Dehydration, food

Metabolic processes, during food dehydration, 12 85 Metabolism... 

Fletcher, J., Food dehydration, Campden Food Preservation Research Association, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, 1982. 

Brennan, J. G. (1994). Food Dehydration A Dictionary and Guide. Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Oxford. 

Dry in a food dehydrator. A Mr. Coffee brand food dehydrator works very well. 

Place on an oven proof dish. Oven dry in an oven set at no more than 150 degrees F. Similar to method 3) although a little less convenient however, more people have ovens than food dehydrators. 

Dry in a food dehydrator. These are available where small kitchen appliances are sold. Drying is very fast and thorough. Dry until the leaves, including the leaf stems, are crispy. Touch the leaves with your fingers to see if they are thoroughly dried. If they are, the leaf stems should snap if pressure is applied to it. 

Disadvantages Somewhat less convenient than using a food dehydrator. It may be hard to keep oven temperature at an optimal range. 

All of the books say that you should dry the mushrooms as rapidly as possible, then place them in air-tight containers and freeze them until ready for use. I have found that an inexpensive plastic food dehydrator, the kind found in discount stores, will dry several dozen mushrooms within four or five hours. This is usually much faster than air or oven drying. When they are completely dry, the consistency of soda crackers,... 

The use of microwave ovens has increased the convenience of dehydrated foods to the same level as that of frozen foods. Dehydrated foods can be produced, packaged and distributed at a fraction of the cost of frozen or canned foods. For these reasons dehydrated soup mixes and pasta based mixes are one of the fastest... 

Roos Y. 2003. Phase and state transitions in food dehydration. In Proceedings of the Symposium EU Drying 03, Crete, Greece, pp. 153-168. 

Jinorose, M., Devahastin, S., Blacher, S., and Leonard, A. (2009). Application of image analysis in food drying. In C. Ratti (Ed.), Advances in Food Dehydration (pp. 63-95). Boca Raton, FL CRC Press. 

Advances in Food Dehydration, edited by Cristina Ratti (2009)... 

Mishkin, M., Karel, M., and Saguy, I. (1982). Application of optimization in food dehydration. Food Technoi 36(7), 101. 

Vaccarezza, L., Lombardi, J., and Chirife, J., Heat transfer effects on drying rate of food dehydration. Can. J. Chem. Eng., 52 576-579, 1974. 

FIGURE 24.9 Schematic cross section of belt trough dryer. (From Van Arsdel, WB. and Copley, M.J., Food Dehydration, Vol. 1, AVI Publishing Co., Inc., Westport, CT, 1973. With permission.)... 

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