Re: [CH] dehydrator question
Marilyn Reese (plantphreak@hotmail.com)
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:06:02 -0700
I do it all the time. Well, I use the "comination" microwave/convection
feature, set very low. But, I've even dried habs using this wonderful
appliance, and while I can tell that there are some fumes in the air, it has
never chased me or the Monster Dog out of the house.
Now, dropping a cup up hab into hot oil in the wok on the other hand has
caused me to run for the patio.
Marilyn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "VoodooChile" <rael64@qwest.net>
To: "Marianne Meisels" <marandy@netvision.net.il>
Cc: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] dehydrator question
> >Does anyone have any input on something called the
> >QuickMinuteT 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-
>