Food Drying Techniques

by Carol Costenbader

Learn tried and true methods to preserve food by drying. Store the bounty of your garden or farm.

Contents:

• Drying Food
• Food Preparation for Drying - Blanching and Other Preparations for Drying
• Four Types of Drying - Air, Sun, Dehydrator, and Oven
• Post-Drying Methods - Pasteurizing, Packing and Storing, and Rehydrating
• Fruit Leathers - Puree
• Drying Herbs - Harvesting and Air-Drying, Oven-Drying, and Microwave-Drying
• Drying Meats - Beef
• Recipes

Softback. 32 pages. Storey Publishing 1999.