best dehydrator

[The Porch]

Coffee pot is almost empty, hehehe

Back in 1989 or 90ish I bought 2 of these hanging dryers from Handy Pantry


I just looked it up, amazon has it, but HOLY COW I can believe the price!

I like to do things not depending on electricity, so oven and is summer sun drying are options. There is quite a bit of info on the web if you look it up.
https://www.healthycanning.com/food-drying-methods

I am trying to become less dependent on the freezer, we all talked about last spring on building a meat smoker.
Drying meat is one option, salting meat another.

 

[FarmerJamie]

Got mine at Cabela's. Love it

 

[FarmerJamie]

Had a small circular American Harvest unit. It was fine, but the processing volume was way too small

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

Might I recommend a Harvest Right freeze dryer?

That would be amazing but right now is a tad out of my price range--but definitely something save for and NOW added to my list

 

[Cecilia's-life]

That would be amazing but right now is a tad out of my price range--but definitely something save for and NOW added to my list

I love ours, we're on a payment plan.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

Are store bought tomatoes, really tomatoes? I think that's a good question to ask.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

The answer is likely no, as I have never had one from the store that tastes as sweet as the ones from my garden.

 

[baymule]

Are store bought tomatoes, really tomatoes? I think that's a good question to ask.

Jesus is Lord and Christ 🙏❤️🇺🇸

No. They were dropped out of space ships by aliens bent on destroying the human race.

 

[Perris]

y'all have got me thinking of that lovely old John Denver tune on homegrown tomatoes...

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

y'all have got me thinking of that lovely old John Denver tune on homegrown tomatoes...

LOVE John Denver! Flashback to college years

 

[R2elk]

up until this year we've had great luck with most of our tomatoes - this year we tried a new variety and they were just like store tomatoes in that they were hard even when ripe. it was odd for us to process them and the taste wasn't as good as usual so we won't be looking for these ever again to plant. i want tomatoes to be big, soft and juicy when they're ready.

When I first tried Northern Exposure tomatoes they were similar to what you describe. I kept growing them because they were the best short season tomato I have ever found. I also kept growing them because once they were canned they were every bit as good as any other canned tomato. When I learned about azomite, it turned those tomatoes into some of the most flavorful and best textured tomatoes I have ever grown.

Unfortunately about 4 or 5 years ago Burpee's discontinued them. I am continuing to have them by cloning them at the end of the season.