dry fruits,fish

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Does anyone know if drying grapes that has a kind of bad smell to them even tho

only the tips are alittle spotted with 'going' And if I were to string them up

in our patio by the window that gets sun by the clumps how long must they 'dry'

to be considered dry fruit or do i need a drying machine to layer them in?

I read a book that was really a excellent read and true story called Sole

Survivor of a castaway on a raft during world war II who survived 133 days on

the sea .

He learned quickly from memory of his mother how to dry fish by cutting them in

very paper thin strips almost, and hung them by a cord thread through them on

his raft for a few days. The salted air helped to quicken the drying process and

preserve. They were not allowed to get wet from the time he strung them to the

time he took them down to save.

The taste he said was quite pleasant even tho they swrunk down to a fraction of

their size? any comments suzi?

Thanks