Howdy, I live in zone 9a and have been drying fruits and vegetables and making jerky for years in my car, I put the food on racks with a layer of parchment paper, behind the back seat, point it east in the morning, then at lunch time turn the car around so the back window faces west. Opening the car to turn it around also lets the moisture out. Recently a friend gave me the book "Sailing the Farm", written in the 1908s, and the author says drying food at such high temps destroys all the nutrients! He says to limit drying temps to 120 F, and most of the year it definitely gets much hotter than that in my car. Since he doesn't give any proof for his claim, are there studies or other information on temperature and other factors to preserve nutrients when drying food?
Howdy, I live in zone 9a and have been drying fruits and vegetables and making jerky for years in my car, I put the food on racks with a layer of parchment paper, behind the back seat, point it east in the morning, then at lunch time turn the car around so the back window faces west. Opening the car to turn it around also lets the moisture out. Recently a friend gave me the book "Sailing the Farm", written in the 1908s, and the author says drying food at such high temps destroys all the nutrients! He says to limit drying temps to 120 F, and most of the year it definitely gets much hotter than that in my car. Since he doesn't give any proof for his claim, are there studies or other information on temperature and other factors to preserve nutrients when drying food?