Easy Vegetable Dehydrator.

gary350

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Park your vehicle facing south in full sun and put thin vegetable slices on cookie sheets and pizza pans. Put a thermometer inside the vehicle. Put pizza pans & cookie sheets on the dash of your vehicle with windows up and doors closed. Vegetables will be dehydrated in 6 to 8 hours. If temperature is hotter than 140° roll 2 windows down about 1". I make sweet paprika and chili powder. I use a high speed kitchen blender to turn dried peppers into powder. Try to keep temperature near 140° too hot cooks away flavor and too cold is very slow to dehydrate.

I grow my own peppers, Anaheim, Jalapeno, Carman, Tabasco. Carman peppers make very sweet paprika. Jalapeno makes a nice chili powder that is great in, chili, soup, stew. Tabasco is extremely hot spicy chili powder. Anaheim is also known as California peppers these are excellent to make Enchilada sauce and Mexican food.

3 years ago I made a gallon of mild chili powder wife will not eat it spicy hot. This summer I want to make some hotter chili powder I have several type peppers planted in the garden.

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I'd be worried about turning on the defrost and maceing myself!

Interesting idea, might try something similar in the greenhouse.
 

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