Showing posts with label drying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drying. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Something I Never Thought I Would do...
These last few days have been full of activities I never really thought I would do. As you know, I debuted on Twitter yesterday which is something I never really thought I'd be into. But I did it, and now @LastinLineShop is a real-deal Tweet factory. The other major "never woulda thunk I'd be doing this" activity is drying berries.
That's right. Dehydrating dem yum-o red, red Raspberries. Raspberries that apparently produce fruit here until it snows. Crazy! But yummy.
I was kind of adverse to the idea of drying fruit-type stuff. Why not just eat it all? Drying seemed like extra, silly work in my mind. Oh how wrong I was.
I found myself once again the recipient of the benevolent +Pyper Jean's produce and was a bit overrun with fruit. Which is by no means a complaint. I seriously cannot get enough raspberries. But seeing as my freezer is currently packed to the gills with other produce courtesy of my friend, I needed to either eat them all or....
...dry them.
Now, Pyper reassured me that the berries are amazingly wonderfully delicious once dried. To convince me 100%, she had me try some she had dried. I will admit, I was skeptical; but, holy moly, mother of sweet berry goodness were they delicious!! They start out tasting a tiny bit bitter, then the flavor blossoms into this deep, tart, concentrated berry bomb in your mouth. No exaggeration.
Well, maybe a little exaggeration, but they are yummy, and that's what matters.
So, thoroughly convinced that drying the fruit was the way to go, I was sent on my merry way with a dehydrator to borrow and a bucket of berries. 10ish hours later, my sweet treats were ready. Mhhhhhhh.
Who'd a thunk?
Super easy, super yummy. In my mind that's a win.
Have you ever dried berries?
Topics:
berries,
cooking,
dehydrating,
drying,
food,
home,
homesteading,
prepping,
preserving,
produce,
raspberries,
yum
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Drying Herbs
Over this summer, thanks to the ever loving and benevolent Pyper Jean, I've amassed a nice little stash of delicious herbs.
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| Chocolate mint |
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| Chocolate mint dried for tea |
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| Sage |
Because I'm the only one who really feels special about it.
Well, my wallet does too. Do you know how expensive herbs are at the grocery store?? It is straight up RIDICULOUS, yo. But now, I'm not slave to the Spice Islands or old man Mckormic anymore.
Herb gardens!!!!! For the win!!
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| Oregano |
Topics:
drying,
food yo,
garden,
growing,
herb,
herb drying,
homesteading,
preserving
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