A new project under study: a small fruit and vegetable dryer.
Around my house there are many gardeners who come to get some dung from my horses for their vegetable garden, and in exchange they offer me some fruits and vegetables of their production.
Recently gardeners gave me some dried fruits and vegetables: tomatoes, apples, persimmon, plums, etc.
Some have manufactured solar dryers (there are several topics on econology on this theme), others use electric dryers market: the result gives dried fruits and vegetables succulent.
Some do experiments and give me fruit without telling me what it is so I guess ... (For example I was convinced that thin slices of dried persimmons were apples!).
Like many of you I get warm with a wood stove that runs almost 20 h per day and I wondered if I could tinker with a small dryer that I would simply put on the stove with fruits and vegetables cut in fine slices.
I thought of a tin box type of biscuits (23 dim x cm x 23 cm x 12 cm) in which I fixed small shelves grid. The box would be pierced with small holes to allow air to circulate to dry food cut into thin slats on the shelves. (Maybe simple grids placed in shelves without boxes around would suffice).
The production will not be industrial, but it will make interesting culinary experiences!
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A priori, it seems simple, cheap and quick to do. What do you think ?
Do you have ideas and tips for making this small dryer to hang on the stove (or on a boiler or radiator). (and in addition it will scent the house with a sweet smell of fruits or vegetables!
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