Drying Fruit

I figured for the first post I would start with what it occupying my week in the kitchen - drying peaches. Drying fruit is actually very easy. You can purchase a fruit dryer for about $40 dollars at Walmart and then you are on your way. To keep the color of your fruit you need to soak it in asorbic acid so I just make some frozen lemonade (lemon juice contains the ascorbic acid) and then as I peel, pit, and slice my fruit I dump it in the lemonade and let it sit until I have enough peaches sliced and prepared to place on the racks of my dryer. Another tip that makes this easier is to use an egg slicer to slice your fruit - I know it works well with peaches and in a couple weeks I will test it out on apples. Apples may be to solid to do very well but we shall see.