How can i make a food dehydrator?!


Question: How can i make a food dehydrator!?
I want to make beff jerky and I believe it requires a food dehydrator!. Is there any way i can make one at home!. Can i make a dehydrator that uses the sun!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
That's a great idea you have!. I might want to make one, too!.
It's basically free, needs no electricity, you don't have to refrigerate/freeze it and it keeps for like a year in a jar!

I looked up 'Good Eats' that answerer #1 offered but couldn't find anything about making a food dehydrator!.

Answerer #2 offered mother earth news, they have it!. Here is the link:

http://www!.motherearthnews!.com/Do-It-You!.!.!.

Here is another version that I found - it looks easier:

http://www!.backpacking!.net/makegear/food!.!.!.

Good luck to both of us!Www@FoodAQ@Com

I live in the dessert and at the height of summer, when it gets to100 degrees and above outside with single digit humidity, the sun is my dehydrator!. I arrange the marinated beef strips single layer on shallow pans or baking sheets lined with aluminum foil!. The sun dries up the meat fast, a full afternoon is just what it takes!. But you have to brave the heat to turn the strips over to get the other side to dry too!. If you live where it stays humid, or you get lots of cloud cover, or you don't get as hot as it gets in the desert, this way is not for you!. Anyway, dehydrators are pretty cheap and they are good for drying fruits too!. And for convenience too, because you can make beef jerky anytime you want!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

is there a building recycling place near you!? one of those places thqt tears down houses and sells the parts!. Go buy a few window screens, preferably the nylon kind!. and a roll of cheesecloth!. put our jerky, vegies, whatever on the screens, put them out in the sun and breeze and cover with sheezecloth to keep the bugs off!. Or do the alton brown one!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Here are some sites that can help:
http://www!.ehow!.com/how_2122239_sun-dry-!.!.!.

http://www!.motherearthnews!.com/Organic-G!.!.!.

http://www!.essortment!.com/all/howtodryfo!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Go to foodnetwork!.com and look in Good Eats with Alton Brown!? I have seen that episode sereval times, and keep meaning to try it out my self!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Why not just head to Walmart or Target and buy one!? They're really not that expensive, and they last for a really long time!. They're also incredibly easy to use!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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