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Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not?
    #23484668 - 07/28/16 06:34 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I got my first food dehydrator today and I am happy!
I have one question, though. Should I put the mushrooms on the trails as they are, or should I cut them in half or even little pieces?
Does it effect potency in any way?


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23484679 - 07/28/16 06:39 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

You can just fill them up whole in the trays.  They'll shrink a good amount.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Grey]
    #23484681 - 07/28/16 06:41 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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You can just fill them up whole in the trays.  They'll shrink a good amount.




How much longer will it take to get them cracker dry?


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23484688 - 07/28/16 06:45 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I dry mine for twelve hours.  They're always done by then for me.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Grey]
    #23484691 - 07/28/16 06:47 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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I dry mine for twelve hours.  They're always done by then for me.




Okay, thank you. Awesome!


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23484692 - 07/28/16 06:48 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Dont cut em but its preference. When you give a little squeeze and it snaps like crackers then there done times range from climate to machine i would speculate me four hours done.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23484697 - 07/28/16 06:50 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

What about large fruit bodies, though? Should I just cut one tray so that I can just use it as a seperator? Big fruits don't fit in my current setup.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23484709 - 07/28/16 07:02 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Yea splitting large fruits in half id probably do.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23484923 - 07/28/16 08:41 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

put em in whole. Never a problem. I took one of the trays and cut the mesh out to act as a spacer for the BIG mothers. That way I can put them in whole. Just make sure they're cracker dry when you pull them out.









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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Hugh Jorgan]
    #23484933 - 07/28/16 08:44 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Lol. Yeah if the fruit is too big to fit, I just put it in anyways :rofl: sure it can look like the leaning tower of Pisa, but after a few hours it shrinks enough for the trays to close.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Mad Season]
    #23484994 - 07/28/16 09:04 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Yeah Mad I have mashed quite a few down even with the spacer. Some of these caps grow as big as a CD.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Hugh Jorgan]
    #23485140 - 07/28/16 09:55 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Just check them every hour or so as you are getting close to dry.  You will know when they are dry when they crumble/snap when you squeeze them.  Don't dry them beyond this, as they will start to cook, change colour and darken.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: AgarStudent]
    #23485233 - 07/28/16 10:25 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Dry them an extra 12 hours if you want...  That doesn't actually happen.  It's better for them to be 24 hours overdried than 20 minutes underdried.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Inocuole]
    #23485248 - 07/28/16 10:31 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Don't cut up your trays. Just mash them in there. Split larger mushrooms in half.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Bobabouy]
    #23485264 - 07/28/16 10:36 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

:whathesaid: mash em in. Pile them up even.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Mad Season]
    #23485279 - 07/28/16 10:43 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I disagree.  Mangle half your trays for maximum space.  I used a hammer.



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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Inocuole]
    #23485324 - 07/28/16 10:54 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Just cut the caps off and split the stems if really thick. Makes them dry faster. Faster drying= more potency.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Eywa_devotee]
    #23485989 - 07/28/16 02:27 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

just harvested this monster. Should be fun stuffing it in the dehydrator


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: Hugh Jorgan]
    #23488131 - 07/29/16 02:52 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

Looking gorgeous, man!
Make sure to post a pic of the stuffed trays in this thread, I'd love to see that.


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Re: Drying with a food dehydrator - Cut or not? [Re: xvx]
    #23488143 - 07/29/16 03:01 AM (7 years, 5 months ago)

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