Re: preserving veggies

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

>You can dehydrate in a small electric unit--they do a good job. You can also
>make fruit leathers in them.
>
>I tested solar dehydrators for Brace Institute in Quebec a loooong time ago
>and learned that while they might be great in Arizona or Israel, they were
>the pits in Quebec. Everything rotted before it was adequately dry. I expect
>that would be true in any humid climate with moderate, as opposed to high,
>light levels.

Most of the American West is arid enough for solar dehydration.

  I sometimes remove the skin from the peppers before I
>freeze them--but that's only with cultivars with extremely thick skins. If
>you are going to use the peppers whole, for stuffed peppers, for example,
>you can simply remove the lid, scoop out the seeds, and freeze them in
>plastic bags.
>
>Miranda

I roast all of my chiles before bagging for freezer.  When thawed the 
roasted skins slip off. Margaret L 

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