On 8/28/2014 10:42 AM, Drew Lawson wrote:
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Ecnerwal writes:
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lid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
I'm tempted to make salsa, but that would just lead to eating more
chips, which I really should not do. (Suddenly, I have a craving.)
Make chips you can feel good about eating!
That wasn't a "processed food is bad" shouldn't.
It was a "I don't need the carbs" shouldn't.
I could sneak some moderation in there if we entertained more, but
we don't. If the gym membership starts to get used more, I may
have an excuse for salsa next year.
When tomatoes overrun us (not this year) I run a dehydrator like a mad
man - and when apples over-run us, likewise. The tomatoes usually get
eaten straight, sometimes soaked in a bit of balsamic vinegar for some
uses.
That is on the list of things to try. Pasta sauce has priority, but
drying some has appeal.
"Sun-drying" is a nice idea for some other climate - here, you can
pretty much bet on mold and generally unsuitable weather, so we don't
even bother to try.
I'd have to protect them from critters large and small to do sun
drying. Not even the house cats bother the cheap dehydrator I have
(only used for spices as yet).
22 years ago I bought a $16.00 American dehydrator at a Walmart. Bought
six more trays for it a year later, still got the thing and use it a
good bit to dehydrate the herbs and vegetables we grow. Nothing
automatic about it, just have to learn when to turn it off and to rotate
the trays periodically. Sure makes the house smell nice.
We never get enough tomatoes at this new home to dehydrate any.
Generally either the birds or the stink bugs get them first.
George
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Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and
drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever. -- Aristophanes