Dehydrating is a wonderful way to save fresh foods when they are in season, and it also represents a return to an older and simpler way of doing things. You can preserve a huge variety of foods, even with the simplest (and cheapest) of dehydrators. If you harness the sun for your dehydrating, it can be a very environmentally friendly approach as well.
Whether you are drying to preserve your own harvest, to create lightweight camping foods, or to save money with store-bought produce, you now have all the information you need to be successful at it. It will take a little practice to develop the right eye to tell when dry foods are ready, but experience is a great teacher.
Though some topics included in this book are not ideal for beginners (such as trying to dry dairy products or meat), you should be well on your way, even if you have never dried food before.
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