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Posted by donnalynne 7TN (dburrus@fayetteacademy.com) on Mon, Nov 3, 03 at 10:35
| I have uncovered a market for dried hedgeapples. The retail market in my area is bringing $15.00 a pop! I could hardly believe it. I was told to bring her all I could dry and she would give me $5.00 a apple. The problem is that I tried to dry some in the oven at 150 degrees but it didn't work. They became mushy and lost so much of their color. I have read where people slice them and dry them but she wants them dried whole. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Donna |
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| donnalynne, I searched on google for dried hedge apples and brought up some information. Try there and see if it helps. Also, gave you a response on the 'drying methods' thread. EP |
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Did you ever do any experiments on drying whole hedge apples?
Do you have any tips on slicing them, what a mess! I was wondering about using an electric saw. I only made enough for personal use, the dried slices look good in a basket with pinecones, etc. I will try some in my industrial strength food dehydrator when I see some falling. |
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Txgardenlady,
You can slice them using a kitchen "meat" slicer.
chrmann |
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| The drying of whole hedge apples was successful, in that I got them dried, but they are sooooo UGLY. Were the ones that you saw for sale green or brown? Were they normal sized? Mine shrank(Is that a word?) to about 25% of their former size giving the brown w/touches of green meatball look. My drying took 3 days. Do you think I need to dry slower? |
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