June 7th, 2005 - Dehydrating
I’m planning on buying a dehydrator. This post is to collect some things I’ll want to read again once I have it.
Dept of Ag publication In particular, the jerky info at the bottom has directions for cooking it first. The only ones I’ve found so far.
Jerky info from 3 Men with Nothing Better to Do
Take three parts soy sauce, 1 part brown sugar, 1 part liquid smoke and mix together. Let this stand for five minutes and then add meat.
Tofu jerky (the original recipe!)
“I also have an apple peeler, corer, slicer (hand crank kind that makes spirals.) Cut across one side of the spiral making rings and dip in a cinnamon and sugar mixture and place on trays. These drip quite a bit so I usually skip the first tray and place a napkin or paper towel on it for the first hour or two - then I remove the paper and fill this tray and place it on the very top of the dehydrator. ”
Straw-Apples: Blend one cup apple juice with one package of frozen strawberries. Cover one of the racks with saran-wrap. Pour mixture into rack and dehydrate. Soon you’ll have home made fruit roll ups. If you have any remaining mixture, drink it. It’s yummy!
corn chips These sound GREAT. And I hsould have a lot of corn this summer as I doubt we’ll actually eat all from my garden (I don’t like corn on the cob).
Recipe Czar Many are from “Nesco’s website” although I couldn’t find them on the Nesco site. They sure do sound yummy. I am getting more and more interested in my dehydrator! Being able to make my own crackers is something I’d not thought of before. This is excellent!
More recipes includes a generic fruit rollup recipe
basic directions