As we are settling into our temporary home here in Lion’s Head, your Black Dog Biscuit creator shared the following bits of trivia about the product with me (as I finagle with my chores’ list).
- Sweet potato flour. It’s not purchased ready-made. It takes 2270 grams of raw sweet potato will make 446 grams of dried sweet potato flour. This is after peeling, (razor-sharp) mandolining, dehydrating for 15-24 hours, and milling the sweet potato flakes! And yes, I insist TS use a butcher’s chainmail glove (especially after witnessing a recent mishap [cringe]).
- Preparing fresh Black Dog Bisuits for packaging. To make the dog cookies shelf-stable, TS further dehydrates them for 10-12 hours. This gives the Black Dog Biscuits that characteristic crunchy texture (that dog’s adore). By the way, I like calling the food dehydrator and jerky maker the “SnackMaster Y2K”! Oh yeah! 🙂
- The peanuts are raw, not roasted. While the legumes are blanched (to deskin them), the peanuts are only baked only once (to preserve their nutritional value).
