Dehydration of food - old past path

Instead of spending money on an expensive dehydrator, how old fashioned food dehydration is easy and efficient. Granted, electric dehydrators cut the time it takes to dry completely food, but the dollar savings should be composed for this. In addition, after the preparation of food and setting out to dry, there is nothing for you. Go to your life, come back in a few days, then fold the dried food.

Home fruit leather

When my children were young, fruit leather (fruit roll-up in vernacular today) was "candy" of the day with apricots are the first choice of fruit. Just wash, cut in half, launch the pit, add sugar to taste (or not) and lay fruit in a blender. Add a little lemon juice to prevent the leather is dark, as it dries. Cover plate baking plastic film and pour over pureed fruit.

If it reaches the edges of the cookie sheet, stop sinking or it will be too thick. Get another cookie for the balance sheet. Cover sheet cookie with cheesecloth to keep flies, by clothing type spring wooden pin (or another type of CLASP) hold tight so that it touches the fruit purée. Turn in the Sun. If the wind blows, drying time is shorter.

Drying of vegetables

Tomatoes (I know, it's really a fruit) very thin section and season with something that seems good-experimenting with different spices. Plot in a single layer on cheese cloth-covered cookie sheets. They taste almost a treat candy when dried!Green beans can be suspended by using a needle and strong thread. Attach a node at one end and push the needle by the Centre of beans, pushing the beans to the node. When you get 2 or 3 feet on the string beans, hang up the beans at the end in a warm dry place, but away from direct sun light. Let hang until the beans are dry. Store in a bag paper or canvas, until ready to use.Pea is aligned to the Sun to dry. After they are dry, wait for a windy day. Place on a sheet and beat the hulls with a stick. The wind will be blowing away from the tares and simply let the peas. Store peas in a paper bag or canvas until use.Corn - cut corn earworm offshore and resides in the Sun to dry.

Most fruits and vegetables can be dried without special instructions if you have any common sense. This means that good sanitation practices. Dry any product that is badly bruised or has any rot. Keep clean food and protect them from insects during the drying process. Window screens can be used to create a box allowing airflow but protects fruits and vegetables of flies, etc.

I heard about an interesting method to your car - providing you must lead anywhere. Place rack drying on the backs of seats and just let the Windows slightly cracked. With the car sitting in the Sun, the intense heat accelerates the drying process and provides protection against insects and dirt.

Dehydrated fruits and vegetables can be stored for approximately one year zip-lock bags. For long-term storage, put in # 10 cans or bottles glass with oxygen absorbers.