Putting up the harvest (Kitchen (Food preservation-other))

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The garden is going full tilt and so is the "putting back".I have all the dehydrators running 24/7 and thinking about buying a couple more, the freezer is filling up with greens, fruit juice and other non driable vegetables, the jam is made and the wine jug is thumping, I got a smoked ham on sale, I'm bartering out on half a side of frozen beef. And to top it all off, we have all the new clothes and school supplies bought on sale for this season and I still have my regular job too. Does it really get any better than this? Thanks Countryside, for showing me the true "nostalgia", using what I was taught as a child to simply tackle the compexity called "Life".

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), July 06, 2001

Answers

Jay,

Sounds like everything is wonderful for you. Happy for you and yours.

You said you had all of your dehydrators going. How many is all?

I used to barter my eggs at a natural food store for items I needed. Same with a co-op. Life is GREAT!!!

Wishing you enough.

-- Cordy (ckaylegian@aol.com), July 06, 2001.


We currently run five dehydrators, hope to buy a couple more this season.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), July 06, 2001.

I told a friend once that except for the faces of loved ones, the three prettiest sights I could think of were a full larder, a full woodshed and a full hay barn. Looks like the Blairs are getting there. Congratulations.

-- marilyn (rainbow@ktis.net), July 07, 2001.

Amen.

-- Sandra Nelson (Magin@starband.net), July 07, 2001.

YES Marilyn.............never heard that before but expresses my sentiments exactly. Good going Jay, LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), July 07, 2001.


I was thinking about buying a couple more dehydrators this year, myself, but was told you can successfully dry things in your car without using electricity. That is, if you have one that sits more than it is driven! I guess you cound leave things in there while you are at work off the farm, too. I plan to dry a few things in mine when I'm not driving it, just to test the plan out. Jan

-- Jan in CO (Janice12@aol.com), July 07, 2001.

It does get better, but only in one way - if you have so much given to you, pass it on. Take a load of veggies to the local shelter, take some jars of home made jam to a homebound individual, and so on. What we have, we have only through the forebearence of the Giver, and so to become a giver takes us one step closer to divinity.

-- Soni (thomkilroy@hotmail.com), July 08, 2001.

Jay,

I have been drying since the early 70's but have never heard of a heat convection cyclone dryer. What is that?

-- Cordy (ckaylegian@aol.com), July 09, 2001.


"Cyclone " is the brand name. They are non forced air dryers utilizing heat convection for air flow. Minimizes burning of the drying food.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), July 09, 2001.

Jay,

Could you give me more info on that dehydrator. I tried on google.com but got mainly commercial sites.

Thank you in advance.

-- Cordy (ckaylegian@aol.com), July 09, 2001.



I got them about ten years ago through a T.V. offer. I can't find anything on the direct marketer either. The design is simple with five circular trays on a plastic base and just a heating element similar to the element in a bread machine and no fan. The rising heat does all the airflow with no burning of the food.Other brands like it should be available in retail stores.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), July 09, 2001.

Here's a site that discusses solar food drying in depth -

http://solarcooking.org/dryingreview.htm

There are some additional information contacts at the end of the article.

j

-- j (jw_hsv@yahoo.com), July 09, 2001.


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