Dehydrators - anyone got one?

You can make fruit "leathers" with them too. (Or Veg leathers if that is your preference; just for the record, vegetable yogurts are being promoted as the latest health food "craze", so you could be on to a winner there )

I do have a dehydrator, but, mine came with a temperature dial indicator that is really squiffy! Now, all I really need to do is un-stick the temperature thingy and re-stick it at its proper dial level - somehow that has just seemed like a bit too much of a hassle But, I really should because ... as well as drying fruits/veggies, you can also use it to make fruit "leathers", Beef Jerky through to Potpourri!! (sp) ... think of the "gift" potential in those!

 

Am well up for crisps and beef jerky!! Dehydrator has been added to list of things to get.

Don't think I fancy veg yogurt though.

 

We've had one for a few years now and it's great for preserving veg and fruit. One great advantage is that dehyrated produce takes very little space, we use self-seal bags and pop them in a big box. Dried produce also seems to keep longer than frozen, we used 2015 tomatoes today in a sauce.
We dry - tomatoes, apples, carrots, leeks, peas, beans, apples. In fact just about anything we have a surplus of apart from green leafy veg.

 

Not necessarily, such as adding to a soup/etc. recipe to thicken it, rather than boil/simmer to thicken, so technically rehydrating after use.

 

Only used mine to dry puffballs in the greenhouse. If I plug it in it trips the 230v inverter

 

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0 or 1 at a time

 

I can

 

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