Guest guest Posted August 13, 2002 Report Share Posted August 13, 2002 This is probably one of those things that " everyone knows " but me, but in case there are other ignorant persons out there I'd thought I'd share it. Lately we got a dehydrator, because I wanted some GOOD jerky. Well, it makes great jerky. But I did not try it with fruits, because frankly, all the dried fruit I've had doesn't appeal to me. But my husband, who did fruit back in the 70's, went ahead and dried some fruit we had that was getting shrivelly (not bad, just overripe). Sheesh! It was amazingly good! So if you are looking for snack foods and haven't gotten into drying, this is neat stuff! -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2002 Report Share Posted August 13, 2002 At 10:59 AM 8/13/02 -0700, you wrote: > > >This is probably one of those things that " everyone knows " but me, but in >case there are other ignorant persons out there I'd thought I'd share it. > >Lately we got a dehydrator, because I wanted some GOOD jerky. Well, it >makes great jerky. But I did not try it with fruits, because frankly, all >the dried fruit I've had doesn't appeal to me. But my husband, who did >fruit back in the 70's, went ahead and dried some fruit we had that was >getting shrivelly (not bad, just overripe). Sheesh! It was amazingly good! > >So if you are looking for snack foods and haven't gotten into drying, this >is neat stuff! > >-- Heidi Heidi, I make my yogurt in the dehydrator at 105 degrees. Used to leave it for 24 hours. It was tart. 8-12 is better and it still sets nice in the fridge after. Wanita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 >>>Lately we got a dehydrator, because I wanted some GOOD jerky. Well, it makes great jerky. But I did not try it with fruits, because frankly, all the dried fruit I've had doesn't appeal to me. But my husband, who did fruit back in the 70's, went ahead and dried some fruit we had that was getting shrivelly (not bad, just overripe). Sheesh! It was amazingly good! So if you are looking for snack foods and haven't gotten into drying, this is neat stuff! --> Heidi, what type of dehydrator do you have? Suze Fisher Web Design & Development http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/ mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 At 03:15 PM 8/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Heidi, >I make my yogurt in the dehydrator at 105 degrees. Used to leave it for 24 >hours. It was tart. 8-12 is better and it still sets nice in the fridge after. >Wanita ??? You must have a different dehydrator. I don't see how anyone could make yogurt in this thing -- the layers are about an inch apart (American Harvest brand -- the cheap one, but it works). Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 At 10:27 PM 8/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: >--> Heidi, what type of dehydrator do you have? > >Suze Fisher Bottom of the line: American Harvest, $49. Works great. (They had a more expensive one there too: this one works, the other brand may be quieter, I don't know. As you can tell I'm a newbie at this). Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 Hi Heide, I have made yogurt in a dehyrator too. I use some very shallow baking cups. It works beautifully. Sheila > >Heidi, > >I make my yogurt in the dehydrator at 105 degrees. Used to leave it for 24 > >hours. It was tart. 8-12 is better and it still sets nice in the fridge after. > >Wanita > > ??? You must have a different dehydrator. I don't see how anyone could make > yogurt in this > thing -- the layers are about an inch apart (American Harvest brand -- the > cheap one, but > it works). > > > Heidi > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 At 05:15 AM 8/14/2002 +0000, you wrote: >Hi Heide, >I have made yogurt in a dehyrator too. I use some very shallow baking >cups. It works beautifully. >Sheila Interesting! The booklet came with an idea about drying a yogurt+fruit mixture to make a kind of fruit leather (yo-leather?) I probably won't make yogurt myself, since we are firmly entrenched in kefirdom and the grains might get jealous, but have you ever tried drying yogurt ???? Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 14, 2002 Report Share Posted August 14, 2002 Hi Suze, Hope you don't mind my jumping in here, but I dehydrate a LOT. I have 2 Excalibur dehydrators. One is 4 racks and one is 9 racks. I learned about them years ago when taking vegan " raw foods " classes in the mountains (another phase I am recovering from!). I believe they are the absolute best. They are square, not round, the racks easily slide out, and have temperature control so you can preserve the enzymes or use for other things. I got my last one on eBay and saved about $100.00. Kat http://www.katking.com ----- Original Message ----- From: " Suze Fisher " <s.fisher22@...> < > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 7:27 PM Subject: RE: Dried Fruit > >>>Lately we got a dehydrator, because I wanted some GOOD jerky. Well, it > makes great jerky. But I did not try it with fruits, because frankly, all > the dried fruit I've had doesn't appeal to me. But my husband, who did > fruit back in the 70's, went ahead and dried some fruit we had that was > getting shrivelly (not bad, just overripe). Sheesh! It was amazingly good! > > So if you are looking for snack foods and haven't gotten into drying, this > is neat stuff! > > > > --> Heidi, what type of dehydrator do you have? > > Suze Fisher > Web Design & Development > http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg/ > mailto:s.fisher22@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2003 Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: " janicesp11 " <janicesp11@...> > I have a generic question... Why does NT called for dried fruit when > making a fruit butter, see pg 110? Presumably because there would be too much moisture otherwise. > And then there is the option of drying them first. If I do that, my > oven does go down to 150, how long do I leave them in the oven? This > is sort of new for me, so excuse the ignorance of this question. Until they're dry, I guess. You probably wouldn't have to dry them as much, since you're going to end up boiling them in the end anyway, but I'm not sure about that. > And a second question, if I'm eating saurerkraut 2 times a day, would > doing the rejuvalac still be a good idea? Couldn't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 I just dried 44 pounds of organic apples and 6 pineapples from Costco. Each apple is 7-9 slices so its impossible for me to eat too much. 1 or 2 slices is plenty. Which is about 20 calories and 5 carbs. MarilouOn Nov 17, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Jackie wrote:For all of you who are anti fruit (carbs) please ignor this post. I found some yummy dried fruit at costco and then found them online. They are Brothers-all-natural fruit crisps. It is freeze dried fruit @ costco you can only get a variety pack with pears, apples, strawberry/bannana. On line you can get a lot more. They have 45 calories and 11 carbs Only 1 protien (this is in the strawberry bannana which is my favorite) but they are preatty good. a little crunchy and sweet and i like them when I get munchy. On line they are $21 for a pack of 24 and they have free shipping in the US excluding Alaska and Hawaii. just thought id spread the knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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