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i;m going to have a go at the solar one. "be a creator not a Consumer" ;-)

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hi all
just made my own celery salt by drying loads of celery and adding salt to it so that its quite strong and now have that to add to all my home cooking. Only reason i tried this is because i couldnt find celery salt anywhere. Just done a load of toms covered in dried basil which will then be put into a jar and covered with olive oil. Got a load of apples on the go and they are sprinkled with lots of ground cinnamon. Waiting with baited breath for this one.

Trouble is the uver alf keeps nicking it as soon as its done!!!!!

Martin

Hello annie, did you find out/test out dehydrating in the Aga bottom oven? I'm due to be reunited with my Aga in a few months, and if it works for deydrating I won't buy a separate gadget. Thank you :-) decidedly healthy.

Welcome to the vine decidedly healthy

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My new oven has pre-settings for various special things and has two settings at under 100 degrees, 40 and 70 degrees - could I use either of those settings to dehydrate stuff from the garden?

And do you leave the stones in cherries when you dry them?

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TonyF, Dordogne 24220

Hi Tony
Never done cherry's but the books i have reccomend that they are stoned first.... Dont know if that means you get them high on some sort of weed or what :-)

As for the conventional oven I think that there is a problem with the higher humidity. Not sure but i think there is something about it here.

Martin

My brother made a solar fruit and veg dryer a good few years ago.It didnt seem to consist of much(he also made a solar cooker that worked very well and was made of cardboard boxes and a sheet of glass as I remember)
I will get details and post them.

From what I remember from the book I have I'd try 70 degrees Tony.

Best of luck, let us know how you get on.

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