Dehydrator has arrived

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Forgot to order citric acid so not starting today.

Reading the booklet slightly worries me.

Cherries - preparation: can go to the core or wait.

Dry standard: tough

Time/hour : 8-34 dry core before going nuclear???!!!
 
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Hi @xfieldok, Just come to Adelaide, 39 degrees C today, 41 predicted for tomorrow, That will dehydrate anything.
Fry an egg on a car bonnet whilst you are waiting !!
 
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Blimey @xfieldok - In this hacienda one has been known to wing it with quite a lot of stuff.

Instead of citric acid, you can just spray whatever you're doing with lemon juice. I can even be bottled juice for that. I sometimes skip that as I routinely vac pack whatever comes out of the magic machine.
 
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Already ordered the citric acid but will keep your suggestion in mind for the future.
I will be slavishly be following my idiot's guide until I get the hang of it.
 
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Hey @xfieldok are you going to be dehydrating meat into jerky? Or fruit? Just asking because isn't dried fruit high in concentrated sugars? I can't even get away with one dried apricot - which I love! Now if you are making jerky would love to know more about that and how it turned out....Cheers/L
 
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lindijanice said:
Hey @xfieldok are you going to be dehydrating meat into jerky? Or fruit? Just asking because isn't dried fruit high in concentrated sugars? I can't even get away with one dried apricot - which I love! Now if you are making jerky would love to know more about that and how it turned out....Cheers/L
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I wouldn't dry the fruit for myself, but if husband wants some I will do some for him.

First of all I saw something on the internet about dog treats and jerky, I am hopefully getting puppies in March so it piqued my interest. You have to finish jerkey in the oven at a higher temperature than the dehydrator can go in order to kill off any harmful bacteria.

I got a kindle book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dehydration. The more I read, the more excited I got. It is well worth getting for a couple of quid before you take the plunge and buy one. I also got a vacuum sealer to preserve stuff and for sous vide.

I think it was @Brunneria who put me on to "raw food" sites where they have recipes for dehydrated crackers. I am really looking forward to giving this a go.
 
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xfieldok said:
Definitely on the menu. I saw a recipe for mooli crisps, you have to boil them first. No mention of using a dehydrator but there is potential there.
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I have actually done those zuchinni crisps. I put the courgettes through the food processor on the fine slicing blade, and I actually think, for me, they would have been better a little thicker. Obviously that would take more time, but I'd be trying that next time.

I usually follow a recipe first time around, so this situation is nothing new for me. :)
 
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Those look and sound delicious! How about dried cheese? Last year I began seeing in airport news stands and Starbucks’s a snack that was all cheese, dehydrated to a light puffy ball. Moon Cheese I think it’s called. Wonder how they do that?
 
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zauberflote said:
Those look and sound delicious! How about dried cheese? Last year I began seeing in airport news stands and Starbucks’s a snack that was all cheese, dehydrated to a light puffy ball. Moon Cheese I think it’s called. Wonder how they do that?
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Will have to look into this!
 
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