Re: [at-l] leathers

["Amy Friends" <coelura@hotmail.com>]

>ok i've made my first leather- out of a very yummy smelling tomotoe
>sauce. it smells rather strong obviously. how much do i use and how 
>do i use this to make spagetti and sauce. do i just throw it in with 
>the noodles or do i rehydrate it first? 

PJ - next time you make it, pay attention to how much you put in vs. how 
much you get out; i.e. how much fresh tomato sauce dehydrates to how 
much leather?  Then you can portion it out, for example if 2 cups of 
sauce dry to 1/2 cup of leather (yeah, if you dried it a *lot* you can 
pulverize it in a blender - sauce powder - for easier measuring), and 
you normally put 1 cup of sauce on your serving of spaghetti, you'll 
need 1/4 cup of leather for a serving... see how it works?  Make your 
noodles and when they're done you can put the sauce powder in to soak up 
the rest of the water.

>also does any one have a good recipe to make chili dried in the 
>dehydrator?

Almost any chili will do well, but keep in mind that meat tends not to 
dry as well as other non-fatty foods.  Make the chili veg and dry it, 
then try drying meat separately to add later - someone else on the list 
will have to help with that though as I'm vegetarian and I've just told 
you all I know about drying meat! :-)

Sandpiper

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