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Vegetable Not Recommended For
Dehydrating
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cucumber
Eggplant
Radishes
Spinach
Winter Squash
Vegetable Pretreatments
Pretreating vegetables before dehydrating will improve quality and
increase the shelf life. Vegetables lose quality faster than fruit inhibits of the
ripening action of the enzymes. The natural sugar in fruit inhibits this ripening
action. Enzymes are destroyed by heat.
Pretreat by blanching to preserve color and shorten the dehydrating, rehy-
drating, and cooking time. Steam blanching can quickly be accomplished in
your Steam/Dehydrator and helps retain water soluble vitamins and minerals,
which are often blanched in boiling water.