What are you DEHYDRATING today?

[unclejoe]

Peaches. Turning them into leather.

 

[me&thegals]

Peaches. Turning them into leather.

Me, too With blackberry puree blended in, and honey.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

ok i had the hubby break out the dehydrator from his bachelor days...

i dont know a THING about them..

so i have a bucket of sweet little tomatoes - to make 'sun dried tomatoes' do i just put em on the rack and turn the thing on? cut in half?

still suspicious about the whole thing...

 

[keljonma]

ohiofarmgirl, If you don't have the manual, you can probably find it online. I got my dehydrator at a trash and treasure sale at the church for $2. It is an older Ronco 5 tray without fan. I found the manual online, and that was a big help. This is what I found online.....

Tomatoes

Remove stems. To remove skin, dip briefly in boiling water then
peel. Cut in halves or slices.

Dryness Test: Leathery

For 5-7 Tray with no fan - Length of Time:
1 1/2 to 3 days (dry a max of 3 trays at a time)

For 10 Tray with fan - Length of Time:
10 hours


I love home-dried tomatoes in the mid of winter - I'm sure you will too!

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

super!! thanks so much!!!

and great tip about finding the manual on line. this poor thing has been sitting in the garage so we'll see how it works. its a 'with fan' type so i'll get my 'maters and fire it up

 

[me&thegals]

Mint--I'm hoping to go into winter with 2 gallons dried, but I keep using it up in this cool, cool summer!

Does anybody have tips on drying peaches? I would like to dry peach halves or chunks. My end goal is for granola. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[noobiechickenlady]

I'm slicing some of my eggplant into thin pasta like shreds & drying them. Basically, I take the slicer & run them lengthwise against it, cutting fairly thick, maybe 1/2". Then I stack the thick slices back into an eggplant shape & adjust the slicer for paper thin. I run the stacked slices back through & end up with 1/2" wide, paper thin ribbons of eggplant. I soaked them in a lemon juice solution to prevent darkening. Then I blanched the ribbons & stuck them in the dehydrator.

We'll see

 

[unclejoe]

More peach leather.

 

[davaroo]

Onions, tomatoes and zucchini - soup fixins' for the winter.

 

[Wifezilla]

Good idea.