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3:59 pm
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Wed 23-Sep-09
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Anyone ever come across Kale Crisps before? I'm intrigued as to whether they're actually nice? Also does anyone make their own beetroot / parsnip / whatever crisps and do you have an oven method as I don't have a deep fat fryer. 
6:24 pm
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Tue 22-Sep-09
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Not heard of those before but they sound great. I love beetroot, carrot and parsnip crisps but have never made my own as I can't stand the smell of frying or roasting, but I expect someone here has.
I'll try that again!
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Sat 12-Aug-06
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Good link, Ruth, Thank you. That method sounds so simple and we have loads of kale - will definitely try it and report back. 
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Has anyone tried doing kale crips, or other crisps, in a dehydrator? I gather it can be done, but how? I have the Westfalia dehydrator. A single layer of leaves? Just on the tray? And can it be done with root veg? How thin should they be sliced? and how do you get them evenly thin?
Maybe we need a thread for dehyrator recipes and tips!
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Wed 30-Dec-09
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Evenly thin - perhaps a mandolin ......
11:09 pm
Sat 12-Aug-06
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Barbara, we have the dehydrator, the kale and the request queued up- I hope we can try this over the weekend. Will report back (if I can persuade uknowhu) 
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Looking forward to hearing the result, Danny!
I harvested the rest of the parsnips, beets/beetroot, and carrots so the new raised bed could have manure added, and because they were starting to grow again, so I have root veg to find things to do with. Some of the beets are edible, carrots are mostly carrot-fly eaten and not worth bothering with, parsnips are excellent. .And the freezer is iced up again so I don't want to freeze them. I may try drying beets in the dehydrator, or seeing if I can find other interesting recipes.
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