[Ag-eq] Dehydrator

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Jody.
Can you set the thermostat without sighted help?

Nella, I wouldn't think you'd need a dehydrator in Arizona!  Just set the 
things outside for a few hours. <smile>
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jody W Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apples


> Hi Tracy
> If you get a dehydrator make sure it has a fan. The one we got has a 
> thermostat that ranges from 95 to 160 degrees.
>
> JODY
> "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!" Thomas Jefferson
>
> On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:34 AM, nfoster at extremezone.com wrote:
>
>> Tracy:
>>
>> Your apples sound wonderful; I love the sweet tart ones.  It's hard to 
>> get a
>> really good apple here in Arizona.
>>
>> Could you freeze the cooked appple side dish that you're making?
>>
>> If you know how to can, you could can apple sauce and the like.  One of 
>> my aunts
>> makes and cans wonderful apple butter.  My Mom makes lots and lots of 
>> dried
>> apples.  She always sends me some and they are yummy!
>>
>> I don't have any good ideas for getting the apples off the tree.  Could 
>> you
>> shake it, or some of the limbs?
>>
>>  Good luck.
>>
>> Nella
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:
>>
>>> I have a bumper crop of apples this year.  They're not as big as
>>> store-bought, but they have a wonderful sweet-tart crispness that can't 
>>> be
>>> beat.  The fruit drawer on my fridge is full of apples, and the harvest 
>>> is
>>> just starting.
>>> I just ordered a food mill from Amazon.  I'm hoping that it will make 
>>> apple
>>> cooking easier.  Because the apples are small to medium-sized, and 
>>> harder
>>> than store-bought, I don't think an ordinary apple-corer would do a good 
>>> job
>>> on them.  Right now, if I want to cook some, I slice them and pare out 
>>> the
>>> core, which takes a bit of time, since I need to fix several apples. 
>>> Then I
>>> saute them in a little butter for a minute, add a little water, cover 
>>> and
>>> cook them for about 15 minutes, and get a delicious side-dish.  When my 
>>> mill
>>> comes, I'm hoping to branch out into actual applesauce.
>>> I've also gotten a lot of apple dessert recipes, but there's a limit to 
>>> how
>>> much dessert we can eat without getting fat, which is too bad, because I
>>> enjoy baking.
>>> Does anyone have any hints about apple storage or apple cooking prep?
>>> Also, our method so far for harvest is to pick up what falls on the 
>>> ground,
>>> keep the good ones, and chuck the damaged ones in the compost.  I've put
>>> nets on a few of the low-hanging fruits too keep them from falling, but
>>> there's too much to net them all. My neighbor talks about going up a 
>>> ladder
>>> and picking apples off the tree, but I'm not keen on climbing a ladder 
>>> every
>>> day to see if I find any ripe apples at the top. Any ideas about apple
>>> harvesting, better than picking up windfalls?
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
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