I have never heard of pickled chickpeas. There are lots of recipes out there for dried chickpeas...mostly canned ones that are seasoned/spiced and then dried in the oven.
As I recall, I soaked the dried CPs 24 hours, cooked them in lightly salted water, probably could have just used canned beans. Then prepared a pickling solution, poured over drained beans in quart jar and forgot them in the refrigerator for about a month. But you could probably just pickle them properly like you are canning actual pickles and forget them in the basement for about a month-- or years. I like them as a protein additive for salads but I was the only one who ate them. Hubby hates chickpeas, pickled or otherwise.
That looks just about like how mine turned out, too, @John Brunner . I didn’t blanch mine, I just sliced them in the food processor and dried them. I may make them into carrot powder, and then they will take up even less room and can be added to things like protein shakes, oatmeal, and fiber cakes. It turns out that (after i convinced him to try one) Marco Poodle really likes dried carrot bites. So, a new dog snack discovered, too !
That's interesting that your dog will eat carrots. It's like watching a cat eat watermelon and wondering if you'd ever see that in nature. I figured that my dehydrated carrots will "still eat." I may make more to have them for soups & stews...I can't imagine any other use folks would have for them, anyway. I bought a few 12 paks of the chicken Ramen that Beth and others were talking about. I can throw handfuls of dried carrot in them. I could by larger-diameter carrots and cut them thicker, solely to make snack chips. I can think of a few things I could do to prevent them from curling, but the time & effort are not worth it. Or I could let it go and move on to something else...I want to dehydrate green beans next and see how they might stir-fry after I've reconstituted them.
I would never have "just done" that. There are so many foods that can harm them. Would you cook them first?
We are just getting into drying herbs for the year. Oregano and basil so far--second batch of basil. We seldom dry veggies except for peppers and tomatoes. Most dogs I know love carrots and broccoli, but hate lettuce.
In what state do dried peppers reconstitute? I've been able to keep most things on hand in one form or another I might need to make a meal...except for bell peppers and onions. I've bought the flash-frozen bagged stuff, but they are limp & soggy.
We just use the dried peppers directly in soups and casseroles. They rehydrates as they cook. We chop the peppers and just dry them. No blanching necessary for peppers, as they do not contain the "breakdown enzymes".
I'll have to try one and see how it reconstitutes. I was surprised at the firmness of the rehydrated asparagus. Maybe peppers would do the same. And that's interesting to read about peppers not needing to be blanched. My Excalibur manual makes no mention of this. At this point, I gotta admit that I misread the section on blanching/steaming fruits. That was solely for those that need to be checked or crazed. I did not do that with the first batch of grapes I dried and they took 72 hours. They were good, but...
I just cut grapes in half, take seeds out, if any, and lay them face down on the tray. They are my own so I don't worry about pesticides etc on them. They are quite yummy, even the concord ones. I just put them in small zip lock baggies. I don't blanch fruit. It used to be that it did not make it into storage. And I so wanted to answer your question of 'in what state do peppers reconstitute?' WISCONSIN and ALASKA But I won't.
Home-dehydrated grapes are sooooo good. I've not blanched/crazed any fruits yet (grapes/cranberries/plums), and I used to pre-treat all other fruits in diluted lemon juice to keep it natural...until I saw that the bottled stuff has sodium bisulphite. So now I use citric acid (in fact, I just loaded a batch of C.A. treated kiwi into the dehydrator.) I hope to get some fresh fruits and veggies this season to dehydrate. There are a ton of vineyards around here. I should be able to get some decent grapes. Regarding the states of "WISCONSIN and ALASKA," I fully expected a more honest reply of "CONFUSION and INSANITY," or maybe even "BLISS and DENIAL." Following your lead of discretion, I won't say from whom this response was anticipated...bless your heart.