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[camwyn]

And the apple leather batch I started two nights ago is finally done. this is what happens when you start cutting up apples at 10 PM and don't know if the dehydrator fan will wake the downstairs neighbor or not; you cook the apples to tenderness in water and cider vinegar, then use a potato masher, then spend a dog's age smooshing the things through a plastic colander until you finally give up on getting any more apple pulp, then you mix it with honey and spices and pour it all out on parchment on the dehydrator trays and stick it in the fridge as-is because it's past midnight and you don't want to wake the neighbor up. and then when you get home the next evening, even though you run the dehydrator clear from six to midnight, you still have squishy stickiness and have to put the batch in the fridge AGAIN because neighbor.

But after a few more hours on day two, you get some seriously excellent homemade apple leather, and it is worth it.

I'm getting a set of Teflon racks for making more fruit leather in future in the dehydrator. This is my third batch and cutting parchment paper to do the job is getting messy fast. I like to make the stuff and the people at work love it, and my sister's kids apparently like fruit roll-ups so I'll be taking some of this with me to see if they like it. I intend to make more in future, regularly, so I think this is probably worth it. Next time I've got to finish up the kiwis in the fridge- I don't like them raw, but they make good leather- and probably the pears, and then we'll see. Maybe berries again. maybe bananas. Either way, should be good.