Food drying

A question about : Food drying

I am not sure if this is something which would interest you OS people, but at www.tchibo.co.uk they are selling a food drier for Ј24.99. I know the Americans go in for this method of food storage a lot. However it does look quite a large gadget so it would depend if you thought the benefit would outweigh the space it would take up!

If I have posted in wrong place, please forgive and move to relevant spot

I have a Tchibo close by and I must confess it was a one time obsession for gadgets, but they do seem to be of the highest standard and very reasonably priced and I have never regretted a purchase. I am now watching out for the return of the waffle maker - I resisted it last time!

Best answers:

• Hi larmy16,
  I think its a great idea,we have pounds of apples every year from our garden and you get to point where you run out of ideas to use them up.In the past i have wondered about drying them,I think I might give this gadget a try.
• I checked the Tchibo website and couldn't see the drier :confused: maybe it's not on the website??
• Here you go AB
  Click Here
• From a Friends of the Earth cookbook:
  'Herbs, peas, broad beans, runner beans, mushrooms, plums,apples, pears and apricots and horseradish root can all be dried. Herbs can be dried by hanging in bunches in a cool dark place.
  Spread whatever is to be dried on wire racks and use the oven after it has been turned off.'
  Thats an abridged version, obviously you would need to prepare stuff first, although I have read somewhere else that is does take a long time.
• I have one of these it is fab i would recommend it no end.
  The reason i brought it was the i was using the oven to dry apples in which used alot of power.
  This only uses pennies worth and you get great results.
• Theres also this link to a money saving tips page.
  https://www.foe.co.uk/living/poundsavers/home_front.html
• Dehydrating is great, you can do all sorts of things. We make a lot of venison jerky as well as drying fruit. If you have kids you can make fruit leathers with pureed fruit which they really like- bit like those horrid sugary winder things but without the sugar. Wouldnt be without ours
• I have a big amercian dehyrdator, the Eccalibur, bought on ebay and use it to make flax seed crackers ( soak in water, whizz in the food proecessor with some garlic, onions, toms, herbs, put out in tablesppon sized blobs on teflex sheets, dehyrdate for 8 hrs or so, then turn over till dried through - yum and last for ages) , and also apple flapjacks made from whole oat groats.
  next time I see tomatoes reduced, I'm going to try tomato crisps.
  save even more and you make your own dehydrator for just the cost of a light fitting, some wood and few cake cooling racks
  see
  https://www.k-clements.fsnet.co.uk/dehydrator.html
  -
  Katya
• I missed out on this last year because I didn't have enough money. I've tried drying fruit in the oven but my oven doesn't go down low enough. I looked at it four days ago and resisted but I still want it and Mum has just given me 500 quid.
  Is that now enough justification to buy it or should I still resist?
• ooohhh do you have a link moggins? im intrigued now
• Too late, it's done! I gave in and ordered it It didn't help that a pop up appeared offering free post and packaging I did go through Quidco though and they are offering 10% cashback so it really only cost me 22.50 which isn't bad considering how much these things normally cost.
• https://www.tchibo.co.uk/is-bin/INTER...uctSKU=0001774
• naughty,naughty moggins........showing me more kitchen gadgets i didnt know existed!!!!!!
• Hi all
  As you can see, I have now merged this thread with the one started on Tchibo driers over the weekend. As always, since posts are listed in date order, you'll need to read from the beginning again.
• I've just ordered one, thanks for this poat as I've been deliberating whether to go for it, so I have my confirmations its on its way !!
  Sallyinwales could you post how to do the fruit puree leather please, my little HQ loves them but we have got her eating loads of fruit and veggies and not so many sweeties, so she would love that!
  Whats the best way to dried peppers, one of the main reasons I would like a drier as I do use dried peppers a fair bit and have overloads of fresh ones in summer, they take up a fair bit of room in the freezer so would love to dry some when I have a glut of them.
  Will be playing all summer with my drier and paper brick maker!!
• Thank you so much for this, I have ordered mine today !
  I too would be interested in the recipe for the fruit leather if anyone could help ?
  Thanks,
  Bek
• You must have got the last one Bektoria - it is showing as sold out now