More dehydrated delights

[Hammock Hamster]

Well I have had quite a bit of feedback, here and from friends/family, about my new dehydrator so thought I would share some more of my experiments.

This time I thought I would try fruit, all locally sourced from either local allotments or the market.

I tried mango (my favourite), strawberry, banana, raspberry and cherry!

The mango and strawberry went down a storm, swmbo loved the banana, the raspberrys were ok but the cherries were a bit sticky even after 14 hours drying.

Also did some onion which work well in stews and can be ground to a fine powder for use as a flavouring!

Hope you like them.

Cheers, Hamster

 

[mountainm]

So now you need a blog

"will it dehydrate?"



Thanks for sharing. Pineapple may a good one to try if the mango worked well. Would you dare try some shell fish - scallops maybe?

 

[Hammock Hamster]

So now you need a blog

"will it dehydrate?"



Thanks for sharing. Pineapple may a good one to try if the mango worked well. Would you dare try some shell fish - scallops maybe?

I can see a will it dehydrate thread coming on, especially if i get some spare time "hmm what can i do today" anytime soon.

Not sure about shellfish but am considering some sort of dried fish in the near future, would have to be something non-oily so maybe a nice bit of cod fillet to start with or fome pollock.

 

[jacko1066]

+ 1 on a dehydration thead!!!!!
Great work there Hamster!!!
I gonna get myslf a drier this week I reckon!!
Did delivery take long from Westfalia??

Cheers
Steve

 

[Perrari]

Thats it, seeing all the stuff you have dried, I will have to get one.

 

[Hammock Hamster]

+ 1 on a dehydration thead!!!!!
Great work there Hamster!!!
I gonna get myslf a drier this week I reckon!!
Did delivery take long from Westfalia??

Cheers
Steve

About 6 days from the date i ordered, they sent me an email the day i ordered stating it would be up to 10 working days then another a few days later stating it had been dispatched and would take up to 10 working days which worried me a little but i ordered on a saturday and it arrived the following friday so actually slightly before i expected it.

Perrari, i ummed and erred for a while and glad i bit the bullet and got one, SWMBO is not so sure as i was in the kitchen all weekend!

 

[tartanferret]

Not sure about shellfish but am considering some sort of dried fish in the near future, would have to be something non-oily so maybe a nice bit of cod fillet to start with or fome pollock.

A favourite pot-noodle type snack that I buy from the chinese supermarket has crabstick and cuttlefish in it. I tried dehydrating crabstick slices in the oven and wasn't sure If I'd let them rehydrate for long enough, they seemed a bit chewy.

Please try them in your dehydrator for me

cheers

 

[rik_uk3]

So now you need a blog

"will it dehydrate?"



Thanks for sharing. Pineapple may a good one to try if the mango worked well. Would you dare try some shell fish - scallops maybe?

NO, not in a home dryer, please no. No shell fish please, potentially very very dangerous.

 

[mountainm]

NO, not in a home dryer, please no. No shell fish please, potentially very very dangerous.

Uncle Ray was doing them on a string around his neck.

 

[Trojan]

Do you or others have a link to a company selling the dehydrator?Many thanks

 

[Hammock Hamster]

Do you or others have a link to a company selling the dehydrator?Many thanks

Hi Trojan,

This was where i got mine from http://www2.westfalia.net/shops/hou...ation/dehydrating_/193811-food_dehydrator.htm

No affiliation etc...

 

[Trojan]

Many thanks!!

 

[John Fenna]

Pineapple is unbeatable!
I becomes a toffee-like pinaple taste explosion that is totally addictive - by far my favourite dehy fruit!
Fruit leathers - basically dehy smothies - are delicious too - banana and strawb is my favourite while damson and apple is pretty close. Dried apple rings are good and dried wild strawbwries are intensly flavoursome
Just off to raid the store box now....