What are you dehydrating?

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webmail4tom
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Deeps wrote:Maybe a trawl round the internet is required, good luck.
Yep, gonna make a internet round trip!
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Brambles
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webmail4tom wrote:
Deeps wrote:Maybe a trawl round the internet is required, good luck.
Yep, gonna make a internet round trip!
Thanks
Have a look on the Westfalia and Tchibo websites. They might be good for jars and equipment. Before they stopped trading in UK I got my dehydrator from Westfalia for about 40 euros. It's 8 years old now and still working well.
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Today I'll be doing more onions to try and 'catch up' after my kilner disaster the other week. I'm getting there, will probably need to invest in a few more kilners myself but that will be on next months shopping list.
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Deeps wrote:Today I'll be doing more onions to try and 'catch up' after my kilner disaster the other week. I'm getting there, will probably need to invest in a few more kilners myself but that will be on next months shopping list.
I did the other batch of Onions the other day. I use my mums Dual purpose jars for dried stuff. These jars are older than me and still good. :D
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Just popped in to pass along a couple of links - apologies if I'm duplicating!

This is excellent for all things dehydrated http://www.21stcenturysimpleliving.com/

And there's an associated FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/937950979564072/


I've found them both to be excellent resources for dehydrating and what to do with it too. We're on food powders just now - instant meals and soups :)
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redskies wrote:Just popped in to pass along a couple of links - apologies if I'm duplicating!

This is excellent for all things dehydrated http://www.21stcenturysimpleliving.com/

And there's an associated FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/937950979564072/


I've found them both to be excellent resources for dehydrating and what to do with it too. We're on food powders just now - instant meals and soups :)

Thanks, I don't do facebook but I've bookmarked the 21st site to have a nose around.
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Deeps wrote:
redskies wrote:Just popped in to pass along a couple of links - apologies if I'm duplicating!

This is excellent for all things dehydrated http://www.21stcenturysimpleliving.com/

And there's an associated FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/937950979564072/


I've found them both to be excellent resources for dehydrating and what to do with it too. We're on food powders just now - instant meals and soups :)

Thanks, I don't do facebook but I've bookmarked the 21st site to have a nose around.
Ditto.

Now because my dehydrator is so basic, I have never really had a go at fruit and to be honest I bottle fruit by the ton (we like a bit of home bottled fruit!) however, in the interests of fairness I'm going to have a go this week.

I've got some Grated Celeriac on the go at the moment, a first time for this particular veg.
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Found out I'd built up a bit of a surplus on the chillies so got a load fired into the dehydrator, got the weekly shop tomorrow to replenish. Main priority is the onions though, and a few more kilners to store the anticipated extra's, I've used up pretty much all that I have. The Ikea ones seem alright too and are cheaper too but apart from a trip to Ikea being daunting in the extreme we don't head in the general direction of our nearest that often.
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Grated Celeriac dehydrates very well as does Parsnip. I have a Mango in at the moment to see how fruit works.
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Brambles wrote:Grated Celeriac dehydrates very well as does Parsnip. I have a Mango in at the moment to see how fruit works.
I've done pineapple, they work well, cut up into wee 'chunks', very sweet if that's your thing.