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[John McCuan <wawo@yahoo.com>]

  I purchased an Excalibur dehydrator this past spring, and have been  very happy with it.  I did a bit of research, and found that it  was the one a lot of people who do a lot of drying recommend.  The  adjustable thermostat allows relatively low temperature drying, which  apparently preserves healthful enzymes, according to the raw food  experts.  I got the top of the line model that has a timer, which  is nice but probably not really necessary, since I'm usually around to  turn it off, and one really needs to examine the food to see if it's  sufficiently dry.  I put mine on the screen porch so my house  won't get any hotter, and I'm afraid if it turned off and the fruit  cooled down, insects might be attracted to the dried food.
  
  You have to get that model directly from Excalibur, but lots of other  online sources supply other Excalibur machines - though the prices  didn't really seem any better than the Excalibur website.  If
 you  find an advertisement in the back of a magazine or a mailer (I get a  little pack of garden-related postcard advertisements periodically)  with a code, you may be able to get an additional freebie with your  order - I got some free jerky spice, which tasted great but I'm afraid  did have MSG in it - oh well ...
  
  Hope you find a machine that fits your needs.  Mine is out drying 2 gallons of figs right now!
  
  Melinda McCuan

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