Dried Apricots Procedure

11. Dried Apricots

Here we have removed the dried apricots from the dehydrator. A comment on the color. Ours are not the pretty color of apricots. To get that you need to use sulfur dioxide. We prefer not to use this chemical.

Inorganic compound, heavy, colorless, poisonous gas (SO2). It has a pungent, irritating odor (the smell of a just-struck match). Huge quantities are made industrially for use as a bleach, as a reducing agent, and as sulfites, which are food preservatives. Humanity's longstanding experience with sulfite use has led us to regard them as harmless and convenient compounds. However, sulfur dioxide, while harmless to healthy individuals, can induce asthma when inhaled or ingested by sensitive people.