This one I am going to transcribe just as I found it
on the Internet:
Dearest
friends. More often than not time is not on my side as I try to share with you my
ideas about all the projects I am doing. But today I am following up on my
promise and describe my most recent project: a solar food dehydrator. I am not quite sure if it will work but
when I decide on something I do not give up until I make it work.
Sun-dried tomatoes
I love sun-dried tomatoes and I normally do them in the microwave to save
time. The other day, surfing the net, I received a comment from my friend Mônica who
had a post about her solar food
dehydrator. I was curious and went on to investigate this contraption. This
was a very simple gadget. I bought the material and convinced my husband to
make it for me.
Solar food dehydrator
Solar
food dehydrator made out of Styrofoam.
People! These things are designed to
dehydrate food products, like fruit, tomatoes and vegetables, in the sun. With
all the sun we have here in Brasil. What a show!
One day, after my husband
arrived from work, we made this dehydrator. He made it. I gave opinions,
suggestions and moral support… We opted for Styrofoam because this was going to be a test.
Aluminum
foil to help concentrate the heat.
Detail
of the mosquito net for ventilation.
I loaded my new dehydrator
with tomatoes and after spraying
them with a mixture of one half sugar
and one half salt I placed the box
in the sun covered with a piece of 4mm window glass.
Dehydrator
covered with 4mm glass sheet.
Saturday I was very happy
imagining my sun-dried tomatoes when I saw a dark cloud approaching. It has
been raining since and I have not been able to test my tomato dehydrator. Why
did I have to find out about this contraption at the end of summer? Well. So be it. I
will wait for the sun to return.
My love to all the curious people who surf by my blog
on a regular basis.
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