OK, so i've bought a food dehydrator, now what?

[Snadger]

Recommendations for books on drying, marinades, wot not to dry as i'm dying to give it a whirl!

[Hans Mum]

i've done toms & mushrooms and apple, strawbs, pears...just followed the distructions that came with it and theyve worked out fine. Bit of trial & error at first but ok with it now. Ive not come across any books yet will watch this thread to see if anyone recommends anything

[Snadger]

i've done toms & mushrooms and apple, strawbs, pears...just followed the distructions that came with it and theyve worked out fine. Bit of trial & error at first but ok with it now. Ive not come across any books yet will watch this thread to see if anyone recommends anything

How about rhubarb after being marinated in a ginger sugar mix? Or is this too far fetched? It's the only fruit I have in the lottie at the mo!

[Seahorse]

I've got this Dehydrator Cookbook, which is pretty useful. It covers veg, fruit, herbs, meat and fish, and tells you things like average water contents so you can gauge drying times and it has ideas for combinations and flavourings. There's also a section on using your dried food in recipes.

[Seahorse]

... and there's a recipe for rhubrab 'leather' made with sugar and cinnamon, which doesn't sound too far from sugar and ginger. Let me know if you want me to type it here for you

[Hans Mum]

How about rhubarb after being marinated in a ginger sugar mix? Or is this too far fetched? It's the only fruit I have in the lottie at the mo!

i'd give it a bash, sounds delish anways, and theres always plenty of rhubarb about at this time of year if it doesnt work, be interesting to hear how it works

[NOG]

Recommendations for books on drying, marinades, wot not to dry as i'm dying to give it a whirl!

What dehydrator did you buy.

[Alice]

I think what you have to do Snadger is acquire a taste for dehydrated food

[Gwyndy]

Either -
(a) Make a nice cup of tea to replace the moisture that you have extracted from all that fine food, or
(b) Put it on e-Bay.

[wildone_uk]

try amazon, mary bell and outhers just put in dehydrator allthe best
laurence

[Snadger]

What dehydrator did you buy.

Just noticed this reply..........a Westfalia!

[Snadger]

I think what you have to do Snadger is acquire a taste for dehydrated food

Looking forward to the tomato harvest Alice................much prefer dried to fresh tomato's! A few of my own grown apples and pears, sliced will be nice also!