Having a food dehydrator is a great luxury. It makes it practically a no-brainer to slice up fruit or vegetables, season them slightly before popping them in, and returning half a day later to retrieve them. But in the same way that people have been drying herbs, flowers and stalks for as long as there have been people, using the sun and a nice flat space is another, simple but slower way to preserve foods.
A great online tip list for starters, Off The Grid News
Coming up next will be cooler things that you can do with dehydrating and all the possibilities…

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