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Green peas drying

For drying use young green peas, with the gentle and soft grains collected for 15-17 day after flowering.

If peas grains different in the size sort peas, having passed it through a sieve, and dry the big and small peas separately.

Shell peas lower in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, then cast away it on a cullender and wash out cold water.

Pour out peas on a sieve and place for 10 minutes in a drying cupboard, temperature in which establish in 45 degrees. After you will get a sieve with peas from a cabinet, allow to it to stand 1-1,5 hours, and then again put a sieve in a cabinet and establish temperature about 60 degrees.

It is possible to exsiccate young green peas and in another way. Pour peas in the added some salt water also bring to the boil. Then cast away peas on a cullender and predry. Pour out peas on a baking tray, pour a small amount of sugar and exsiccate.

The dried peas should have a wrinkled surface and to be dark green colour.

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Bulb onion drying

For drying use sharp cultivars of onion. Before drying onion clear of a peel, cut off the top and bottom parts. Then onion cut rings which, in turn, assort on more thin ringlets. For drying onion also can and be chopped thin straws. The onion chopped or cut on ringlets spread on a sieve and place in a drying cupboard. Dry onion at temperature about 65 degrees. The exsiccated onion should get a yellowish tint. To store a powdered onion it is necessary in linen sacks, cardboard boxes and other air-penetrable capacities.

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