Re: [at-l] do-it-yourself freeze drying

["A.S.Meislahn" <themice@warwick.net>]

> Frank Reid wrote:
> >
> > A friend at the local physics department says you can prepare your own
> > freeze-dried food, using a vacuum pump, glass bell-jar, and a heat lamp:
> >
> > Place the food in a single layer inside the bell jar, and pump out the air,
> > which causes the moisture in the food to evaporate.  Shine the heat lamp on
> > the food during the process.  The water evaporates so fast it forms frost
> > on the surface of the food; the heat dissipates the ice.  The food should
> > have a thin cross-section.
> >
> > Has anyone here tried that process?
> >
> >  --  Frank    reid@indiana.edu
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> 
> Frank,
> 
>         I got mine at Wall Mart.  Works just fine.  But whatever turns you on.
> 
> Andy
> Goshen, New York
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