At 21:25 1997-12-30 -0700, Pam B. wrote: 8< > 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