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Post by Snake Eyes on Jul 18, 2010 23:03:36 GMT 12.75
Anyone here dehydrate fruit??? If so,what do you do to keep it from turning color?? I am thinking like apples and bananas. Thanks
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Post by brittonfaith on Jul 19, 2010 1:30:15 GMT 12.75
I use either a little lemon juice, Fruit Fresh, or if I'm out of both of them a few crushed vitamin C tablets. You can use these either right out of the container or add water (and sugar if you desire) for a solution to cut fruit into. For bananas, I probably wouldn't make a solution.
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Post by Paws on Jul 19, 2010 4:55:28 GMT 12.75
Yep do like Faith said. Slice them, dip them, dry them. Lemon juice is the easiest. You can also use dry sulpher. Make sure your fruit is "top" quality with no bruises, blemishes, bugs, etc. Bananas need to be bright yellow but very firm.
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Post by Snake Eyes on Jul 20, 2010 0:48:07 GMT 12.75
I use either a little lemon juice, Fruit Fresh, or if I'm out of both of them a few crushed vitamin C tablets. You can use these either right out of the container or add water (and sugar if you desire) for a solution to cut fruit into. For bananas, I probably wouldn't make a solution. Faith, Have you ever done bananas? Seems to me without treatment this would be the first fruit to turn color during the drying process. Maybe start with somewhere between green bananas and yellow and slice very thin. What you think? John
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Post by brittonfaith on Jul 20, 2010 2:06:59 GMT 12.75
I do treat bananas. I just don't mix the fruit fresh in water. I suppose you could and use a spray bottle to apply it in mixed form. I just think the bananas get too wet and mushy if dipped in it. Any bananas other than very green ones and those going black work. Plantains sliced legnthwise are real good too!
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Post by Paws on Jul 20, 2010 23:31:28 GMT 12.75
Put the freakin' banana slices in the freakin' solution! So, they get a little slimey; you're dryin' them anyway. If you use plantains brine the slices in sugar water or they will be bitter. You can also squash them and fry them in a dry skillet before dessication to improve their texture and quality. along with the bananna dry mango, pineapple, papaya, and add the dried fruits to toasted sunflower seeds and slivered coconut for a dandy trailmix.
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Post by Snake Eyes on Jul 21, 2010 0:14:31 GMT 12.75
coconut for a dandy trailmix. Paws, Great mix,till you mentioned,coconut.....I am very allergic to coconut. It helps that I hate the taste of it. snake-eyes
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Post by Paws on Jul 21, 2010 2:20:38 GMT 12.75
Substitute toasted and slivered almonds for the coconut. Good taste and similar texture.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jul 21, 2010 5:44:54 GMT 12.75
I love dried fruit! None of us have bothered with it in a long time, but Dad's got a dehydrator and used to keep the snack trays full of fruit chips. I'm getting a lot of fruit from the produce stand that I need to do omething with. I think I'll ask Dad if he'll loan me his dehydrator and I'll make up a bunch of dry fruit. Thanks Snakeyes, now I got nother project, lol.
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Post by Paws on Jul 21, 2010 6:11:37 GMT 12.75
Toby do you do leathers too?
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Post by Toby Benoit on Apr 7, 2011 17:20:14 GMT 12.75
A buddy of mine gave me a sack full of dehydrated b'nanner chips today. They turned out great! But he used a little too much lemon to retain the color cause it tastes very lemony, but still very enjoyable.
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Post by brittonfaith on Apr 7, 2011 17:55:51 GMT 12.75
Now you got me wishing I had a big dehydrator and a mushroom farm real close by! Cousin did a whole truck load a couple years ago. Mom got some shipped to her. But do you think anyone would share a container of them with me??? I did get a bowl of mushroom soup from some of mom's. Dang tasty!!
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Post by Two Tales on Apr 7, 2011 18:33:00 GMT 12.75
use to use fruit fresh dry for the naners...don't do them any more and never did like them much any way always gave me heart burn like you wouldn't believe, it's down on the floor pain now, is what I'm talking about...read once about blanching fruit prior to drying would also ward off discolorization..never tried it though...I'll see if I can come up with that artical....
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Post by Snake Eyes on Apr 8, 2011 1:10:20 GMT 12.75
Now you got me wishing I had a big dehydrator and a mushroom farm real close by! Cousin did a whole truck load a couple years ago. Mom got some shipped to her. But do you think anyone would share a container of them with me??? I did get a bowl of mushroom soup from some of mom's. Dang tasty!! Faith, With any 'rooms' I could harvest,none would ever make it to a dehydrator. That is one fungus I could live with.
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Post by Paws on Apr 8, 2011 2:23:03 GMT 12.75
My neighbor grows Portabellas, Chanterels, and one more I forget what. He plants the spores into rotten logs.
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Post by brittonfaith on Apr 8, 2011 8:34:00 GMT 12.75
My neighbor grows Portabellas, Chanterels, and one more I forget what. He plants the spores into rotten logs. Mmmm!! Some nice big stuffed portabellas sounds pretty good! I ought to get some spores and start some. Heaven knows I've got plenty of rotten logs lying around here. Wonder if it makes a difference what kind wood they are? Nanner chips sound good too! I lived on them and steamed prawns when I was doing a lot of traveling back and forth to Florida. Sure beat truck stop diners.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Apr 14, 2011 10:53:59 GMT 12.75
I got some shrooms growing in the cow pasture on a few of the bigger dried patties, lolol. They popped up after the last heavy rains we had. I doubt they're anything I'll be picking to eat, lol.
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Post by Paws on Apr 14, 2011 22:32:53 GMT 12.75
I got some shrooms growing in the cow pasture on a few of the bigger dried patties, lolol. They popped up after the last heavy rains we had. I doubt they're anything I'll be picking to eat, lol. What a deal, shrooms and frisbees too! ;D
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