|
|
Vine Drying
Vine drying is another method to dry food outdoors. This
method is usually used to dry beans (kidney, navy, lima,
soybeans, lentils etc.)
It is very easy, no pretreatment is necessary, just leave bean
pods
on the vine in the garden until the beans inside rattle.
When they are
dry and shriveled, pick the beans and shell them. If some of them
are still moist, the drying is not complete. Drying can be completed in
the sun, oven or food dehydrator.
Buy
Products:
|
|
Did You Know?
|
One of the oldest
methods of food preservation is by drying, which reduces water activity
sufficiently to prevent or delay bacterial growth.
Bacteria and
micro-organisms within the food and from the air need the
water in the food to grow. Drying effectively prevents them from
surviving in the food. It also creates a hard outer-layer, helping to
stop micro-organisms from entering the food.
The drying process is simply not
as precise as canning and freezing because it involves so many
different
factors.
Drying also reduces weight, making food more portable.
|
|
|
|
