Weekly Photo Challenge: From Every Angle (I)
12Monday 31 August, 2015 by Uncle Spike
This week’s first entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge brings you three shots of just three of a number of trays of tomatoes I’ve just placed out in the late summer sun to dry. Experience has shown that we needs temps of 35C (95F) or above to do the job and ensure they don’t go mouldy, so no problem there! Sun-dried tomatoes; one of life’s little pleasures I think 🙂
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Gorgeous looking tomatoes. How long does it take them to dry and how to you keep the flies off them? I canned most of my tomatoes this year, but might try this next year. Thanks!
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Takes about 7 days, but the day temps need to be above 35 and nights above 23 I’ve found, else they go mouldy. I sprinkle large crystal (1-2mm(-) rock salt on to cure them, so I guess the flies aren’t so keen.
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Brilliant – thanks a mil!
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Nice 🙂 For how many days do you dry the tomatoes and what do you use them in. I must try:) Here we dry banana slices and raw mangoes. Thanks.
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Takes about 7 days, but the day temps need to be above 35 and nights above 23 I’ve found, else they go mouldy. We use them in all sorts of dishes during the winter, but I have two personal favourites.
1) just chew them; the taste is great as they soften up 🙂
2) place a few in a bowl of recently boiled water for 10 mins, then strain, add olive oil and seasoning, then serve as a side dish.
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Thank you, I will try when our monsoon season ends:)
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Wonderful angles .. I appear to have tomato envy. Mine got zapped with blight last season …
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Very nice!
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Life should be full of little pleasures! Excellent crop!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
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Nice photo. Those delicious tomatoes! Yum.
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Thanks…. taste good too, especially mid winter!
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