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The Dehydrator Cookbook
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Rating: 3/5 from 3 reviews Your mileage may varyWay too basicI just got a sparkling new Excalibur dehydrator and purchased this book for innovative ideas on how to use it. The book contained little more than the instruction book that came with the machine. There are no illustrations, which would have been useful. Most of the recipes are not ones I would use. For example, the recipe given to use tomatoes is "Lamb Stew." I wish I had purchased a book with more text, more ideas, and some pictures, since I am totally new to dehydrating. Disappointing. Finally, an easy to follow guide to food dehydratorsLike many Americans, I received an electric food dehydrator as a Christmas gift last year and had great expectations. After 2 disasterous attempts to dry tomatoes and oranges, my machine went back in the box on a shelf in the garage, until I read this book. This book is cleverly written, easy to follow and has some really good guidelines for using your dehydrator. Not only does the author tell you how to properly dry and candy foods, but she includes recipes for using those foods. There is a section on storing the dried foods and even suggestions on drying non-food items like flowers. My food dehydrator is now back in the kitchen and getting regular use, thanks to this little book! | ||||||||||||||||||||
Most of the book is regular recipes that use dehydrated versions of the basics (fruits and veges). It has a couple of pages about jerky and fruit leathers. If you are dehydrating to save the bumper crop from the garden, this may be what you want. However if you are dehydrating for backpacking/camping etc, these are definately are not trail-ready recipes.
The book doesnt have more than a few pages about what to dehydrate, and how to do it. It does have a nice table about how long different foods should take to dry, but it turns out that the listed times are significantly longer than my dehydrator takes so it is of no use to me.
I have found much more useful info at various 'net resources.