Re: [CH] chile peaches?
Rael64 (z42dkm@yahoo.com)
Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:49:22 -0700 (PDT)
Peaches dehydrate pretty well, but the most amazing fruit experience (ooh!) I have had was strawberries. Just like candy once dried out. Didn't do anything to them other than dehydrate though. Boring, I know.
Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles.......
Rael64
--- On Sat, 9/13/08, JohnT <love2troll@kc.rr.com> wrote:
> From: JohnT <love2troll@kc.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [CH] chile peaches?
> To: "kuhlwolf" <kuhlwolf@centurytel.net>, "'chile Heads'" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
> Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 5:28 PM
> Cheryl,
>
> I've dehydrated more odd stuff than most, but never
> peach slices. The lemon
> juice and sugar should work. Lately I've gone to
> Ball's Fruit Fresh to
> preserve color and stop enzime action for
> 'sun-dried' tomatoes and also
> peppers dried for powder. And yes to the salt. I love
> Tony Chachere's
> Creole Seasoning (mostly salt) sprinkled on tomatoes to be
> dehydrated.
> (plus add more potent powders) A temp setting of 125-130°
> is what I now use.
> I've worn out 3 American Harvestor dehydrators that
> didn't have temp control
> and dried at temps maybe 30° higher with OK results, but
> think the lower is
> better.
>
> Let us know how they turn out.
>
> jt
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kuhlwolf
> To: 'chile Heads'
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:23 PM
> Subject: [CH] chile peaches?
>
>
>
> I tried the dried chile-mango slices on a trip this summer
> and couldn't put
> them down. I had to eat the whole bag. I would have liked
> them to be a bit
> spicier, though.
>
> Now I've got this big box of peaches, waiting to be put
> up, and the
> dehydrator is already out since we've been drying
> 'maters for weeks now.
> And I'm thinking....wouldn't dried peach slices
> with chile be heavenly?
> I've got a little bit of morita powder, nothing else
> spectacular, green
> chile powder and some generic red, cayenne and
> paprika...dried thai peppers
> and cascabels.
>
> I'm thinking to slice the peaches, dip in lemon juice
> then sugar, sprinkle
> with chile powders (will experiment with the different
> powders) then
> dehydrate, it should be good, right?
> Should I add salt?
> Darn, I should have obtained some better chile but the
> peaches won't wait
> and the ones in the garden are so slow this year we have
> only picked a few
> so far. Any suggestions? Has anyone a recipe for the
> chile-mango I could
> adapt?
>
> Thanks,
> Cheryl
> MT