Re: [CH] dehydrator question
VoodooChile (rael64@qwest.net)
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 09:35:47 -0600
>Does anyone have any input on something called the
>QuickMinute™ Microwave Food Dehydrator?
>Lack of money and kitchen space make most dehydrators
>impossible for me, but this looks small and is cheap.
>The question is does it work?
>
>All the best,
>Marianne
All I can say, not knowing about the product you speak of, yet having
"experience" with microwaving chiles, is NO NO NO!!!
Granted, maybe someone has come up with a means to safely dry chiles
in the Nukomatic. I don't know (but I doubt it). But I would NOT be
the one to try it out. I told my tale years ago, and probably once
or twice since, but the short version reads as:
*Habaneros
*Microwave
*Basement "apartment" of (ex) sister-in-law's house
*Chile Fumes From Hell
*SIL, MIL, screams (between coughing fits) down the stairs "what are
you *doing!?!?"
*Tears enough to rehydrate Mars.
*Coal, my blue Himalayan, spread-eagled against the screen door, not
purring, not meowing loudly, but screaming like a banshee...OUTSIDE,
LET ME OUTSIDE !!!
As for kitchen space, I've only had such in one apartment, and at
that time I was cooking 70ish hours a week and didn't have time, nor
want, to cook. I digress. Pardon. Consequently, having no kitchen
space either, I often put my dehydrator in the tub and plug it in in
the bathroom (cheap air freshener) or plug it in in the "hall" of my
apartment, sitting on the previously mentioned sheet pan.
Anywho, trust me. You don't want to Nuke chiles. Take some chiles
to the store and try the product out first <g>.
--
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael64
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyse his delusions is called a
philosopher." -Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) American writer-