At 21:25 1997-12-30 -0700, Pam B. wrote:
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>        Come to think on it, why do we want to dehydrate foods anyway?
>Aren't they better when eaten fresh?

Of course, but its better than cooking :-)
I think must of us have quite a high treshold to get over to eat raw
fresh meat. At least for me dehydrating is the easiest way to eat meat
raw. I also use it for vegetables when they are cheap and fine.
- Hans