Guest guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? Lara <> >cyndikrall [cyndikrall] >11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM > >Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. > >Cyndi > >In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >kellmar98 writes: > > >This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >actually.......can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >anyway. Also we do not use our microwave......well I don't, my hubby is another >story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >Kelly > >--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 wrote: > > >frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 >[RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM > > > >I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >surprised to hear it! > >Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >contains bispenol-A? > >A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >contact with the epoxy resin coating. > >"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >are available online at weckcanning. com. > > > > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group >Messages in this topic (4) >Recent Activity: New Members 5 >Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >may speak. >Hans Hofmann > >MARKETPLACE > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, but have no immediate research to back it up.What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more.Kelly--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown wrote:Lara Brown <larabrowndehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? Lara <> >cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM > >Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. > >Cyndi > >In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >kellmar98 writes: > > >This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >Kelly > >--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: > > >frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >[RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM > > > >I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >surprised to hear it! > >Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >contains bispenol-A? > >A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >contact with the epoxy resin coating. > >"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >are available online at weckcanning. com. > > > > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group >Messages in this topic (4) >Recent Activity: New Members 5 >Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >may speak. >Hans Hofmann > >MARKETPLACE > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 I’m quite certain that “Just Tomatoes” freeze dries everything they have. It’s quite a process and certainly not something that can be done at home (I WISH)! Lisa On Behalf Of Lara Brown Monday, November 09, 2009 7:32 AM dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea how that " Just Tomatoes " brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. With the tomato paste anyone know if the " toothpaste tube brand " Amore from Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? Lara <> >cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com] >11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM > >Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >dried tomato " rollup " that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. > >Cyndi > >In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >kellmar98 writes: > > >This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >actually.......can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >anyway. Also we do not use our microwave......well I don't, my hubby is another >story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >Kelly > >--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: > > >frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >[RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM > > > >I read this article in " Organic Gardening " (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >surprised to hear it! > >Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >contains bispenol-A? > >A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >contact with the epoxy resin coating. > > " If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem, " says Fredierick vom >Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >are available online at weckcanning. com. > > > > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group >Messages in this topic (4) >Recent Activity: New Members 5 >Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >may speak. >Hans Hofmann > >MARKETPLACE > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Oh no wonder it's so different from other dried fruit veggies! Lara <> >Lisa [blacksands] >11/9/2009 5:37:21 PM > >RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I’m quite certain that “Just Tomatoes” freeze dries everything they have. It’s >quite a process and certainly not something that can be done at home (I WISH)! > >Lisa > > > > > > On Behalf Of Lara Brown >Monday, November 09, 2009 7:32 AM > >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's >more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you >sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall [cyndikrall] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.......can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave......well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). > >http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Can I just start out with food dehydrating using my oven? Can anyone tell me temps/timing etc for doing that? Fiona - Lara Brown Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:44 AM RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Oh no wonder it's so different from other dried fruit veggies!Lara<> >Lisa [blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net]>11/9/2009 5:37:21 PM> >RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars>> >I’m quite certain that “Just Tomatoes” freeze dries everything they have. It’s>quite a process and certainly not something that can be done at home (I WISH)!> >Lisa> >>>> >[ ] On Behalf Of Lara Brown>Monday, November 09, 2009 7:32 AM> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars> > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea>how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies>leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap.>>With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from>Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's>more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you>sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA?>>Lara><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com]>>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM>> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars>>>> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol.>>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices,>>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a>>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a>>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a>>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a>>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste.>> >>Cyndi>> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,>>kellmar98 writes:>> >>>>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine>>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all>>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead>>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste>>actually.......can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We>>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house>>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave......well I don't, my hubby is another>>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns>>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly>>>>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote:>>>>>>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net>>>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars>> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM>>>>>> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was>>surprised to hear it! >>>>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars>>contains bispenol-A?>>>>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin>>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics>>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic>>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of>>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental>>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes>>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into>>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >>>>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom>>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine>>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving,>>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free>>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber>>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies>>are available online at weckcanning. com.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary>>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann>>>>MARKETPLACE>>>>=== message truncated === >>http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).>>http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members!>>=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Muir Glen does contain BPA-this is what they said to someone who wrote and asked them about it: Thank you for contacting Muir Glen regarding bisphenol-A in food packaging. Bisphenol-A is a critical component of protective coatings used with metal food packaging and provides important quality and safety features to canned foods. Scientific and government bodies worldwide have examined the scientific evidence and consistently have reached the conclusion that BPA is not a risk to human health. Recent examples include comprehensive risk assessments in Japan and Europe and a review by an independent panel of experts organized by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. The can coatings used in Muir Glen packaging comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements for use in food contact applications. These coatings have long played an essential part in food preservation, helping to maintain wholesomeness, nutritional value, and product quality. We work closely with our suppliers to ensure that all of the food ingredients and packaging materials we use are fully in compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements and meet our high quality standards. No idea about Amore... Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown Mon, Nov 9, 2009 4:32 am dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? Lara <> >cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com] >11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM > >Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. > >Cyndi > >In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >kellmar98 writes: > > >This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >actually.......can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >anyway. Also we do not use our microwave......well I don't, my hubby is another >story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >Kelly > >--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: > > >frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >[RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM > > > >I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >surprised to hear it! > >Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >contains bispenol-A? > >A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >contact with the epoxy resin coating. > >"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >are available online at weckcanning. com. > > > > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group >Messages in this topic (4) >Recent Activity: New Members 5 >Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >may speak. >Hans Hofmann > >MARKETPLACE > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I have an Excalibur too, and I absolutely love it. I have a lot of my dehydrated food put into glass jars also. When I ran out of glass jars, I switched to sealing them up in my rival seal a meal. It's not ideal, but it's great for long term dehydrated food storage. Plus I can open them and reseal, so they are not as wasteful as ziplocs. Cyndi Kelly Weyd <kellmar98 Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:16 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, but have no immediate research to back it up. What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. Kelly --- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? Lara <> >cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM > >Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. > >Cyndi > >In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >kellmar98 writes: > > >This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >Kelly > >--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: > > >frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >[RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM > > > >I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >surprised to hear it! > >Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >contains bispenol-A? > >A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >contact with the epoxy resin coating. > >"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >are available online at weckcanning. com. > > > > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group >Messages in this topic (4) >Recent Activity: New Members 5 >Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >may speak. >Hans Hofmann > >MARKETPLACE > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I have seen it mentioned in some of my dehydrating books. Basically, you need to dry foods on the lowest temperature your oven has. Times will vary depending on the veggie. Herbs will take very little time, veggies will take longer. Just have to experiment and see how it goes. :-) Cyndi Fiona H <fiona.k Mon, Nov 9, 2009 3:04 pm Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Can I just start out with food dehydrating using my oven? Can anyone tell me temps/timing etc for doing that? Fiona - Lara Brown Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:44 AM RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Oh no wonder it's so different from other dried fruit veggies! Lara <> >Lisa [blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net] >11/9/2009 5:37:21 PM > >RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I’m quite certain that “Just Tomatoes†freeze dries everything they have. It’s >quite a process and certainly not something that can be done at home (I WISH)! > >Lisa > > > > > > On Behalf Of Lara Brown >Monday, November 09, 2009 7:32 AM > >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs. It's >more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are you >sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.......can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave......well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). > >http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thanks! <> >cyndikrall [cyndikrall] >11/10/2009 1:49:26 AM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've >watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. >She has her own website now too, with even more info. > > > > >Cyndi > > >Lara Brown <larabrown > >Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a >few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but >wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal >thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in >lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any >dehydrator advice references. > >Thanks! > >Lara ><> >>Kelly Weyd [kellmar98] >>11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM >> >>Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >> >>I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >>things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >>chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >>glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >>environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >>on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >>but have no immediate research to back it up. >> >>What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >>good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >>saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >>does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. >> >>No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >>side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. >> >>Kelly >> >>--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown wrote: >> >> >>Lara Brown <larabrown >>dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM >> >> >> >>I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >>how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >>leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. >> >>With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >>Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >>It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >>you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? >> >>Lara >><> >>>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >>> >>>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >>> >>> >>>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >>> >>>Cyndi >>> >>>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>>kellmar98 writes: >>> >>> >>>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>>Kelly >>> >>>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >>> >>>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >>> >>> >>> >>>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>>surprised to hear it! >>> >>>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>>contains bispenol-A? >>> >>>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >>> >>>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>>rings, and metal > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! 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Guest guest Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 That was good! I personally do not use lemon juice though. It's just a personal preference, I don't want anything tasting like lemon juice, and I don't care if my apples or other stuff are a little brown. Also I've never cooked anything and then put it in the dehydrator. I've always just sliced and dehydrated, but then again I've never dehydrated something like potatoes. I do, do carrots, but don't cook.......once again I don't care if they are a little brown because I just throw them in soups to rehydrate. Kelly--- On Tue, 11/10/09, cyndikrall <cyndikrall wrote:cyndikrall <cyndikrallRe: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 1:49 AM I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Same here. Most all veggies I use for soup. I tried blanching zucchini and greenbeans because it is recommened to prevent case hardening and preserve vitamins, but thats a lot of work, and frankly, I'm lazy lol. I've done apples with and without lemon juice, and you can definitely taste the lemon juice on them. It doesn't bother me, and my son has eaten nearly all of them and could care less if they are brown or not lol. I did dry all the apple peelings and powdered them. The powder is really good! I put it in yogurt. I dried raspberries and powdered them too, for yogurt and smoothies. I haven't tried carrots or potatoes yet. Cyndi Kelly Weyd <kellmar98 Tue, Nov 10, 2009 4:51 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars That was good! I personally do not use lemon juice though. It's just a personal preference, I don't want anything tasting like lemon juice, and I don't care if my apples or other stuff are a little brown. Also I've never cooked anything and then put it in the dehydrator. I've always just sliced and dehydrated, but then again I've never dehydrated something like potatoes. I do, do carrots, but don't cook.......once again I don't care if they are a little brown because I just throw them in soups to rehydrate. Kelly --- On Tue, 11/10/09, cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote: cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 1:49 AM I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Oh, and I make raw milk yogurt in my dehydrator too. I love it! Cyndi Kelly Weyd <kellmar98 Tue, Nov 10, 2009 4:51 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars That was good! I personally do not use lemon juice though. It's just a personal preference, I don't want anything tasting like lemon juice, and I don't care if my apples or other stuff are a little brown. Also I've never cooked anything and then put it in the dehydrator. I've always just sliced and dehydrated, but then again I've never dehydrated something like potatoes. I do, do carrots, but don't cook.......once again I don't care if they are a little brown because I just throw them in soups to rehydrate. Kelly --- On Tue, 11/10/09, cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote: cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 1:49 AM I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity). I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa On Behalf Of cyndikrall Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that " Just Tomatoes " brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the " toothpaste tube brand " Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato " rollup " that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in " Organic Gardening " (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >> " If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem, " says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I don't see a difference in electricty costs from months I use the excalibur and when I don't.......that being said I live in an area where electricty is cheap compared to most areas of the country.Kelly--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Lisa <blacksands wrote:Lisa <blacksandsRE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 9:31 AM Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa [ ] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I ' ve watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It ' s an Excaliber. Yeah! I ' d love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don ' t know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid ' s lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren ' t supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I ' d love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it ' s worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don ' t. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don ' t baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from > Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don ' t have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It ' s more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can ' t find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don ' t, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don ' t use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn ' t contact the food, it ' s not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators ' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia . But in food preserving, >>that ' s unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it ' s best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Right, in the Northeast it’s pricey. Case in point…a running toilet made our bill spike! Lisa On Behalf Of Kelly Weyd Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:16 AM RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I don't see a difference in electricty costs from months I use the excalibur and when I don't.......that being said I live in an area where electricty is cheap compared to most areas of the country. Kelly --- On Wed, 11/11/09, Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote: Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 9:31 AM Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa @ . com [ ] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM @ . com Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I ' ve watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It ' s an Excaliber. Yeah! I ' d love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don ' t know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid ' s lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren ' t supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I ' d love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it ' s worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don ' t. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that " Just Tomatoes " brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don ' t baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the " toothpaste tube brand " Amore from > Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don ' t have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It ' s more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato " rollup " that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can ' t find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don ' t, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don ' t use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in " Organic Gardening " (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >> " If the lid doesn ' t contact the food, it ' s not a problem, " says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators ' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia . But in food preserving, >>that ' s unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it ' s best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yes, when we lived in NJ our utility bills were outrageous. We are in SC now, and I don't complain about the utility bills anymore.......not even when the a/c is running 24/7 in the hottest part of summer.Kelly--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Lisa <blacksands wrote:Lisa <blacksandsRE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 10:55 AM Right, in the Northeast it’s pricey. Case in point…a running toilet made our bill spike! Lisa [ ] On Behalf Of Kelly Weyd Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:16 AM RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I don ' t see a difference in electricty costs from months I use the excalibur and when I don ' t....... that being said I live in an area where electricty is cheap compared to most areas of the country. Kelly --- On Wed, 11/11/09, Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> wrote: Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 9:31 AM Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa @ . com [ ] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM @ . com Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I ' ve watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It ' s an Excaliber. Yeah! I ' d love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don ' t know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid ' s lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren ' t supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I ' d love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it ' s worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don ' t. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don ' t baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from > Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don ' t have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It ' s more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can ' t find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don ' t, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don ' t use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn ' t contact the food, it ' s not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators ' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia . But in food preserving, >>that ' s unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it ' s best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 When I got my Excalibur dehydrator, I went down to the factory (it is located near me.) I asked the man there about that, and he told me it costs about .20 cents an hour to run. Even if that is old info, it can't be all that much higher now. Basically, it's just a small fan. My feelings are, its much more cost effective than freezing or canning. And with proper packaging, the food will last for years. Cyndi Lisa <blacksands Wed, Nov 11, 2009 6:31 am RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity). I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Agreed. Dehydrated food takes up less space than canning or freezing. Dehydrating food it retains all the healthy nutrients and enzymes.......canning kills a lot of the nutrients and enzymes. Kelly--- On Wed, 11/11/09, cyndikrall <cyndikrall wrote:cyndikrall <cyndikrallRe: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 3:13 PM When I got my Excalibur dehydrator, I went down to the factory (it is located near me.) I asked the man there about that, and he told me it costs about .20 cents an hour to run. Even if that is old info, it can't be all that much higher now. Basically, it's just a small fan. My feelings are, its much more cost effective than freezing or canning. And with proper packaging, the food will last for years. Cyndi Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> Wed, Nov 11, 2009 6:31 am RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa [RealFoodSim pleLife] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Now i just need to figure where to keep it;) <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98] >11/11/2009 3:22:59 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >Agreed. Dehydrated food takes up less space than canning or freezing. >Dehydrating food it retains all the healthy nutrients and enzymes.......canning >kills a lot of the nutrients and enzymes. >Kelly > >--- On Wed, 11/11/09, cyndikrall <cyndikrall wrote: > > >cyndikrall <cyndikrall >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 3:13 PM > > > >When I got my Excalibur dehydrator, I went down to the factory (it is located >near me.) I asked the man there about that, and he told me it costs about .20 >cents an hour to run. Even if that is old info, it can't be all that much higher >now. Basically, it's just a small fan. My feelings are, its much more cost >effective than freezing or canning. And with proper packaging, the food will >last for years. > >Cyndi > > > >Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> > >Wed, Nov 11, 2009 6:31 am >RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of >yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! > >Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. > >I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the >amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of >electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as >that’s concerned. Any comments? > >Lisa > > > > > [RealFoodSim pleLife@ >. com] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com >Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > >I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've >watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. >She has her own website now too, with even more info. > > >http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao&feature=related > >Cyndi > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> > >Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a >few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but >wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal >thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in >lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any >dehydrator advice references. > >Thanks! > >Lara ><> >>Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >>11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM >> >>Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >> >>I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >>things, but as long as you are not heating > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar.Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free).http://www.Care2.com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 I was wrong-it's only .04-.05 cents an hour to run it..... Cyndi Kelly Weyd <kellmar98 Wed, Nov 11, 2009 12:22 pm Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Agreed. Dehydrated food takes up less space than canning or freezing. Dehydrating food it retains all the healthy nutrients and enzymes.......canning kills a lot of the nutrients and enzymes. Kelly --- On Wed, 11/11/09, cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote: cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 3:13 PM When I got my Excalibur dehydrator, I went down to the factory (it is located near me.) I asked the man there about that, and he told me it costs about .20 cents an hour to run. Even if that is old info, it can't be all that much higher now. Basically, it's just a small fan. My feelings are, its much more cost effective than freezing or canning. And with proper packaging, the food will last for years. Cyndi Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> Wed, Nov 11, 2009 6:31 am RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa [RealFoodSim pleLife] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. Weck supplies >>are available online at weckcanning. com. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Reply to sender | Reply to group >>Messages in this topic (4) >>Recent Activity: New Members 5 >>Visit Your Group Start a New Topic >>The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary >>may speak. >>Hans Hofmann >> >>MARKETPLACE >> >>=== message truncated === > >http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). >http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! > > > >Reply to sender | Reply to group > >=== message truncated === http://toolbar. Care2.com Make your computer carbon-neutral (free). http://www.Care2. com Green Living, Human Rights and more - 8 million members! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 OK, that is so worth it then!!! More than worth it to be able to dehydrate the extra stuff from the garden. Of course I did not have extra from my garden this year, but hoping next year I will.Kelly--- On Wed, 11/11/09, cyndikrall <cyndikrall wrote:cyndikrall <cyndikrallRe: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 4:31 PM I was wrong-it's only .04-.05 cents an hour to run it..... Cyndi Kelly Weyd <kellmar98 > Wed, Nov 11, 2009 12:22 pm Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Agreed. Dehydrated food takes up less space than canning or freezing. Dehydrating food it retains all the healthy nutrients and enzymes..... ..canning kills a lot of the nutrients and enzymes. Kelly --- On Wed, 11/11/09, cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote: cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com <cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com> Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 3:13 PM When I got my Excalibur dehydrator, I went down to the factory (it is located near me.) I asked the man there about that, and he told me it costs about .20 cents an hour to run. Even if that is old info, it can't be all that much higher now. Basically, it's just a small fan. My feelings are, its much more cost effective than freezing or canning. And with proper packaging, the food will last for years. Cyndi Lisa <blacksands (AT) comcast (DOT) net> Wed, Nov 11, 2009 6:31 am RE: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars Thank you so much for this link Cyndi – I wound up spending a good part of yesterday watching ALL her videos. I couldn’t stop! Now, I need to get me an Excalibur. I have a dehydrator but it’s a low-end one. I am concerned that dehydrating food isn’t all that cost effective due to the amount of time that you wind up running the machine (and the cost of electricity) . I’d love to find out if the Excalibur is efficient as far as that’s concerned. Any comments? Lisa [RealFoodSim pleLife] On Behalf Of cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:49 AM Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars I highly recommend watching this womans YouTube videos, they are awesome! I've watched them several times, and still go back there for inspiration regularly. She has her own website now too, with even more info. http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QxVpIHre2ao & feature=related Cyndi Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> Mon, Nov 9, 2009 10:52 am Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars It's an Excaliber. Yeah! I'd love any advice. I read that about the baggies in a few places but don't know where. I use plastic 1,2 5 in my kid's lunches, but wonder about that too. I also reuse think glass bottles a stainleess metal thermos in their lunch. My older son says they aren't supposed to have glass in lunch but no one has said anything about it in over a year. I'd love any dehydrator advice references. Thanks! Lara <> >Kelly Weyd [kellmar98 ] >11/9/2009 1:16:14 PM > >Re: dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > > > >I put all my dehydrated stuff in glass jars. I do use ziploc bags for certain >things, but as long as you are not heating them they should not leak dangerous >chemicals. I do find myself using less and less ziploc though and more and more >glass for storage just because plastic bags they are not the most >environmentally friendly things on the planet. If someone has any information >on plastic bags that would be great though. I could blab on and on about it, >but have no immediate research to back it up. > >What kind of dehydrator did you get? I have an excalibur, which is a really >good dehydrator. I bought one at Walmart one time, and it was garbage. I then >saved up my money for the excalibur and it's worth every penney. My excalibur >does get my tomatoes crispy if I want them crispy. > >No clue on which canned brands have BPA and which ones don't. Being on the safe >side here though and reducing my use of canned goods more and more. > >Kelly > >--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> wrote: > > >Lara Brown <larabrown (AT) care2 (DOT) com> >dehydrater was:Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars > >Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:32 AM > > > >I just got a dehydrater. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. Any idea >how that "Just Tomatoes" brand gets their stuff so light crunchy? Don't baggies >leach plastic? I though wax paper was the only non reactive wrap. > >With the tomato paste anyone know if the "toothpaste tube brand" Amore from >Italy uses BPA? I love it that I don't have to reseal or freeze left overs.. >It's more expensive not organic though. The Europeans are often ahead of us. Are >you sure the lined ones like Muir Glen have BPA? > >Lara ><> >>cyndikrall (AT) aol (DOT) com [cyndikrall@ aol.com] >>11/8/2009 8:12:17 PM >> >>Re: [RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >> >>I love to dehydrate! I have bags and bags of dehydrated foods everywhere, lol. >>For tomato paste, you can do two things-one, you can dehydrate tomato slices, >>and then grind them up in the food processor. The powder can be used as a >>thickener like tomato paste. And two, you can take your tomato powder, add a >>little water to make a thick paste, and then spread the paste out onto a >>paraflexx sheet or baggie back into the dehydrator and you will then have a >>dried tomato "rollup" that you can break off pieces of and use as tomato paste. >> >>Cyndi >> >>In a message dated 11/8/2009 4:43:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >>kellmar98 writes: >> >> >>This has actually hit the mainstream media too as of recently. A friend of mine >>has been talking about it for years. I am in the process of getting rid of all >>canned goods......coming up with alternatives. I do not can. I instead >>dehydrate as a means of preserving food. My biggest problem is tomato paste >>actually.... ...can't find a good alternative for it that is not in a can. We >>eat mostly fresh vegetables and whole foods, so not a lot of cans in our house >>anyway. Also we do not use our microwave... ...well I don't, my hubby is another >>story, but for the kids and I, I don't use the microwave because I have concerns >>about heating plastic and what the microwave does to the food anyway. >>Kelly >> >>--- On Sun, 11/8/09, frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote: >> >> >>frstyrs08 <FirstYrs08 (AT) cox (DOT) net> >>[RFSL] BPA in canning jars >> >>Sunday, November 8, 2009, 7:26 PM >> >> >> >>I read this article in "Organic Gardening" (Nov-Jan 009, pg 16) and was >>surprised to hear it! >> >>Q: Do you know if the coating on meal lids on some types of canning jars >>contains bispenol-A? >> >>A: Canning jar lids from the brands Ball, Kerr, Golden Harvest, and Bernandin >>ARE coated with BPA - an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastics >>and the epoxy resins that line many food containers. BPA is an estrogenic >>chemical - meaning it can mimic the hormone estrogen - and a wide body of >>research links it to an increased risk for reproductive and developmental >>problems, cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Most human exposre to BPA comes >>through te diet because the chemical can leach into canned foods that come into >>contact with the epoxy resin coating. >> >>"If the lid doesn't contact the food, it's not a problem," says Fredierick vom >>Sall, PHD, a curators' professor of bilogical sciences who studies endocrine >>disruptors at the University of Missouri - Columbia. But in food preserving, >>that's unlikely to be the case, so vom Saal says it's best to use a BPA-free >>product. For example, German-made Weck canning jars use glass lids, rubber >>rings, and metal clasps to seal the jars rather than metal lids. 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