Oven as dehydrator/raw food temperatures?

[fiamma]

Just wondering... can I use my oven as a dehydrator? Set it to the lowest temperature (50°C, I think)?

Which brings me to my next question... I've read that food can be warmed ever so slightly and still be considered raw... what's the max temperature that food can be heated to before it is considered cooked?

Thanks in advance!

[vava]

ani = turn oven to lowest setting till it gets warm then turn off104 degrees is warm to the touch - place your item for drying in the oven till it cools then warm the oven again as before and keep repeating until the food is dry.

She says that a dehydrator is nice but not a luxury but it is helpful for things like crackers unless you like your stuff with lots of water.

[emmapresley]

durng my (brief) raw food pahse..
oh get that bad touch typing.

during my brief raw food phase, i used the airing cupboard as a dehydrator..it worked quite well

[piggy]

i don't know anything about dehydrating food, but on the blog link that i sent you, fiamma, the blog writer talks about her own experiments with dehydrating food (amongst many other experiments)

[fiamma]

Oh those golden days of the airing cupboard.. I don't have one here!!!
Thanks for the tip though EmmaP. Why such a brief phase, if I may be so bold?

Thanks for the link piggy, I will def check that out.
What happened to your avatar BTW? The animation's gone

[emmapresley]

Oh those golden days of the airing cupboard.. I don't have one here!!!
Thanks for the tip though EmmaP. Why such a brief phase, if I may be so bold?

Thanks for the link piggy, I will def check that out.
What happened to your avatar BTW? The animation's gone

i'm a dirty junk food vegan prone to very brief erratic and usually hormonally driven bouts of *health-ness*

i hang my head in shame

[piggy]

Thanks for the link piggy, I will def check that out.
What happened to your avatar BTW? The animation's gone

i dunno? it seems to be animated right now..

[fiamma]

Sorry, double post

[fiamma]

Must be my computer, piggy.

I caved and ordered the Jen Cornbleet book, hope it's good.
I also bought an Italian raw food book yesterday, can't wait to start reading

[RebeccaDye]

Yeah I went on an Alyssa Cohen course where I learnt you can use your oven but on the lowest setting and leave the door open and on it rest a fan pointing inside the oven. But I haven't tried it out as it seems an obscene waste of energy and I'm also worried that my cats would feel like crawling in when I wasn't there.

[fiamma]

Thanks Rebecca

[RebeccaDye]

You're welcome, also I've only talked to you once or twice but I'm really glad you've made the decision to stay !

[Risker]

I think even on the lowest setting if you leave an oven door open the oven will get through masses of fuel as the thermostat won't reach the required temperature.

[fiamma]

Thanks everyone, agreed about the oven and the obscene amounts of fuel... leaving it on for 12 hours,,, what???

I think I'm gonna cave and buy a dehydrator; I had some live pasta tonight and it was just ace (those two facts aren't really connected in any way but what the hell )

Thanks guys