Nyboy
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Good for you on dog treats, here dried sweet potatoes are outragously exspenive !!
Excaliber Dehydrater 9 tray
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ninnymary
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Sounds like you are having fun experimenting with your toy. You'll soon get the hang of it and what works best for you.
Mary
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This week I made dried apple slices. And made treats for the dog, he loves dried sweet potatoes.View attachment 6306
Today I have more potatoes in. This time I cubed them and they seem more uniform and drying better. I just threw out the last 4 quarts I did. They may not have been dry enough and I put them in jars. I looked and all where molding.This batch will go into seal saver bags with all air taken out. I still have a full crate to process. They are all sprouting BIG time.
Carol, when they start sprouting I make vegetable soup and can it in quarts. I freeze veggies especially to go in that soup.
Frustrating isn't it when they start to sprout. I feel like I need to do something so soup it is.
Carol Dee
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I did use a bunch in soup. Still a crate to go. (There where 3 crates!) It is so frustrating as last year we put them in a place that was TOO COLD and all froze solid. This year, too warm and too much light.
Got to find the perfect place next year. Jeepers.
Carol Dee
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YES I am
So far it has not been put in cabinet that I made room for it. Soon. I need my counter space back.
Carol Dee
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Yes they are very expensive here, too. I also bake a dog treat he likes that is super simple and very inexpensive. (PNButter, milk and flour!)
baymule
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So glad you are enjoying your Excalibur!
Carol Dee
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Learning as I go.... found out that the dried potato cubes have SHARP corners and I wound up double bagging them as they poked holes in the seal n save bags!
baymule
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Wrap in glad wrap first, then food saver bags!
Carol Dee
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Thanks for the tip.
