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Dehydrating foods, fruits, vegetables, fish and meats
Dehydrating foods fruits vegetables fish and meats Author:A. Louise Andrea Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II USES FOR DEHYDRATED PRODUCTS As intimated previously, almost everything which may be eaten can be dehydrated. As a matter of fact, 1 have succee... more »ded with everything but watermelon, in which the percentage of moisture is so excessive and the cellular structure so delicate that I must exclude watermelon from the practicabilities, albeit the rind may be dehydrated for future use in pickles and conserves. While it would seem that the tomato comes in the " impossible" category, nevertheless, the tomato can be dehydrated to good advantage, in quarters if the tomatoes are small, or sliced, and then ground into powder, if desired, the latter being the best for soups and sauces. Directions for making these are given elsewhere in this volume. Whether for commercial purposes or for home use, it must be realized that through dehydration the finest and freshest of farm and garden produce is always available for the bleak winter months, and for use where such produce cannot be grown. One can have young, tender beans, fresh peas, sweet corn, succulent, tender spinach, tropical dainties and a multitude of other food things at any time during the winter, and at any place whatever, all preserved at their freshest and best, and when cheap and plentiful. In fact, in many districts produce develops sorapidly and in such abundance during the summer that it can be often had for the mere picking, and those having farms and gardens may dehydrate in their kitchens such small amounts of fruits and vegetables as it would not pay to put up by a canning process, but which can be saved to perfection and without cost by simply using a little home dehydrator over a kitchen range. Those intending to do dehydration on a commercial scale are naturally interested in the possible sources of their...« less