Whats in YOUR Dehydrator- May 2009

**thefrug** · 05-01-2009, 10:04 AM

Today I'm doing one tray of parsley and one of chives. They've been growing in the south facing bay window all winter, and I've been using them all winter and now it's time to put them outside. So I cut them way back and now I'm drying them

**vigilant20** · 05-01-2009, 10:12 AM

Happy new dehydrating thread!

I've got 6 pounds of peas running. 6 pounds of corn is going in as soon as I get home tonight

**LastDragonfly** · 05-01-2009, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by thefrug

Today I'm doing one tray of parsley and one of chives. They've been growing in the south facing bay window all winter, and I've been using them all winter and now it's time to put them outside. So I cut them way back and now I'm drying them

Yay, they got a haircut and put outside and the dehydrator got fed. LOL

Thanks for starting the May thread Frug!

**LastDragonfly** · 05-01-2009, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by vigilant20

Happy new dehydrating thread!

I've got 6 pounds of peas running. 6 pounds of corn is going in as soon as I get home tonight

that's awesome! It just makes ya feel good when all the trays are loaded.

**LastDragonfly** · 05-01-2009, 12:45 PM

I've got 4 quarts of strawberries being sliced as I type. (I just love 12 y/o's who want to help in the kitchen) I'm also going to do some more celery and mushrooms today.

**thefrug** · 05-01-2009, 01:00 PM

no problem Pen

boy! those chives sure are strong! LOL

after these I have more bananas to do and some shredded cabbage. read in my book that came with the machine that the herbs are going to take like 20-24 hrs!

**savvy_sniper** · 05-01-2009, 01:26 PM

I went to the store this morning to buy more strawberries to dehydrate because they were still on sale. They were OUT!

I bought some applesauce to make various fruit leathers and guess what happened when I picked the bag up to bring it in from the truck. The bag broke! I was in hubby's truck; so I didn't have my reuseable bags. I bought some cans of peach pieces (cheaper than halves or slices) AND they were on sale. I guess I could dehydrate them.

I did get a good deal on chicken and cereal though, BUT they don't go in the dehydrator.

**vigilant20** · 05-01-2009, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by thefrug

boy! those chives sure are strong! LOL

hehe Yeah, surprising isn't it? They look so innocent.

**RaineyDaye** · 05-01-2009, 04:21 PM

Today I'm trying to dehydrate pureed fruit to make fruit roll-ups. I had a bag of mixed frozen fruit from Aldi's that I needed to use up, so I pureed it and cooked it and am trying to make fruit roll-ups from it. Not sure if it will turn out well though.

**jas** · 05-01-2009, 05:50 PM

nothing went in during the day today, but I think I will put in some green beans, and some cabbage and have it go through the night.

**familyof3** · 05-02-2009, 07:55 PM

Woo-hoo!!! I have finally mastered potatoes!!! No more nasty brown ones for me!! It took forever, and I blanched them until almost cooked, but they turned out great!

Dried blackberries this week too.

As far as use, I make turkey soup with rehydrated veggies. Used some re-hyd peppers in couscous salad. And used some re-hyd spinach in dip for later tomight.

I finally ordered extra trays and leather sheets. They all came in this week. Our Nesco supposedly takes 30 trays. DS figured out we couldn't fit 30 between the counter and ceiling if we tried!

I also got my pressure canner. It's a beauty!!! Until school is done for the year, it's going to be sitting on the counter though.

**LastDragonfly** · 05-02-2009, 11:06 PM

FO3, woo hoo, give us a step by step on the potatoes please. Way to go with using your dehydrated food this week. A new canner....I love my canner. Even when it's put up underneath my cabinets, I still smile when I see it...

**thefrug** · 05-03-2009, 06:32 AM

I was leaning towards microwaving my potatoes. I want to do cubed ones, so I thought I'd try the microwave.
I have my waterbath canner now and found another without the rack for $5 at a church yard sale yesterday.
I just can not find jars at these things. Sure, they're at the retail stores, but I sure would love to find a windfall on some , somewhere.

**jas** · 05-03-2009, 07:32 AM

Yesterday I did some cabbage and okra. I went to Sams and got two big things of fresh spinach and I will be doing that, or most of it, today. We had a community yardsale yesterday and I didn't even look for canning jars!! I passed over all the glass stuff thinking I didn't need anything like that. Argh!!!!

**hotprincesscm** · 05-03-2009, 08:32 AM

Nothing yet....I think today I'll find something to put in it. I have some fruit that needs to have something done with it...And maybe some potatoes...I'm just running out of room to put things...LOL