Table for drying some foods
Fruit
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Apples
Apricots
Fresh pineapple
Canned pineapple
Ripe bananas
Pears
Strawberries
Plums
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Grapes
Cherries
Peaches
Citrus fruit
Rhubarb
Vegetables
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Artichokes
Asparagus
Beans (green)
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Savoy cabbage,
cabbage
Carrots
Celery root
Cucumbers
Onion, leeks
Herbs
Fungi
All times listed in the table are only recommendations, they may be very different depending on the properties
of the product.
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DRIED FOOD STORAGE
Allow the food to cool completely before storing it (otherwise it may spoil). Wait about 1 week before long-
term storage. Wrap dried pieces in smaller quantities, so that when you open it you consume the whole
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Preparation method
cut slices or circles, remove core
cut in halves or quaters
peel and slice circles
slice, dry off
cut into 4 mm round slices or
strips 4 mm thick
remove the core, cut in half
or slice
cut in half, small ones whole
halves or whole, with the pit or
without
incise, preferably a seedless
kind
whole, with the pits
well ripened
slice or separate, the peel in
strips for flavour
use only fragile stems, after
washing cut into 3 cm chunks
Preparation method
clean, cut in half
peel, whole or cut into 2 cm
pieces
cut off ends, slice crosswise
divide into pieces, soak ½ hour
in salt water
divide into pieces, soak ½ hour
in salt water
clean and slice into strips
slice diagonally or across
round slices
round slices 1 cm thick
round slices
remove stem, do not squash
slice in half, or round slices
Spec.
Dryness test, surface
pretreatment
yes
yes
–
–
–
yes
flexible, leathery
yes
–
–
flexible, leathery
–
yes
flexible, leathery
–
yes
Blanching in min.
Dryness test, surface
2-4
2-3
3-4
3–4 s tablespoons of
vinegar
3–4 s tablespoons of
vinegar
2–3 in steam
2-3
2-3
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–
–
–
Drying time
in hrs.
flexible
4–15
flexible
8-36
flexible
6-36
leathery
6-36
brittle, crisp
5-24
5-24
not dewy
5-24
flexible
5-24
6-36
leathery
6-36
5-24
flexible
6-36
not dewy
4-16
Drying time
in hrs.
brittle
4-12
brittle
8-36
brittle
4-14
brittle
5–15
leathery
5–15
leathery
4-12
leathery
4-12
brittle
4-12
leathery
4-14
leathery
4-10
brittle
2-5
brittle
4-6