we have had a surplus of milk, so instead of letting it go to waste or trying to give it away I freeze dried it!
This is about 1 1/2 to 1 & 2/3 gallons.
The result was 2 1/2gallon mason jars full!
And the result was milk crystals, very similar to the eggs..
Anyways if anybody has anything they would like freeze dried or if you would like to contact me to maybe add to your inventory get a hold of me on my other profile Jay Cates, thanks again!

02/26/2025

Yogurt drops pulled today!
Peach
Cherry
Trix-mixed flavor
Also finished the house revamp!
Love you guys have a great day!
Lemme know if you need anything.
😁

02/22/2025

Strawberry kiwi chunks
Started off with 4 pounds
Ended up with 8.8 ounces !
Quite a bit of water loss 😆 oh well it happens

02/17/2025

Eggs!!!!!!🥚🥚🥚🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳
Raw EGGGGGSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
 OK just completed the most interesting run I've done so far, five dozen raw eggs!
Didn't take nearly as long as I thought it was going to which is a major plus only took 16 hours total!
These are still raw eggs so they will need to be cooked and in order to reconstitute them you take:
2 tablespoons of egg crystals plus
2 tablespoons of water!
That's it!
that is the equivalent of one egg !!
Then you just put that mixture in a pan and cook it and you have scrambled eggs!!!🍳🍳🍳🍳
So cool and with these oxygen absorbers in the jars these could theoretically be shelf stable for 25 years!
Time to stock up on your non-perishables if for no other reason then to have some food everybody needs a little bit of shelf stable food you never know earthquake tornado avalanche anything can happen, maybe even an earthquake-tornado-avalanche....
OK maybe not but you never know
😁😁😁😁
Have a great day guys and let me know if you see anything you like
I currently have a lot of caramel apples and a whole assortment of candies such as the freeze dried caramel apple pops I have those in whole lollipops or shattered pieces that have been freeze dried so they're smaller bites, and of course we have the usual candy assortment.
Have a great day everybody!

02/16/2025

Freeze dried mangoes are on the menu!!

02/04/2025

1/2 pounds of the freeze dried original, sour, and wild Barry "round multi color favorites" are available!!
1/2lb bag 7.50 for a single bag each
or $12.50 for two on up!
That's only $12.50 a pound! And these are all well over a half pound, (224-245 grams each)
Then I did some cheesecake for my private stash..
We at the freeze dried veteran are going to be doing biscuit's and gravy, clam chowder, and baked potato soup here soon.
Thanks Have a great day!