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Best stuff I’ve dehydrated, Veggie, are mushrooms (field ones that I didn’t pay for, of course!) ,surplus strawberries from the patch, sliced lemons, limes and oranges and pineapple from when they are cheap in the supermarket.
Have you seen the ridiculous prices for dried mushrooms in supermarkets!!!
The dried strawberries are lovely on porridge or even cheap cornflakes.
The pineapple is just a nice chewy snack.
Dried crispy citrus slices transform your gin and tonic or whatever floats your boat!
The most disappointing thing for me was tomatoes. They took for ever to dry even when thinly sliced , and I had some of them go mouldy because they hadn’t dried enough.
My other half worked our that it cost 7p per hour to run the 500watt dehydrator (will now be double that from April) and I reckon it cost me 24 x 7p to get semi dried tomatoes that went mouldy.
Would be grateful if other forumites can tell me what else is worth the energy cost to dry.
Have you seen the ridiculous prices for dried mushrooms in supermarkets!!!
The dried strawberries are lovely on porridge or even cheap cornflakes.
The pineapple is just a nice chewy snack.
Dried crispy citrus slices transform your gin and tonic or whatever floats your boat!
The most disappointing thing for me was tomatoes. They took for ever to dry even when thinly sliced , and I had some of them go mouldy because they hadn’t dried enough.
My other half worked our that it cost 7p per hour to run the 500watt dehydrator (will now be double that from April) and I reckon it cost me 24 x 7p to get semi dried tomatoes that went mouldy.
Would be grateful if other forumites can tell me what else is worth the energy cost to dry.
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