| Food dehydrators
Posted: 11/21/2007 5:26:25 AM | This thread has me to thinking that I should get my dehydrator out!
I make Christmas baskets each year and it would be great to put in some homemade treats!
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| Food dehydrators
Posted: 11/21/2007 6:32:18 AM | | recipes moonchild, dish out some recipes | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:38:50 AM | Hi mommy........I make all kinds of fruit leather, nothing hard about it at all, you can use just any kind of fruit and mix it to make interesting leathers. I add a cup or so of honey and cinnamon too! I have made it with plums off the tree, apples mixed with bananas, strawberrys...........like I said just anything you want. The grandkids eat it like it is candy! So it don' t last long. I have a gardenmaster dehydrator with fruit leather trays and just spray them with a little Pam and rub it around so the leather
won't stick. I put all the fruit in a processor and just puree it and pour it on the trays. Easy as can be. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:47:42 AM | I have a bunch of dried tomatoes that I did on my dehydrator last fall. Keep em in the fridge or seal them in a bag and freeze them, they last forever! They are just like when I first made them, you can put them in recipies like soup and even on pizza, they rehydrate and taste great. Crumbled on salad also! And a tasty snack when you want something different than salty things or sweets.
Made a bunch of apple slices too this fall. Just peel, core , slice and dip in fruit fresh, sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on them and lay them out on the racks and dry away! I like mine dried crispy, then vacuum seal them and throw them on a shelf..........nummy!! | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 6:58:05 AM | Tom,
I dont have special trays.......
hence the reason I am asking for help.
I got the machine second hand | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 7:44:11 AM | I owned dehydrators and would slow cooked Jerky. The only problem is the prep time. I prefer home made jerky since you can control the amout of salt.
Dry strawberries are the best...if you put them on cereal. | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 9:23:25 AM | Mommie? Doing without the trays? Not sure how you are going to do that. Could take you a long time?
I make the beef jerky with Liquid Smoke, brown sugar and mustard. No measures, just to taste. Be careful you don't use too much of the liquid smoke though!
Otherwise, I just use google as my friend for other recipes! Good luck | |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 9:50:53 AM |
I dont have special trays........
As long as you have the standard trays you can use a sheet of parchment cut to fit about 1/4 to 1/3 of the tray and pour the fruit puree on that. Turn up the edges about 1/4" to avoid spillage, and leave plenty of room between sheets and layers for air movement. If you really wanted to get fancy about it, you can cut a donut-shaped ring that would fit the tray, as long as it left a lot of room for air flow, it should work and you're get dried fruit rings. | |
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Posted: 11/22/2007 6:25:07 AM | Nah i dont have one but i always wanted one. Im not sure why ... could have been cause of all the saturday morning infomercials as a child | |
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