Dry Fruits and Vegetables
Source of Recipe
Marla
List of Ingredients
How to Dry Fruits and Vegetables
Recipe
Food Dehydration is the oldest form of food preservation. In the
beginning, people used a lot of salt to preserve foods, and they dried
their food in the sun or on stove tops. Today we have the food
dehydrator to help in the process of drying.
Food dehydration is safe because water is removed from the food.
Because water is removed from the food, mold and bacteria cannot grow
on it;thus it will not spoil. There is, however, a loss of vitamin A
and C in dried foods due to heat and air. It usually takes vegetables
6-16 hours to dry, and fruit 12-48 hours. One can dry fruit and
vegetables, and make jerky and fruit leather.
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