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- Budget101.Com: Dried Foods - Recipes, FAQ's, equipment and methods of drying fruits, vegetables, herbs and meats. Recipes include fruit leathers, pesto, and fruit powders.
- Dehydrating Food at Home - Detailed instructions for picking suitable foods and then drying them; from the University of Utah.
- Drying Food - Covers drying basics, methods and equipment, fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, and storing methods; from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Drying Foods - Ohio State University Extension fact sheet on the benefits of drying foods, preparation, pre-treatment, equipment needed, and a drying table for a variety of fruit and vegetables.
- Drying Foods - Comprehensive site that covers drying food indoors and outdoors, pre-treating of foods, fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, food leathers, jerky, remedies for problems, FAQs; from the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
- Quality for Keeps -- Drying Foods - Basics of food preservation methods, a little history, how to select a dehydrator, safety advice; from the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Missouri.
- EziDri - How-to information for drying foods in dehydrators. Includes guides for bananas, pineapple, and biltong.
- The Dry Store - Food dehydrating information, equipment and supplies.
- Drying Vegetables - Facts, information about nutritional value, drying trays, selection and pretreatment, and methods; from Colorado State University.
- Drying Fuyu Persimmons - Detailed instructions, including a materials list. From the San Diego Farm Bureau.
Wikipedia Articles
- Spray drying - Spray drying is a commonly used method of drying a liquid feed through a hot gas. Typically, this hot gas is air but sensitive materials such as pharmaceuticals, and solvents like ethanol require oxygen-free drying and nitrogen gas is used instead.
- Semi-drying oil - A semi-drying oil is an oil which partially hardens when it is exposed to air. This is as opposed to a to drying oil, which hardens completely, or a non-drying oil, which does not harden at all.
- Supercritical drying - Supercritical drying is a process to remove liquid in a precisely controlled way, similar to freeze drying. It is useful in the production of microelectromechanical systems and the drying of spices, and is commonly used in the production of aerogel.
- Drying rack - A drying rack is a device intended for hanging clothing to dry. Usually constructed from wood or metal, there are many types of drying racks, including large, stationary outdoor racks, smaller, folding portable racks, and wall wounted drying racks.
- Non-drying oil - A non-drying oil is an oil which does not harden when it is exposed to air. This is as opposed to a to drying oil, which hardens completely, or a semi-drying oil, which partially hardens.