Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: food dehydrator questions Message-ID: <182@opus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 01:19:50 EST Article-I.D.: opus.182 Posted: Fri Mar 9 01:19:50 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 04:11:35 EST References: <1549@tekig1.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 14 Suggestion on type of dehydrator: Get one that has a fan as well as a heating element. (They're a little noisy but not too bad.) The point is that you need to have the air circulating; otherwise things won't dry evenly and you'll have to be rearranging and removing food every hour or two. With ours, we load it up at night and everything is evenly dried by morning. Fruits dry very well, and you don't have to put up with the sulfuring crap of many commercial dried fruits. Try apples - pare, slice, dunk in a bowl of water with a little lemon juice before drying to keep them from turning brown. Try pineapple; it's great! One of the best uses for dried foods is for hiking; they save a fair amount of space and weight. {ucbvax,hao,allegra}!nbires!rcd