Re: Re: I made kale chips <Carolyn>

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I was just looking at the Harvestmaster, . The Bass one appears to be

the HarvestMaster Pro, but without all the extras. Even the HarvestMaster

Pro looks like a good deal to me. Given my power situation (totally off the

grid, really only do anything that takes quite a bit of power when the sun

is out and on the panels or when the generator is running) I think the Pro,

with it's faster drying (bigger fan) would be a good investment. I let a

lot of herbs literally go to waste this last year because I had no way to

dry them. Even when the sun is out, etc., our humidity is a bit high to air

dry. Thanks for sharing.

Pam

Reply-To: <sproutpeople >

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 2:27 AM

To: <sproutpeople >

Subject: Re: Re: I made kale chips <Carolyn>

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> Carolyn,

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> Herbs are a lot more

> delicate and should dry at a very low heat. If you are drying with

> high humidity you will use a slightly higher heat. I dry in the range

> of 85-105.

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> Dehydrator, I have an

> Excalibur and 2 Nesco American Harvest. Please see link below for

> What I am recommending for people starting out. You will not beat

> this price and this will save you a good bit of money over buying

> piece by piece. (Trays, screens and leather trays) Look at the price

> to buy trays etc. These will come out to 7.00-10.00 extra per set.

> Please take a look.

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> http://www.amazon.com/Nesco-American-Harvest-FD-1018P-Dehydrator/dp/B001795P4O

> /ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8 & qid=1334652292 & sr=8-9

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> Frozen veggies, Remember

> most dehydrated things will last for years, take up a lot less room.

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> group I moderate on. It has 2 sister groups I recommend joying all

> three. The files are extensive. Everything from candied fruit to you

> name it.

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> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fooddrying/join

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> Hope this helps,

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> From: Melody <eliz7212@... <mailto:eliz7212%40verizon.net> >

> Subject: Re: I made kale chips

> To: sproutpeople <mailto:sproutpeople%40yahoogroups.com>

> Date: Monday, April 16, 2012, 1:27 AM

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> I have a Farberware Convection Oven that is also a dehydrator but I've never

> used it as such. It indicates that to dehydrate I should put the temp at 140

> to 150 degrees. Now I no longer have the instructions so just in case I want

> to use my Faberware to make kale chips instead of using my oven, can you

> estimate how long it would take to make the kale chips. Using the regular

> oven it's 300 for 20 minutes.

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> Thanks much

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> Melody

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