[Garden] dehydrator & canner

[candace wormsbecker]

Good points.  Thanks Mari!

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:22 PM, mari ortiz <unaclavelia at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Candace Wormbecker and others interested in a food dehydrators and
> pressure cookers.
> The dehydrators  that have been mentioned by some of you are made of poly
> plastic trays, it is better to have a stainless steel food dehydrators since
> it is healthier than the toxic plastic, synthetic material trays.  I found
> one that is stainless steel in the Healthy Directions Magazine in the
> Aug/Sept. 2009. It is found in the Shopping Guide section the address is
> www.YourTheCure.com, their number is 1 888-887-8822, no PSTax right now.
>
>  It has adjustable thermostat, and various sizes of drying capacity.  It
> has 5, 10,14 shelf models.
>
> Also Presto Pressure cooker now makes their pot in aluminum  but they still
> have a stainless steal pots.  Aluminum pressure cookers are not healthy
> because of the high aluminum leaching which has been linked to early
> Alzheimer disease and other toxicity.
>
> Better to buy the Presto stainless steal pressure cooker, and the a
> dehydrator made of stainless steal frame and trays.
>
> --- On *Wed, 8/26/09, Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Candace Wormsbecker <candace at owr.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
> To: garden at lists.wpirg.org
> Received: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 12:44 PM
>
> A pressure canner will allow you to do things in less than half the time,
> it will also enable you to do foods that need higher temperatures to be able
> to can safely (anything that doesn't have a low acidity - most vegetables,
> beans, and meats).
>
>
> *From:* garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org [mailto:
> garden-bounces at lists.wpirg.org] *On Behalf Of *Raj Gill
> *Sent:* August-26-09 11:22 AM
> *To:* garden at lists.wpirg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Garden] dehydrator & canner
>
>  Thanks Candace.  What's the advantage of a pressure canner over a regular
> canning pot?  Also, regarding a dehydrator, this is all I found locally:
>
> http://www.kitchenhelp.ca/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=s
> hop.browse&category_id=8&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1
>
> I have a Presto pressure canner from Canadian tire that I am very happy
> with.  I think it was just over $100 (it was a gift so I'm not quite sure).
> A large canning pot and utensils can also be purchased at Canadian Tire
> fairly cheaply (
> http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/C
> anisterSets/PRD~0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp<http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/8/KitchenBath/KitchenStorage/CanisterSets/PRD%7E0422501P/7-jar%2BCanner.jsp>
> ).
>
> I don't own a dehydrator but I did do some research a while back and I
> believe the Excalibur dehydrator was rated fairly high and is quite popular
> - *http://www.everythingkitchens.com/article-food-dehydrators.html*<http://www.everythingkitchens.com/excalibur.html>.
> I'm not sure where to buy it though?  Anyone else know?
>
> Candace
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Raj Gill <raj at wpirg.org<http://mc/compose?to=raj@wpirg.org>>
> wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> being the foody types that you are, thought you might know a thing or two
> about dehydrators...any recommendations if I were looking to purchase one?
>  Actually, WPIRG is considering purchasing a dehydrator as well as a canning
> pot so that we can all borrow them :)
>
> thanks,
> Raj
>
>
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