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aloha

I recently made some very yummy fruit leather roll up thing using 1 Small

banana (3 " max.) 4-5 fresh figs and 3-4 raw dates....after dehydrating both

sides for about 16 hrs (flipping at 8 hrs) I rolled it up around some

soaked/sprouted beans of all sorts with some stevia and a tad bit of aguave

made " Fruitoli " like a raw health canoli

but you can just keep it a fruit leather

I have a raw boot camp and a raw recipe book in the makings

with aloha...Kieba www.bodytemplebootcamp.com

 

Margaret Gamez <mgamez wrote:

Judea wrote:

> Thanks for the advice. So far my fruit leather turned out okay, but

> the zucchini and banana chips were terrible! I guess it's a lot of

> trial and error.

 

Yes, it is all about trial and error. I think the people who wrote the

recipes I've used *thought* they were making things extremely clear and

helpful, but I had trouble with them anyway. I think I have become

something of a cracker queen now, but then, again, that is only for the

recipes that I can scope out and see that they will work out to my

liking (Okay, I've been making crackers about once a week since March,

and I've tried about 10 recipes, 8 of which were not anything I will

repeat, and 2 of which I have modified to my liking and may make

forever) Then you have to figure out how thick is too thick and how

thin is too thin. I think if you get the dough to about 1/8 to 1/4

inch you can get respectable crackers-- much thinner, and they will

crumble (I used that batch as crumbles for salads and whatnot) much

thicker and you will break your teeth trying to eat them. The crackers

will get thinner as they dehydrate.

 

I did not have much success doing fruit and vegetable chips. That is

the first thing I tried. I don't want leather or chewy things. I

learned that a number of things just simply are not going to turn crisp

any time in my lifetime. Some things might turn crisp if I could get

them sliced thin enough.

Some recipes say put oil on them, but I think that makes them not want

to dehydrate within the preparer's lifetime.

 

I think I will just make crackers for now. I like the taste of success.

 

Next I am going to try " bread " and " cookies " . Maybe.

First I want to make some tortillas from a recipe I found.

Margaret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyone is raving about the all-new Mail.

 

 

[Guest guest]

I paid $175 for one of my 9 tray Excaliburs. Then I paid $160 for another from

a private party.

 

Go to http://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/ or call 916-381-4254 and ask them if

they have any " seconds " . You know, a scratch on the casing, a dent, something

to make them less than perfect and less than the selling price.

 

Here are a few other sites that sell Excalibur, HOWEVER, you do not get a 10

year warranty if you buy from anyone but E.

 

http://www.therawfoodworld.com/index.php?cPath=316_322 & gclid=CO7m8frz9okCFQU8YQo\

dijtVSw pretty good deal here

 

same deal here: http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-food/excalibur_dehydrator.html

 

Either one of these sites are reputable.

 

Shair

 

 

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What a great idea using it to make chips. I never would have thought of that.

I know someone who used it for their tomatoes but that was a long time ago and I

can't remember exactly. Isn't that kind of like sun dried tomatoes that they

sell in little bottles?

 

Kathy

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Exactly! Only without the oil (though you can store them in oil, I

don't plan to). A friend gave me some little grape-sized tomatoes she

had dehydrated last year and they were like candy! Turns out you can

preserve a lot of produce that way for later use in soups, stews,

sauces, etc. It's not the same as fresh, but it's a good alternative

to freezing or canning if you don't have the room or the equipment (or

the inclination).

 

Kathy T wrote:

 

 

What a great idea using it to make chips. I never would have

thought of that. I know someone who used it for their tomatoes but that

was a long time ago and I can't remember exactly. Isn't that kind of

like sun dried tomatoes that they sell in little bottles?

 

Kathy

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yep.

The dehydrator makes great " Sun " dried tomatoes, dried mushrooms ,

roasted peppers, fruit.

When I get a big bag of apples or onions, they usually end up dried, as

we cannot go through that many at a time.

Also, leftover cooked beans are great dehydrated for " instant " refries ,

chili or to put in loafs or pates.

I'm not a rawfooder, but do use it to preserve more than freezing or

canning.

lc carol