Tips on Dehydrating Foods so That They Are Tastier

If you are dehydrating foods you might be concerned that they are not as tasty as when fresh. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact the flavor of an item is stronger after it has lost all of its water.

Still just eating dehydrated vegetables might be boring for people who like a bit more flavor in their life. If you like things spicier or more exotic you can try treating vegetables in the following substances before you dehydrate them –

Dip in marmite

Dip in mustard

Dip in pickle juice

Dip in soya sauce

Dip in lemon juice

Dip in apple juice

Dip in cherry juice

Dip in tomato juice or clamato juice

Dip in spicy Mexican sauce

Dip in white wine

Dip in whisky

Dip in Worcester sauce

Dip in honey syrup

Dip in raw apple cider

Coat with garlic paste

Coat with anchovy paste

Coat with ginger paste

Sprinkle with salt and pepper

Sprinkle with garlic

Sprinkle with curry powder

Sprinkle with chili powder

Sprinkle with dulse flakes

Use your imagination. These types of treatments work well with all kinds of vegetables. Including thinly sliced raw zucchini, carrot sticks and turnip coins.

A good recipe for the dehydrator is to dip sweet potatoes with nutritional yeast and Bragg liquid aminos and a bit of water and then dehydrate them. This particular combination gives the vegetables a tasty cheese flavor.

Another interesting simple recipe is to dip regular potatoes in a mixture of raw apple cider vinegar and Himalayan crystal salt.

Combining sunflower seeds that have been soaked in water with dulse flakes and a big tablespoon of Himalayan crystal can also make a delicious and nutritious snack that is high in potassium salt.

You can also treat fruit before you dry it –

Dip in sugar

Dip in honey

Dip in agave syrup

Dip in tea

Dip in coffee

Dip in peanuts

Dip in red wine and cloves (great for pears)

Dip in orange juice (a delicious thing to do to strips of mango)

Dip in lemon juice

Dip in pineapple juice

Dip in chocolate, white or dark

Sprinkle with pepper (dried strawberries with pepper is delicious)

Sprinkle with cloves

Sprinkle with sugar cinnamon or cinnamon powder

Sprinkle with vanilla powder (delicious on berries)

Coat with crushed cookies

Coat with cooked ground oats (delicious on apples or pear)

It only takes a bit of imagination to figure out what your taste buds might like in a dried fruit. For instance if you have always like chocolate covered cherries then try dipping cherries in Kahlua and then drying them.

Survival

What to Do in the Event of an Anthrax Attack

Anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that forms spores. It can affect that skin, lungs and the digestive system. Usually Anthrax is spread by animals or by breathing in anthrax spores from infected animal product like wool. People have also been infected with the gastrointestinal type by eating undercooked meat from animals infected with the bacteria.

Anthrax has been used as a bio-terrorist weapon. This happened in the United States in 2001 when a contaminated letter filled with powder containing anthrax was deliberately spread through the postal system.

Anthrax is classified by the Centers for Disease Control as a Category A agent. This means that it can spread across a large area quickly and that it poses the greatest possible threat to public health.

If it is spread by skin contact then anthrax develops into sore black blisters that do not hurt. If it is ingested then the person experiences nausea, bloody diarrhea and fever. If it is inhaled flue symptoms develop as well as shortness of breath. The symptoms usually occur within seven days of transmission but can also take as long as 42 days afterwords. Black mold is said to be the most deadly.

Antibiotics are used to treat all three types of anthrax so early identification of the symptoms are necessary. Treatment is usually a sixty-day course of antibiotics. The types of antibiotics used t treat it include ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, doxycycline or penicillin.

If you feel that you have been the victim of an anthrax attack you need to contact law enforcement right away. This is especially true if you have received a suspicious package or envelope that you think might contain anthrax powder. Since 2001 the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta in the United States has been working with doctors, veterinarians and health departments to help deal with another terrorist attack that deploys anthrax. There is supposed to be, over a decade later after the initial attack, enough supplies to deal with deal with an instance of bio-terrorism.

Anthrax is difficult to treat because it is rare. However politicians and members of the U.S. armed forces are immunized against it. It is not foreseeable in the future that an immunization will be available to the general public in the next few years despite the fact that twenty four people were hurt badly in the anthrax attack that was spread through the U.S. postal service in 2001.