I have been thinking about buying a freeze dryer for canning. I have never found a way to store squash that I liked. Has to be fresh and fried or i dont want it. Last year while on a hunting trip, a local there gave me some squash that he had freezed dried and I thought it tasted great. Like eating squash potato chips. I even fried some of it in butter just to see if I would like it and I thought it was very good. Tried freeze dried icecream sandwichs and even Skiddels candy. All good. Now my hold back on buying one is the cost, freeze dryers are pretty pricey, but it might be worth it depending on how well it does on other veggies. The guy that gave me the squash had just bought his machine and was playing around trying different things, so I would like to hear from someone that has had one for a while and used it a lot and can share more info and maybe some seceret recipies.