I was shocked too when I first read it. I mean, who didn't love a nice, juicy apple, apricot, or even onion? Apparently, none of us do anymore. That's why I've decided to sell this, our second emergency food dehydrator. We thought there would be a day where we would need both, but with 9 SHELVES and 21 INCHES (not centimeters) of food-holding depth, we have found just the one unit to more than suffice.
Got these things for $150.00 new. It's yours for $100 or less if you can talk me down. Actually, I'll say $99. There's a lot of us out there, myself included, who psychologically can't handle a triple-digit number. It's my gift to you.
I'd like to take this time now to speak on onions. We've dehydrated quite a few things with our identical dehydrator, and have enjoyed every one of them; one food, however, stands above all the rest: onions. That's right, I'm talking about the Shrek-adored, tear-jerking, flavor of the Kings and Pharaohs of old and new alike. They're amazing after they take a trip inside one of these things.
Here's what you do: put on some swimming goggles. Once they're on, chop up some onions however you would like (just make sure the pieces are big enough to not fall through the screen bottoms of the trays). With the swimming goggles on, you will hardly notice the vaporous onion juices attacking your retinas. Take the chopped onions and spread them out in a dense yet single layer across any or each of the trays. Turn it on to the specifications on the instruction manual contained no doubt within your still-unopened box. Leave them there until they're crispy. Remove them and put them in zip-lock bags, jars, vacuum-pack bags, etc.. Slap them in the freezer. Forget about them altogether.
Now, the next time you make a roast, stew, spaghetti sauce, etc., remember about the onions you so carefully stored in your freezer and toss in however many you like. As the concoction cooks, the onions will rehydrate (I know hydrated foods are out of style, but you won't have to tell anyone) and be just like they were never dehydrated.
This method holds greater than or equal to 3 primary benefits, namely:
1) The onions dehydrated, packaged, and frozen take up far less room than whole onions on your counter top.
2) When you're hurrying to prepare a Sunday roast just prior to church, these are a real time saver (spoken from experience).
3) As the dehydrated onions cook and reconstitute, they soak up the juices of whatever you're cooking them in, retaining not only the original onion taste but carrying with it the flavors of the juices they soaked up, thereby helping to more seamlessly tie in the savory flavor of the onions to nearly any meal.
Please, think about how people will view you eating hydrated foods still. Think about your food storage. Remember a double-digit price. Call me. We need to talk.
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