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After Larry the rock guy's post about them and your suggestions, I been lookin... Wife grabs dried apples and bananas now and then at the store and I like them....
What about carrots, potatoes, onions, etc?? Can you throw a handful in soupe and enjoy them or are they gonna be like leather? Are they enjoyable to just eat outta the bag??
Do you peel stuff or just wash/slice... Seasoning or no? Same brands you folks have are available here in 230 volt so suggest away...
I don't wanna get something that gets used once and sets the rest of it's life on a shelf....

Thanks.....
 
Ours sat on the shelf for a long time- but no more. Gave it to our son, now it sits on HIS shelf.

Bananas were good, but that was about it. I think commercial guys they put a lot of stuff in their dried product to make it palatable- the results at home were disappointing, especially if what you're drying doesn't have a lot of natural sugar in it. And most of it turns out pretty leathery.
 
We dry peppers, some onion, and tomatoes and they all work well once re hydrated in stews or whatever. The biggest use for our dryer is venison jerky. We want to expand its use this summer. We'll see if time allows.
 
We dehydrate lots of stuff. It all does really well except for bananas. If you you look at the bag the that you get at the store, they are fried. The veggies you dry yourself make awesome stews an soups. Once you get the jerky right you will never be satisfied with store bouht jerky again.
 
Wife just got one last weekend. Made some fruit jerky (apples, strawberries, bananas, peaches) with it already. Not too bad for a snack. I want to make some beef jerky with it soon.
 
My son got a dehydrator for Christmas. We are pretty picky on flavor and texture but after tweaking and combining a few recipes, it sure beats any store bought brand. As a matter of fact, we have a batch ready to go on today.

BTW, we use beef. I wished we liked venision (ample supply), it's just too gamey for us, even after the marinade.
 
My parents used to do onions and apples (not at the same time). Once the onions were dry the they would freeze them (keeps them from going stale). However, after the first year they started drying the onions in the camper b/c of the way it purfumes the whole house.
 
We dry just about everything! Cucumbers, peppers, okra, tomatoes,zucinni, even watermellon and muskmellon. Use the veggies in soups, eggs, pizzia, whatever....or just eat them outta the jar. Dried apples, bananas, and other fruit. tasted EXCELLENT! Jerkey is wonderful, too.
Ya just gotta wanna....
 
(quoted from post at 07:44:02 01/26/12) We dry just about everything! Cucumbers, peppers, okra, tomatoes,zucinni, even watermellon and muskmellon. Use the veggies in soups, eggs, pizzia, whatever....or just eat them outta the jar. Dried apples, bananas, and other fruit. tasted EXCELLENT! Jerkey is wonderful, too.
Ya just gotta wanna....
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One way of gettin the snot outta okra :roll: Season the stuff or just dry it??? I gotta get away from grabbin chips or a jar of peanut butter and like veggies, just a pain to always have fresh OH just in case.... How'd the melon turn out?
 
My two cents...

Dried fruit I eat plain as a snack.

Dried vegetables, I use in soups, chilis, etc. Dried veggies do not taste good to me plain.

Just wash, slice, and dry. Depending how you slice you will have to peel the fruit/veggie.

Rick
 
Kids got us one years ago. I make jerky in it whenever they come--never lasts over a day no matter how much I make or whether it's venison ot beef. I have done tomatoes and peppers with good success, apples are great too.
 
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