SO with dried meat,fruit and other goodies, would it be fair to suggest the vendor be known as a dessicaletan?


No, no, see (merciful heavens--the eight-armed dancing one must be rubbing off on me--help!), the SHOP would be
the dessicatelan. The OWNER would then be the dessicator/dessicatrix, and we'd all have to take the escalator to get to the dessicated goods...and then designate our choices, and decimate our pocketbooks, and delegate which child got to carry what, relegating the lightest package to the youngest child, and when we got home
we'd celebrate, as I am the end of this sentence!

So welcome, maverick, and I think it is obvious that I need more sleep (or something)! You got a unique welcome, and aren't we all glad??