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Table Salt as a Desiccant?
    #19229679 - 12/05/13 12:25 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Wikipedia says common table salt is a desiccant. Anyone tried this or know if it would work in one of those fancy chambers instead of some chemical I don't want to bother with?


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Level5MotherFucker]
    #19229692 - 12/05/13 12:29 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Level5MotherFucker]
    #19229711 - 12/05/13 12:35 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

No

Sodium chloride (table salt) is hygroscopic meaning it absorbs moisture from the air but I would never classify it as a useful desiccant at all.

In terms of mushrooms you could *in theory* mix them with tons of salt and it would work that way but then the mushrooms would also absorb a ton of salt because they are so wet to begin with. Not to mention they would be coated with it.

The amount you would need to put them in a desiccation chamber would be huge, like 1+ lb per ounce of wet mushrooms. That is probably even a low figure and it could end up being a fuck ton more if you want to get them cracker dry.

Just go buy some damprid at any hardware store. Most grocery stores will carry it in their mini-hardware section but it will be way overpriced there.


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Smushroom]
    #19229789 - 12/05/13 01:16 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I think I'll use Epsom Salt or maybe an oven on extremely low heat for a half dozen hours.


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Level5MotherFucker]
    #19229820 - 12/05/13 01:42 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

until i got my dehydrator yesterday i was placing mushrooms on a paper towel with a desk lamp pointed at then and a fan pointed too.. worked well..


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: silverstem]
    #19229844 - 12/05/13 02:03 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I have an oven with a fan in it (convection I think?) I could probably set it on about 120 or so and for six hours on a wire mesh screen.. How do you think that would do?


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Level5MotherFucker]
    #19229848 - 12/05/13 02:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Food dehydrater ftw!


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Stromrider]
    #19229890 - 12/05/13 02:43 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Honestly just putting them in front of a fan for 12-18 hours on top of a screen will get them near cracker dry. Considering most houses have rediculously low humidity during winter (assuming you aren't in a wet/rainy area) it could get them all the way cracker dry by then.

Personally I would avoid an oven. A convection oven may be better than a normal one but I still don't think it would do a very good job of removing the humidity as they dry unless you have the door down and that would be a huge waste of energy and heat your house up quite a bit. Not to mention the possible mess from the substrate, spores, and small mushroom pieces that would get tossed around by the air current.


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Re: Table Salt as a Desiccant? [Re: Smushroom]
    #19229898 - 12/05/13 02:52 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Salt is a desiccant in that it will dry out your food if you put it on before cooking.  This can be alleviated by making sure the food is wet before adding the salt.

It won't do squat for drying mushrooms.
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