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Posted by mabb Melbourne, Aust (My Page) on Sat, Feb 4, 06 at 8:02
| OK, we've had the staking/tying/caging thread, so now I'm starting the preserving thread :-)
We're about to buy the Ezi-Dri Snackmaker. Tell me now if this is a mistake - please!!!
We were v. interested in a vacuum packager on the site where the Ezi-Dri was... has anyone tried this method of preserving and how did you find it?
Bottling... do you have to cover the bottles with water or can you do it 2/3 of the way up?
I need to do something with all this stuff :-)
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Here is a link that might be useful: Today's Harvest
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- Posted by mabb Melbourne, Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Feb 4, 06 at 8:10
| hmmm typo in the link... Here's today's harvest. 
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RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| Great harvest. You'll have fun preserving it. Bottling - cover the bottles totally. The water should be at least 2cm (or so) above the bottles. Bottling this stuff is the easiest, I found. And extremely handy later on, when you need canned tomatoes. Drying is great, too. :) |
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| Check out the link below Mabb. I have made two batches of them and they are wonderful, and so much easier and quicker than using a dehydrator. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Oven dried tomatoes
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| I did mine at that temp but it took much longer than an hour + overnight. I did several hours + overnight and they still weren't dry, just soft and squishy! I froze them! |
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- Posted by mabb Melbourne, Aust (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 5, 06 at 3:17
| Thanks Mantis, I do remember seeing your oven-dried tommies and this is how I preserved most tommies last year. What do youdo with them afterwards? I put some in oil and froze the rest.. the frozen ones are only good for cooking afterwards, and I wonder if its worth cooking them at all? I was thinking of pulping the Jaune Flamme as they seem quite fleshy and few seeds. See if they make a nice sauce... Ray I found last year that the principe borghese needed more time in the oven, they are v juicy. I expect an hour is enough time for the BR Yellow currants :-) Will give it a go! |
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| I don't want them to be completely dry so two hours at 125 deg and overnight left them leathery which is how I like them. I froze them in ziplock bags. |
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| I too use the oven to dry fruit and veg all ready have an oven so the expense of a dehydrator is not justified but it's up to you that recipe above is great |
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| I need some advice on tomato presses/mills. Any recommendations? Don't mind manual as long as it works. I bought a vegetable mill, one of those ones that is normally used for mashing potatoes, but it's hopeless for tomatoes. They just go round and round and slip over the crusher blade instaed of going under it! |
oops...
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| ...rather like the 'a' slipped over the 'e'. I think I'm dystypic! |
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| Ray I have a villaware vegetable processor. It is manual and you can buy a number of screens for salsa making, berry processing and potato pureeing. I like it because I do alot of preserving. I used it last year to make tomato puree, which I later then dried in my dehydrator to make tomato leather, which I use instead of tomato paste. You should be able to get one from any good italian stores. Helen |
Here is a link that might be useful: tomato processor
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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Thanks for that Helen. Which of the two in the link did you buy? I'll be in Sydney at the end of the month so I'll hunt around. I'll also be in Italy in May so maybe that's the place to look!
Ray |
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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| I bought the second one. I was worried that there are plastic pieces, but the important bits are stainless steel. |
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| Ive got an all metal mill with different size grill for different purposes. I got mine from the op shop I have had the ones with plastic parts but they dont hold up to the pounding. Good kitchen shops have them but you pay. So keep your eyes out if you freqent the oppies. Jan |
RE: Preserving the Harvest
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- Posted by mabb Melbourne, Aust (My Page) on
Wed, Feb 8, 06 at 4:40
| Well thanks for the info on mills, I'd forgotten about that.... I'm very interested in the tomato leather paste rollups :-) Will have to give that a go once we get the dehydrator! |
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