Dried Fruit

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Lizard lamp??? What the heck is that about. I remember seeing the episode and decided to try it out but I don't recall anything about drying lizards.

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This is my second year using this method. I love it. I have a kitchen, that looks big, but has no storage space...let alone almost no available counter space.

I have done strawberries, pineapples, and now I am doing cherry tomatoes as we speak. I can easily store all of this "hardware".

The one thing is that people don't know is that lizard lamps come in a few different watts/sizes. I had to go to the larger one that Petco sold in order to bring it up to temperature.

Yes, the lizard lamp is a slight unitasker, but honestly as such it stores really REALLY easily into a drawer...taking up far less space than a box dehydrator would take. But if you look at it as a portable heating unit, you could also use it to proof dough on a cold day, in the oven...rather than using the "pour water into an oven pan in the oven" method.... just make sure you open the door a bit more using a dish towel to kill the light (and prop it open. Do cover your dough bowl too.

Also my fan that I have is a small lasko desk fan with a flex pivoting head.
I reuse that for making sushi rice, rather than fanning it by hand.

ALTON, thank you for this! I just wish I had more racks for my oven so I could put more sheets in my oven!

BTW, Ryan...fiberglass ones are not... I found mine at Home Depot...

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where do i get the paper air filters? are fiberglass ones ok?

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I love my 9 shelf Excalibur Dehydrator. But the fan works pretty good for fruit, herbs and veggies. Any larger slices of food.
The Excalibur Dehydrator web site sells these 14" X 14" Polyscreen Tray Insert Sheets for less than $4.00. The Excalibur link where you can find the dehydrator Polyscreen Tray Insert sheets
http://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/Polyscreen-Tray-Inserts-14-X-14--65-42-regular-prod.htm
Excalibur Home Page: http://www.excaliburdehydrator.com/

Once you have the dried fruit, veggie etc. then try the recipes they are really good.

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I am so excited to finally have a recipe to dry bulk fruit using all-natural ingredients with no browning or over-cooked flavor! : The store-bought variety is pretty, expensive, and fully sulfurated. :( I do have a question that hopefully someone would be able to answer - what wattage ceramic heater would be appropriate for this recipe? I would greatly appreciate any response!

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Here are some links where you can find the dehydrator sheet. Look for the replacement PolyScreens on these pages. It appears that the ones for the 2500 and 2900 models are slightly bigger so you'll probably want to get those.

http://www.tendecades.com/catalog/item/3359018/3001267.htm
http://www.healthgoods.com/Shopping/Appliances/Food_Dehydrators.asp
http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html

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It's GOOD EATS!!!

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Great recipe! Didn't see the jerky episode but loved the drying fan. Only problem is everywhere I look I can't find those plastic dehydrator sheets he used. If anyone has found any please write another review and let me know. Thanks

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Couldn't you find something a little easier, that didn't require me to order things from the internet and go to a pet store? A "lizard warming lamp" sure seems like a unitasker to me. This is a completely ridiculous recipe.