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3. Wipe the Base with a damp, non-abrasive cloth and dry thoroughly.
DO NOT
immerse the Base or cord in water or any other liquid.
4. To prolong the life for your appliance, hand-washing of parts is advised.
Dishwasher use is not recommended. Never place the base in a
dishwasher. If using a dishwasher only use top dishwasher tray and do not
sit anything on the top of the dehydrating trays.
Remove the trays from dishwasher before the drying cycle.
5. The cleaned product shall be stored at a cool and vented place.
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5 Process before Food Drying
Note:
The below suggestion is for reference only
A. Pretreatment of Fruits
1. 1/4 glass of juice plus 2 glass of water, all food to be dried shall be dipped
for around 2 minutes.
Note:
To combine juice and food, such as the apple juice plus the apple
2.
Pretreatment Table
B. Pretreatment of Vegetable
1. Steaming, boiling water or oil. Recommended for beans, cauliflower,
asparagus and potato.
2. The prepared vegetables are placed into boiling water for around 3-5
minutes. Drain water and put into the tray.
3. The vegetables are dipped into lemon juice for around 2 minutes.
C. Pretreatment of Meat and Fish
1.
Muscle (without fat):
Pickled to reserve the meet before drying to make
it tender. The pickle shall be salted to remove the moisture and keep the
meat fresh.
Fruit
Apple
Artichoke
Almond
Banana
Cherry
Cowberry
Date
Fig
Grape
Orange Peel
Peach
Pear
Preparation
Deseed, sliced or peeled
Slice to 1/8 inch fragile
Cut in half or sliced, deseed
Peeled, sliced to 3-4mm per pc.
Deseed or not
Cut open or kept
Deseed, sliced or kept
Sliced
In whole
Strips
Deseed when semi-dried
in half or in 1/4
Peeled, sliced
Standard Dryness
pliable
pliable
crispy
tough
pliable
tough
tough
pliable
pliable
pliable
pliable
Time/Hour
5-6
5-13
12-38
8-38
8-34 Deseed
when semi-dried
6-26
6-72
6-26
8-72
8-16
10-34
8-30
Food
Asparagus
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Leek
Cucumber
Eggplant
Garlic
Pepper
Mushroom
Onion
Pea
Rhubarb
Spinach
Tomato
Pumpkin
Preparation
Sliced to 1 in.
Peel open, sliced to 1/8 in.
Steam soft, stripped or sliced
Steam soft, cut open
Sliced to 1/4 in.
Cut open
Peeled, sliced to 1/2 in.
Sliced to 1/4 in. and 1/3 in. thick
Peeled and sliced
Whole
Sliced or whole
Sliced
Steam for 3-5 minutes
Peeled, sliced to 1/8 in.
Steam till damp off
Peeled, cut half or sliced
Sliced to 1/4 in.
Standard Dryness
fragile
tough
eat instantly
tough
fragile
fragile
tough
fragile
fragile
fragile
tough
fragile
fragile
waterless
fragile
tough
fragile
Time/Hour
6-14
6-14
6-12
6-16
6-14
6-10
6-18
6-18
6-16
8-14
6-14
8-14
8-14
8-38
6-16
8-24
6-18
(Approx.)
(Approx.)
