Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Tammy, when I made mine, I had to wait until it was REALLY dry to flip it... I've found that when dehydrating things like that, the flipping is really just to " finish it off " -- it's not like turning things over in an oven, which is what I first thought. I also found that my flax crackers were really good the first day or two, but after that, yuck. The texture was still fine... just the taste... they seemed to go from rather tasty to rather like eating very thin and crunchy cardboard with flecks of dried whatever. From now on, I'm only going to make enough to last a day or two, rather than the humongous batch I made before. Probably best in terms of the enzymes that way, anyway. That's MY experience, anyway. Suzy On 6/28/06, Hank @ MT <hank wrote: > > Help! I am attempting to make the flax seed crackers from an earlier > post. I was able to flip my teflex sheet over but in trying to remove > it most of the cracker seems to be coming with it. Is it just too > early to take it off? The top part seems pretty dry but the part I > exposed when flipping it is still really moist (as the recipe said it > would be). Any suggestions? > > Thanks. > > Tammy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Yep, too early. The dehydrating times usually given in recipes has quite a variable. I know that most of my favorite recipes were written by someone in Arizona and I live in Washington state, much more humidity than AZ hence my crackers stay in the dehydrator MUCH longer than the recipe calls for. Just play with it and you'll get the hang of it. Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 At this point I slide my crackers out of teflex sheet and put them on dry side on regular mesh. Several seeds are usually left behind. At the end they are completely dry. Elen Morell Hank@MT wrote: >Help! I am attempting to make the flax seed crackers from an earlier >post. I was able to flip my teflex sheet over but in trying to remove >it most of the cracker seems to be coming with it. Is it just too >early to take it off? The top part seems pretty dry but the part I >exposed when flipping it is still really moist (as the recipe said it >would be). Any suggestions? > >Thanks. > >Tammy > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 I usually just put an empty mesh tray on top of the cracker that is still on the teflex and turn both trays. Then just remove the top tray & teflex sheet and voila! The crackers are turned. Go on to the next shelf. Did that make any sense? Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Yeah you should wait longer before flipping them over. That's all. I had the same problem. Also if you like chewy crackers leave them in a shorter time (once flipped) and if you like crispy then leave them in a long time. rawfood , Elen Morell <elen wrote: > > At this point I slide my crackers out of teflex sheet and put them on > dry side on regular mesh. Several seeds are usually left behind. > At the end they are completely dry. > Elen Morell > > Hank@MT wrote: > > >Help! I am attempting to make the flax seed crackers from an earlier > >post. I was able to flip my teflex sheet over but in trying to remove > >it most of the cracker seems to be coming with it. Is it just too > >early to take it off? The top part seems pretty dry but the part I > >exposed when flipping it is still really moist (as the recipe said it > >would be). Any suggestions? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Tammy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 There is a compromise between wasting electricity on fan working and learning how to slide them. I am russian and it shocks me to see how people here waste electricity. Also, I turn it off when they are chevy, but after laying for a day in the sunny place they become crispy. I like crispy. Tweetybird_109 wrote: >Yeah you should wait longer before flipping them over. That's all. I >had the same problem. Also if you like chewy crackers leave them in a >shorter time (once flipped) and if you like crispy then leave them in >a long time. > > >rawfood , Elen Morell <elen wrote: > > >>At this point I slide my crackers out of teflex sheet and put them >> >> >on > > >>dry side on regular mesh. Several seeds are usually left behind. >>At the end they are completely dry. >>Elen Morell >> >>Hank@MT wrote: >> >> >> >>>Help! I am attempting to make the flax seed crackers from an >>> >>> >earlier > > >>>post. I was able to flip my teflex sheet over but in trying to >>> >>> >remove > > >>>it most of the cracker seems to be coming with it. Is it just too >>>early to take it off? The top part seems pretty dry but the part >>> >>> >I > > >>>exposed when flipping it is still really moist (as the recipe said >>> >>> >it > > >>>would be). Any suggestions? >>> >>>Thanks. >>> >>>Tammy >>> >>> >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Thanks for all of your suggestions. The crackers seemed to turn out ok but tasted a little green. Does that make sense? The thinner crackers tasted more " cracker like " . I am wondering if the thicker mix should have been dehydrated more. The are all crunchy - just in varying degrees. I have them in air tight containers but not refrigerated. How do I tell if they go bad? I am still working on 100% raw. Right now I eat only fruit in the morning. I am trying to go without bread, pasta. coffee and meat. I tried going all raw before without any transition and " starved " , lost 12 pounds in two weeks and started having health problems. I had to give up my exercise program for a while. At the time, I was swimming about a mile and 1/2 a day. I am swimming again (not as far) but feel that I need to ease into a totally raw diet. I am hoping to be raw by August 1st but am not stressing about it. I know when the time is right it will happen. Thanks again for your help with the crackers. Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Tammy wrote: > Help! I am attempting to make the flax seed crackers from an earlier > post. I was able to flip my teflex sheet over but in trying to remove > it most of the cracker seems to be coming with it. Is it just too > early to take it off? The top part seems pretty dry but the part I > exposed when flipping it is still really moist (as the recipe said it > would be). If the cracker will not peel/fall off the teflex sheet easily, then it is too soon to remove it. Flip it back over and dehydrate some more. In my experience, recipes don't always work time-wise.... perhaps it is due to humidity in the air... I usually dehydrate for 1-2 hours (up to 4) and then flip. The earlier you can flip, the sooner you can score the crackers, in my experience (it doesn't work as well for me to score them before they are ready to be flipped.) I hope this helps. If not, please feel free to write back. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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