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Old May 21, 2012   #2
Rockporter
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The only way I know how to save tomato in the heat is to dry them and make sauce. I live in hot humid coastal bend and there is no way to save tomatoes for long here. There is a Food Dehydrator I am looking into, it's kind of pricey but when I dried some basil and it was ruined in cheap one I decided I wanted to get a much better one.

Excalibur is the name brand and there are quite a few different designs and price ranges for them. I am interested in the one from Gurneys and when they have their sales I am probably going to take the plunge. What I like about the Excalibur is it can be used for several chores and not just drying fruits, vegetables and herbs. They(the maker) says you can remove the trays and use it to rise bread dough at the perfect temperature and you can dry sweaters and things. It's an interesting piece of equipment and will dry 15 square feet of product at once with the fan forced air coming from the back of the unit, not the bottom. The temps are adjustable as well.

Here is the link
http://gurneys.com/excalibur-food-dehydrator/p/4152/
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