[pct-l] Dehydrating veggies

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I dried fresh black (or dinosaur) kale. I dried it a little less than  
100% dry and it maintained a slight amount of resiliance toward being  
crumbled. I also cut it in rather large pieces, expecting it to  
crumble. I don't mind the greens crumbling. All I want to do at the  
end of the day is shovel it in, not fuss with big giant pieces of stuff.

Other greens I've done include beet greens. It's a good way to use  
what sometimes gets tossed out. Warning: red beets and beet greens  
will make your food red and also your poo.

On Mar 25, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Dehydrating veggies
>
> Oh that's right, Kale.
> ?
> I've found that kale/spinach etc tend to crumble after they've  
> dried. Good for adding vitamins and color, but don't expect a lot  
> of texture. I lightly (!!!) blanche the kale before it goes in.  
> Spinach, I put in raw.