you forgot one more easy way tie a string around one pepper stem, tie another pepper to that string, and so on and so on till you have a long 'hanging' pepper 'ristra' - hang this (almost anywhere) - the peppers will air dry - I've never had any mold with this method - cut off dried peppers as you need them Sharen Rund Bloechl Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems Sunnyvale Data Center sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com Phone: 408-756-5432 [or] Fax: 408-756-0912 srund@svl.ems.lmco.com LMnet: 8-326-5432 Pager: 408-539-5146 web: http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi [or] Operator Assist: 1-800-725-5079, pin 408-539-5146 > ---------- > From: Jim.Weller@salata.com[SMTP:Jim.Weller@salata.com] > Reply To: Jim.Weller@salata.com > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 10:31 PM > To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com > Subject: [CH] hiya > > > -=> Quoting Anthony delonga to All <=- > > Ad> ok, i lost everything but my ceyannes sund drying > Ad> how do you dry peppers without buying anything > Ad> expensive :( ? > > Hi Anthony, > > You can dehydrate peppers: > > - in a very low oven with the door ajar, overnight > - on a plate on a sunny window sill, about two weeks [If you have low > humidity they won't rot or mold. Thin peppers are fine whole; thick > fleshy ones can be sliced in half first.] > - in an oven with the 25 watt bulb replaced with a 100 watt one > - in a gas oven over the pilot light > - in a car with the windows rolled up on a sunny day [2-3 days where I > live] > - in a make shift dehydrator consisting of a cardboard box, a light bulb > and a cake cooling rack. > > None of these are expensive set-ups. > > > > > > > YK Jim > > >