Dehydrating Tomatoes: Drying Down a September Glut
By the second week of September the counter is a tomato problem. The canner is already booked for sauce, the …
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Dehydrating Sweet Potatoes: Slices, Chews, Storage
There are two completely different reasons people dry sweet potatoes, and they want opposite results from the same machine. One …
Dehydrating Peppers: Bells, Jalapenos and Cayennes
Pepper plants do not ration themselves. One jalapeno bush produces steadily from July until the first frost warning in October, …
Dehydrating Orange Slices Without the Curl
Dried orange slices show up twice a year in most kitchens. In December they are garland, wreath filler and the …
Dehydrating Onions: Slices, Smell and Powder
Dehydrating onions is the most useful thing a beginner can do with a new machine and the one job that …
Dehydrating Mushrooms: How Thin to Slice and How Long
Mushrooms go from firm to slimy in the crisper faster than almost anything else you bring home, and the two …
Dehydrating Mistakes That Show Up Months Later
The first dehydrator season teaches the same lessons to almost everybody. Apple slices turn brown, the jar of tomatoes grows …
Dehydrating Herbs: Low Heat, Liners and Storage
The herb bed in July produces more than any household can use, and the standard response is to hang a …
Dehydrating Hash Browns: Blanch First, or Go Gray
A fifty pound sack of potatoes from the farm stand is a bargain right up to the week they start …
Dehydrating Garlic: Slices, Smell and Powder
Garlic is the crop that runs out of patience before you do. A braid that was perfect in October is …
Dehydrating Fruit: Pretreatment, Heat and Conditioning
Fruit is the reason most people buy a dehydrator and the reason a lot of them end up disappointed. The …
How to Dehydrate Strawberries Without a Chewy Middle
Strawberries arrive all at once. You pick a flat at the u pick farm on Saturday, eat a quart standing …