Scone tips and a recipe from Linda Cicero Cooks
Reader shares scone making guidance from a Miami Herald exchange. Tips stress cold butter and cold buttermilk, minimal handling, and resting in the fridge for flakier dough, plus shaping options and a basic wedge bake.
Dry These Munchies From Dried Fruit Guide
Instructions pulled from two cookbooks explain how to prepare dried fruit snacks. Bananas ripe with browning peel are sliced into quarter inch pieces and dried overnight or 6 to 8 hours at 135 degrees. Peaches require no peeling, sliced quarter inch, dried similarly. Tomatoes use ripe beefsteaks, skins blanched then peeled, cores removed, sliced into quarter to one half inch pieces. cherry tomatoes halved with skins intact and dried cut side up. Onions peeled quartered or halved then sliced to one half inch and dried at 135 degrees.
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Helpful Cookbooks on Drying Foods by Mary Bell and More
Mary Bell promotes two key guides on dehydration The Complete Dehydrator Cookbook 1994 and Food Drying With an Attitude 2009 while running the drystore.com dehydrating supplies site The Dehydrator Bible 2009 by MacKenzie Nutt and Mercer and The Beginner's Guide to Making and Using Dried Foods 2014 by Marrone add to the list.
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Food Dehydration Basics and Oven Drying Method
A dehydrator dries herbs flowers 100 to 110 degrees and fruits vegetables 130 to 140 degrees while meats and seafood need about 145 degrees. If using an oven set at 150 degrees or lower, prop the door slightly, use a remote thermometer and a small fan to circulate air, and cover a baking rack with nylon netting for dehydration.
Dehydrating Food Tips From Experienced Cooks
A reader explores dehydrator purchases and oven drying as alternatives. Joyce Young of Raleigh shares starting with ripe fruit like bananas and mangoes, slices dried overnight, noting reduced waste. Mary Bell, a dehydrator author, recalls her journey as a single mom in college.
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Oven dried tomato method gains fans at state fair
Lori Mills of Cary and Regina Leonard of Louisburg shine in state fair dried foods. Mills touts oven drying with silicone mats for tomatoes and notes mandoline use, while Marrone backs starting with apples or tomatoes. Leonard recalls becoming a devoted dehydrator user after discovering dried green beans enhance soups and stews.
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