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By: amygirl

amygirl — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:44:53 +0000

I have some pears in the dehydrator. Trying it at 2 days. I don’t think they will make it 2 days because we keep sampling! My primary thought was fire for running for 2 days. (I had a computer go poof and smoke up the house once so I’m just a bit wary.) Do you have any fruit leather tips? I have done it 1 time before w/ jam and it was way to sticky to eat. Do you put the leather rack on the top or bottom? Do you just use any jam? It looks as if from the Dry It! book that you can just use any regular jam.
Thanks,
Amy

Amy, I haven’t done fruit leather and my copy of that book is loaned out. So if you figure it out, please let me know! P.S. Glad you’re liking those pears!

By: amygirl

amygirl — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:05:09 +0000

When you dry them for 2 days at 95…do you leave it overnight or turn it on again the next day? i have the same dehydrator but have only ever dried things for the day. I’m thinking i probably did at a higher temp but I am not sure. just makes me nervous to keep it on all night. Mostly I dry pears however Andrew really wants some “wonka” fruit leather (there was an ad in a lego magazine) so i’m going to try that as well. If you have any hints let me know. I did buy the dry it cookbook as I do dry quite a bit and had never seen that cookbook. (I am a cookbook junkie.)
amy

Hi, Amy. Yes, I leave it on all night. We figured out that to run the dehydrator at our energy rates, one week non-stop costs about $10. Not insignificant. But still less than the cost of buying commercially dried fruits, especially if one has access to free or inexpensive fruit. You probably did do it at a higher temp because this dehydrator suggests fruit should be done at 125 or 135. That’s too high if you want to keep your fruit “raw”.

By: appliejuice

appliejuice — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:30:06 +0000

They look good. I haven’t dried pears or plums. I have a few apples that I need to dry. Tis the season to dry! LOL

Thank you, Michelle. The dried plums/prunes are really good especially. We had some with our packed lunch yesterday. I would like to dry some apples, too. What do you do with your apples — slices, leather?

By: Lori4squaremom

Lori4squaremom — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:01:58 +0000

Hi Wardeh,

Well, I got my pears yesterday. I will be loading up a couple of racks on my dehydrator this morning with some of them……we saw dried pears at Casa De Fruta on our way to Monterey the other day, and they looked so good, then I come home to find this post on your blog and KNEW that this was something I’d have to give a try! Did you dry them until they were crisp?

Also, did you treat them with lemon juice? Or a lemon juice and water mixture?

Lori, I didn’t treat them with anything, just cut 1/4″ slices. They turned out thinner than I planned, somewhat crispy, but really, really good… Hope you enjoy yours!