Home Food Dehydrating

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Home Food Dehydrating: Economical "Do it yourself" Methods for preserving, storing and cooking by Jay Bills, Shirley Bills, 1999. This valuable book presents the basic principles of the dehydrating art with clarity, and provides many useful tips and dozens of delicious recipes for all types of meals. After explaining the nutritional aspects of dehydrating foods, dehydration methods and basic techniques are examined in detail by the authors. The use of preservatives is considered in simple terms. Explanations are then given about how to dehydrate various types of foods. Chapters are devoted to dehydrating fruit and making fruit leather. Other chapters tell how to dehydrate vegetables, herbs, and meats. Methods for storing the food after it has been dehydrated are also given