Eruna, Tom, Jim, Everyone, Thankyou for your help. I think I will start using my wife's oven for now, and send Santa a letter for Christmas, and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks again, Jerry H >I dry my peppers in a dehydrator. >Eruna >I do as well. I've also found that drying with a low (30C/85F) >temperature >setting takes longer, but retains the color much better. > >Tom >Use your oven set on the lowest possible setting- no more than >170F. If >you cut the chiles up and place them on a cookie sheet, they >will dry >overnight. >DO NOT try a higher setting as you run the risk of two things- >1 burning >the chiles and 2, running yourself out of house & home as they >start to >off gas the capsaicin. >-Jim C _______________________________________________________ The FREE service that prevents junk email http://www.mailshell.com