On 8/15/2012 11:58 PM, desertgardener wrote:
> I'll try drilling the hole and see what my cooking thermometer says. Worth a try anyway.
> Maybe DH will be interested enough to try and replace the thermostat. Gotta be cheaper than the dehydrator he was looking at in the Cabela's catalog.
> If I were home more it would be easier to check on the stuff but this summer I seem to have bad timing. That last batch, I swear those tomatoes were half liquid when I went to bed and next morning they were black - but not crispy, just black. Oh well I put up 62 pounds of them in various forms last weekend so I guess a few lost dehydrator loads are not so terrible.
> Glad to see you're still well-preserved George!!
>
So far I've lost twenty lbs, just packing out the garage. Temps in there
must be well over 110F during the day. All we have left is the art room.
That rented storage locker is getting more stuff in it today. Hopefully
by next week we will be able to put the house on the market. I still
have to pack out the pantry, will be getting all my jar cases out of the
closet today and will have to label them.

All we need to do is find a house that fits us that has a large pantry,
no one builds them like that anymore, pantries are like little closets
next to the kitchen. May have to convert a spare bedroom.

On 8/16/2012 5:29 AM, George Shirley wrote:

>
> All we need to do is find a house that fits us that has a large pantry,
> no one builds them like that anymore, pantries are like little closets
> next to the kitchen. May have to convert a spare bedroom.


That was going to be my suggestion as long as the spare bedroom isn't at
the far end of the house.

gloria p

On 8/16/2012 9:23 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 8/16/2012 5:29 AM, George Shirley wrote:
>
>>
>> All we need to do is find a house that fits us that has a large pantry,
>> no one builds them like that anymore, pantries are like little closets
>> next to the kitchen. May have to convert a spare bedroom.
>
>
> That was going to be my suggestion as long as the spare bedroom isn't at
> the far end of the house.
>
> gloria p
I could use the wee pantry to hold food to be eaten soon and the
bedroom, aka large pantry, for all my canning supplies and canned goods.

We did find one home that some smart person had combined the laundry
room and the pantry into one larger room. Pantry end had plenty of
shelving and it looks like more could be added. I'm a big fan of wire
shelving, lets air circulate much easier than wooden shelving. That's
how we put in shelving in our 6X9 pantry, have to have a step stool to
get to the top shelves. That's where we put stuff we don't need on a
daily basis. Things like the barroom style juicer, big trays, etc. Works
for us. Heavy things like home canned food is much lower, easier on old
people that way.

We have actually culled out about a half ton of "stuff" around here. Ran
up on a container full of odd shaped ceramic tiles yesterday, my sister
gave them to me twenty years ago and I never got around to making a
patio table out of them. Sent them over to the Knights of Columbus hall,
they got lots of usable stuff from us as they are having a big garage
sale this weekend.

I found my ideal home online, just the right size with a big pantry and
backed up to a stocked lake. All I need is for everyone on this group to
kick in so I can buy a $500,000.00 house. <G> That would be this old
man's dream, living next to a lake full of fish so I don't have to drive
somewhere to catch dinner.

On Aug 17, 12:41*pm, George Shirley > wrote:
> On 8/16/2012 9:23 PM, gloria p wrote:> On 8/16/2012 5:29 AM, George Shirley wrote:
>
> >> All we need to do is find a house that fits us that has a large pantry,
> >> no one builds them like that anymore, pantries are like little closets
> >> next to the kitchen. May have to convert a spare bedroom.
>
> > That was going to be my suggestion as long as the spare bedroom isn't at
> > the far end of the house.
>
> > gloria p
>
> I could use the wee pantry to hold food to be eaten soon and the
> bedroom, aka large pantry, for all my canning supplies and canned goods.
>
> We did find one home that some smart person had combined the laundry
> room and the pantry into one larger room. Pantry end had plenty of
> shelving and it looks like more could be added. I'm a big fan of wire
> shelving, lets air circulate much easier than wooden shelving. That's
> how we put in shelving in our 6X9 pantry, have to have a step stool to
> get to the top shelves. That's where we put stuff we don't need on a
> daily basis. Things like the barroom style juicer, big trays, etc. Works
> for us. Heavy things like home canned food is much lower, easier on old
> people that way.
>
> We have actually culled out about a half ton of "stuff" around here. Ran
> up on a container full of odd shaped ceramic tiles yesterday, my sister
> gave them to me twenty years ago and I never got around to making a
> patio table out of them. Sent them over to the Knights of Columbus hall,
> they got lots of usable stuff from us as they are having a big garage
> sale this weekend.
>
> I found my ideal home online, just the right size with a big pantry and
> backed up to a stocked lake. All I need is for everyone on this group to
> kick in so I can buy a $500,000.00 house. <G> That would be this old
> man's dream, living next to a lake full of fish so I don't have to drive
> somewhere to catch dinner.

If the stats giving an inconsistent temp, clean its electrical
contacts, and if theyre all lumpy sand them smooth with very fine
paper. It'll then be reliable again. Be aware that doing this can
alter the actual temp settings, check them before use again.


NT