Nuwave for Dehydration ? - Page 2

Father'sDaughter · November 21, 2014

Up here the humidity during the warmer months often causes bad things to happen if I try hanging veggies or herbs up to dry. The only thing I've been able to do that with successfully are the thin-walled Italian peppers I grow for making Italian paprika. They don't mature until late September after the summer heat and humidity are gone.

AlittleSalt · November 21, 2014

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Originally Posted by Father'sDaughter

Up here the humidity during the warmer months often causes bad things to happen if I try hanging veggies or herbs up to dry. The only thing I've been able to do that with successfully are the thin-walled Italian peppers I grow for making Italian paprika. They don't mature until late September after the summer heat and humidity are gone.

Last year, the humidity caused moldy spots on a lot of Anaheim peppers we had hung to dry. I ended up throwing them into the compost pile.

This year, we are drying all the peppers in a pizza oven. We chose not to use the Nuwave oven.

Worth1 · November 21, 2014

Salt if you have an electric oven you can put it on the lowest setting and prop the door open.
I have dried tons of peppers like this.
A gas oven puts out moisture from the gas and doesn't do as well but I have used them for it.

The air conditioning in my house keeps the humidity down so in the summer and even now things dry out great.

With my electronics background I have no idea why I haven't built a killer dehydrator.
It would be so simple.

Worth

Hermitian · November 21, 2014

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Originally Posted by Worth1

With my electronics background ...

Plus a little bit of gas (air) thermo.

Worth1 · November 21, 2014

Double post from silly phone.

Worth1 · November 21, 2014

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Originally Posted by Hermitian

Plus a little bit of gas (air) thermo.

I figured I could personally supply the hot air.

Once I put a bunch of okra pods in my tool chest and forgot about them.
A few months later there they were nice and green and completely dehydrated.

It didn't work with the dead frog in my junk drawer when I was a kid though.

Worth

AlittleSalt · November 21, 2014

That reminded me of the time I forgot and left fresh caught fish in the trunk of my 1970 Camaro. The next day, I learned what concentrated Lysol is used for.

We have a gas stove, but use an electric pizza oven just for drying peppers for the reason you wrote above. Next summer, I'm going to grow Poblano peppers. I'm going to try the Nuwave oven then.

Worth1 · November 22, 2014

Speaking of bad smells we couldn't figure out where one was coming from at work.

Then someone spotted a clamshell on the counter where we were working.
Open it up someone said.
So someone did and low and behold what was in it but a rotten slimy slice of prime rib at least a week old.
When that lid came open it was like a bomb went off.
I thought I was going to puke right then and there.

Labradors2 · November 22, 2014

Talking of bad smells, I once bought some souvlaki, took some home in a doggy bag and forgot about it in on the floor of the car. It took me a while to figure out where that smell of SKUNK was coming from

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Linda

Worth1 · November 22, 2014

First some reason it smells like a german restaurant in my house.

No dehydration today its raining bratwurst and cabbage.
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ChristinaJo · November 29, 2014

That looks so good!
It also makes me think of my German grandparents. I miss them.

November 21, 2014	#16
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	Up here the humidity during the warmer months often causes bad things to happen if I try hanging veggies or herbs up to dry. The only thing I've been able to do that with successfully are the thin-walled Italian peppers I grow for making Italian paprika. They don't mature until late September after the summer heat and humidity are gone.

November 21, 2014	#18
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Salt if you have an electric oven you can put it on the lowest setting and prop the door open. I have dried tons of peppers like this. A gas oven puts out moisture from the gas and doesn't do as well but I have used them for it. The air conditioning in my house keeps the humidity down so in the summer and even now things dry out great. With my electronics background I have no idea why I haven't built a killer dehydrator. It would be so simple. Worth

November 21, 2014	#22
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	That reminded me of the time I forgot and left fresh caught fish in the trunk of my 1970 Camaro. The next day, I learned what concentrated Lysol is used for. We have a gas stove, but use an electric pizza oven just for drying peppers for the reason you wrote above. Next summer, I'm going to grow Poblano peppers. I'm going to try the Nuwave oven then.

November 22, 2014	#23
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Speaking of bad smells we couldn't figure out where one was coming from at work. Then someone spotted a clamshell on the counter where we were working. Open it up someone said. So someone did and low and behold what was in it but a rotten slimy slice of prime rib at least a week old. When that lid came open it was like a bomb went off. I thought I was going to puke right then and there.

November 22, 2014	#24
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,895	Talking of bad smells, I once bought some souvlaki, took some home in a doggy bag and forgot about it in on the floor of the car. It took me a while to figure out where that smell of SKUNK was coming from . Linda

November 29, 2014	#26
ChristinaJo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NE Texas Posts: 425	That looks so good! It also makes me think of my German grandparents. I miss them.