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Old 12-10-2006, 04:44 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Dehydrating tomatoes



On Oct 12, 10:43 am, "James" wrote:
Picked up a food dehydrator for $5 at a thrift shop. Still drying my
first try. It's been on over 24 hours. Some are still not done while
some on the bottom tray are toasted. I couldn't slice them a uniform
thickness. Don't know if I'll get any more ripe tomatoes for a second
try It probably cost me a quarter a batch for the electricity. Can't
wait till next year's crop to do more drying.


My dehydrator does that too. Many options: if the bottom tray dries
faster,
switch trays in mid-drying. If the slices near the center dry faster,
put thicker
slices near the center