Today's Project - Dehydrate Veggies

 

Song:  O Grand Amor

Artist:  Antonio Carlos Jobim

Today...

I harvested the first batch of sprouts.

This glass container is really quite large.

I just put it into the fridge for consumption over the following 2-3 days as a salad.

I brought out the green onions and the habaneros.

I sliced off the bottoms of the green onions...

and then diced them.

This was half the green onions (15 bunches).

As the dehydrator is in the garage...

I walked this batch down to fill up some of the trays.

This dehydrator has 20 trays.

I spread out the onions a little better before placing the tray into the dehydrator.

The first batch of diced green onions filled five trays.

After going back up and dicing the rest of the onions...

I took down the final batch to fill another five trays.

I then set to work on the habaneros.

I topped and halved each habanero.

This was the result of all of the habaneros.

I spaced out the habaneros rather sparsely as to allow greater air flow.

I also double spaced the habanero trays.

With the dehydrator filled with all of the veggies I had...

I set the temperature and the time (24 hours at a time - max).

I will check on them once each day.

I am assuming it will take at least 3-4 days of drying time...

perhaps more.

The drier I get them...

the longer they will last.

After starting the dehydrator...

I closed both of the garage doors.

Later that night...

I had a craving for Somen.

It is one of my favorite noodle dishes

(I had used all of the green onions dehydrating them).

I had them with shrimp dipped into a delicious cocktail sauce.

This is an excellent cocktail sauce.

It has just the right amount of zing and heat.

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I am thinking that my project tomorrow will be to work on my trike.

On the drive over from Verdi, NV...

I took the battery out...

and upon arrival here...

the electronics didn't work.

It wasn't the battery...

so...

most likely it is the connector.

Perhaps it had gotten dirty...

or perhaps some of the electronics had gotten wet and jostled around...

but one thing for sure...

I cannot ride it on my mountain without the power assist.

I will have to see tomorrow.

I really want to start riding it...

so long as there is not a lot of snow or ice on the road.

I would just hate sliding off the side of the mountain  :)