Thanks for the welcome, Penny Yes I dried them myself. The hard part was slicing all those little tomatoes into halves, it got tedious... but I'd do it again, it's worth it. It took about 4 days, as I recall. I dont remember the name of my dehydrator, its back in Pittsburgh still, but its got 4 round stacking trays about 18" diameter and a heat source at the bottom. The heat is not very even bottom to top, so I rotated the trays each day. I want to try drying other veggies at some point. Jeanne - and I'm going to miss the snow, and the seasons... At 11:49 PM 4/6/02, you wrote: >Welcome, Jeanne -- what a shock it will be to be able to >garden California style now! Except for the fact that I do >love snow in its season, I envy you. > >Did you dry those cherry and yellow pears yourself? I've >never tried it.. > >Penny, NY > > > >. > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.