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• During first week after drying it is better to check if it is any moisture in container.
If yes, it means that products are not dried well and you should dry it again.
ATTENTION! Do not place hot and even warm products into containers for
storage.
TABLE OF PREPARING THE FRUITS FOR DRYING
Name
Preparing
Condition
after drying
Duration of
drying (hours)
Apricot
Slice it and take out the pit
Soft
13-28
Orange peel
Cut it to long stripes
Fragile
8-16
Pineapple
(fresh)
Peel it and slice into pieces or
square parts
Hard
6-36
Pine apple
(tinned)
Pour out the juice and dry
them
Soft
6-36
Banana
Peel it and slice to round
pieces (3-4 mm thickness)
Crispy
8-38
Grapes
No need to cut them
Soft
8-38
Cherry
It is not necessary to take out
the pit (you can take it out
when cherry is half-dried)
Hard
8-26
Pear
Peel it and slice
Soft
8-30
Fig
Slice them
Hard
6-26
Cranberry
No need to cut
Soft
6-26
Peach
Cut into 2 pieces and take out
the pit when the fruit is half-
dried
Soft
10-34
Date-fruit
Take out the pit and slice
Hard
6-26
Apple
Peel it, take out the heart, slice it
into round pieces or segments
Soft
5-7
NOTICE: Time and ways of preliminary processing the fruits, which are described
in the table are only fact-finding. Personal preferences of customers can differ of
that as described in the table.
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PRELIMINARY PREPARING OF THE VEGETABLES
1. It is recommended to boil green beans, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus and
potato. How to boil: put the preliminary prepared vegetables into a saucepan
with boiling water for about 3-5 minutes. Then pour out the water and put
vegetables into the appliance.
2. If you want to add a smack of lemon to green beans, asparagus etc, just put it
into a lemon juice for about 2 minutes.
NOTICE: THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOVE ARE ONLY FACT-FINDING AND
IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO FOLLOW THEM.
