> Also I freeze most of the excess tomatoes as sauce. I have a
 > strainer thingie that takes the skin and seeds out and just
        Ha ha ha!  You sound like me!!!  I had to show my husband your 
statement about your "strainer thingie"... I say stuff like that all the time 
and get a lot of "guff" for it!   '-)
 > You mentioned drying jerky, did it turn out good?  I'm curious
 > about that but have never tried.   I've dried onions and leeks.
 > They dry real well.
        I can't believe you've never tried beef-jerky!!!  It was one of the 
first things I ever did with my food dehydrator!  It's great... although it 
melted my first dehydrator's trays... Oh well!  It was a cheap model anyway! 
What did I expect!  Yeah... It's really easy to do!  Just have your local 
meat cutter slice what ever meat's on sale really thin... marinate it in a 
soy sauce based marinade (try over night)... and put it on your trays and 
leave it in there until it feels leathery... It's great!
                                                        Chat with ya later!
                                                        Janis  :)
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