Not quoting text entirely, but, Curly Sue mentioned that using a
microplane to zest, would obviously shorten the drying time. Monsur
Fromage suggested looking up 'zest' by googling. Ok, did both.
Found something that I consider significant on allrecipes.com, and,
they sort of suggest the fact that if you zest in little tiny pieces,
ala microplane (ok, they mentioned grater), that a lot of the moisture,
but, also, the essential oils of flavor and smell are lost, they
dissipate because of the small pieces. So it seems to make sense to
zest any citrus in as long a piece as you are capable of making, then
letting it dry, to achieve maximum effect for taste and smell. I
mentioned food processor as what was suggested for powdering these
things, but, the more I think of it, think it was probably a coffee
grinder he mentioned. Also, he mentioned that he was working on this
concept (original episode late year 2004) with a spice company. Must
watch this again on Wed. for the exact everything again. But, Monsur's
reminder of a pepper/lemon thing, makes my mouth water.