Re: [at-l] Dehydrating

["Malcolm Fuller" <mfuller@somtel.com>]

Nina Baxley wrote:

> I have a new toy--a food dehydrator. I've been
> dehydrating everything remotely edible in my house
> (the kitty cats have been spared, thank you very
> much). 

That's what the microwave is for.

>         Seriously, I want to get some
> books/instructions on making good jerky and other
> trail food. Any suggestions for sources I can go to?

"Don Holm's book of Food Drying, Pickling and Smoke Curing"
ISBN 0-87004-250-5

Pretty good recipes. Real manly-man stuff. The book appears
to be out of print, but perhaps that's just as well. Here's
a sample quotation:

"Diabetic Note
Many of the recipes in this book which call for sugar,
especially those in smoke curing, can successfully use
Sugar Twin or a similar substitute, provided they have
not been banned by the Food and Drug Administration."

Ick.

Adios,
MF

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