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The Master_sl said:
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@Vitality: All commercial dehydrators have this issue and cooking the food is basically never desirable. Which is another reason I prefer the box fan. Not sure what you'd ever worry about it. If you're making cured meat, and if you're drying it out that is what you're making, the salt, acid, and near complete removal of water will kill everything.
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I agree with you, was just pointing out a major difference on the topic, incase anyone cared.

I personally don't dehydrate anything, the GF makes quinoa crackers and dried pear snacks in a commercial dehydrator. She likely wanted something more contained than a box fan and air filters, she's not the MacGyver type, nor the research type to know that the commercial ones cook it and fk it up and direct air doesn't.

The whole reason alton hooks it up to a large box fan is so that the meat/fruit doesn't sit out too long, the large amount of air in a short time is what keeps the food from spoiling due to bacterial growth time. As far as I could understand.
 
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quinoa crackers? I would like to know more.

Only thing I am really concerned about is where to put this damn thing. My basement tends to get a lot of bugs, and not looking forward to having this fan in my kitchen for days on end. Ah the sacrifices I make for salmon jerky.
 
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chaos_sl said:
quinoa crackers? I would like to know more.

Only thing I am really concerned about is where to put this damn thing. My basement tends to get a lot of bugs, and not looking forward to having this fan in my kitchen for days on end. Ah the sacrifices I make for salmon jerky.
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Quinoa Wheat Berry Sesame dried cracker rounds on the dehydrator sheet + a few other things. I guess she kinda mashed it into a bit of a paste and put sesame ontop and dried it. (Maybe a little soy sauce in the mash)

They tasted okay.. for quinoa...
 
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Vitality_sl said:
The GF does a ton of inferior things
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Vitality_sl said:
The GF does a ton of inferior things, I'm not about to get in a fight about quinoa crackers with her my man.
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Sounds like a pinterest recipe. Tackle the problem at the root. I've gotten most of the pinterest recipes out of my house through subtle nagging and demonstration of superior(and easier) recipes.
 
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I just do most of the cooking, pays dividends in the sex department. Easier fix than nagging the piss out of her.

min/MAX bro
 
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oh man cooking shows are bad for that too. we were watching the great british bakeoff, first thing... brits eat nasty dessert shit, omg the recipes will give you a heart attack. second she saw angel food cake, i had no idea what this was neither did she, so she said, can you make that?

had to buy the special upside down funnel pan, and yea it came out really fluffy. (with no butter usage) its really just 12 egg whites (wtf do i do with 12 egg yolks!!!, already tired of custard) and a heap of sugar.

i tried cutting the recipe in half to make half a cake, that didn't work. my theory is b/c of the way it rests, (it has to rest upside down) there wasn't enough cake to pull/stretch the cake and create more air pockets.

but every other recipe was like dog shit disgusting.

wtf trifle!
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lanx_sl said:
oh man cooking shows are bad for that too. we were watching the great british bakeoff, first thing... brits eat nasty dessert shit, omg the recipes will give you a heart attack. second she saw angel food cake, i had no idea what this was neither did she, so she said, can you make that?

had to buy the special upside down funnel pan, and yea it came out really fluffy. (with no butter usage) its really just 12 egg whites (wtf do i do with 12 egg yolks!!!, already tired of custard) and a heap of sugar.

i tried cutting the recipe in half to make half a cake, that didn't work. my theory is b/c of the way it rests, (it has to rest upside down) there wasn't enough cake to pull/stretch the cake and create more air pockets.

but every other recipe was like dog shit disgusting.

wtf trifle!
trifle - Google Search
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A lot of American pies are based off the chess pie I believe, which has British roots. That's about it, though.

As for extra yolks, make some Germans' Chocolate Cake(purposefully capitalized that to emphasize that's a brand, not germanic chocolate). It requires 4 eggs and 4 yolks. Anything that requires pastry creme, like boston creme pie, will use more yolks than eggs.
 
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We bought some Quinoa, and I cooked it up with various herbs and whatnot, but I still didn't care for it. I think it was the texture of the little grains.

Anyone have a recipe for quinoa that might be better? I'll go look up this cracker thing, but I'm not sure that's the answer for my leftover quinoa.
 
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My family likes quinoa a lot, so we cook it a lot. I have yet to make it where I enjoy it. The texture sucks, and it doesn't take sauce like a pasta or even a rice dish does. Screw that stuff.
 
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I like quinoa fine, I cook it with some stock, garlic, and herbs or just plain with salt and pepper and stock. I don't make it much because everyone else in my house doesn't care for it, but when my neighbor moved she gave me a ton of it so I have to do something with it.
 
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Is there any real benefit to quinoa besides avoiding gluten and lightening your wallet? I mean, if you like the taste, go nuts. But I don't think I've heard of anyone switching to quinoa because yum.
 
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Gravy_sl said:
We bought some Quinoa, and I cooked it up with various herbs and whatnot, but I still didn't care for it. I think it was the texture of the little grains.

Anyone have a recipe for quinoa that might be better? I'll go look up this cracker thing, but I'm not sure that's the answer for my leftover quinoa.
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I mix the quinoa in with a rice or lentils. Quinoa Lentil Corn Black Bean Salsa chicken more or less.

I hate quinoa man...
 
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Congratulations, you're the first, chaos. As for your specific predicament, I suggest you throw it at weddings and instead cook brown rice.
 
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