Preserving

Do you have excess of something? Here are some recipes to preserve it!

Basics of smoking food

We had some basic understanding of smoking meat based on what we seen back home… Everybody´s grandma used to have smoker at home, and the old people  knew what type of wood, how much smoke it needs and how to do it. All this knowledge is pretty much lost. I wish I would have the possibility to have a meat smoker, but right now our living conditions does not permit this (apartment), I don´t think the neighbours would appreciate me

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Preserving
EvHappy

Oven dried tomatoes

An interesting method for sure. What is different from every other recipe I have seen is that he first puts the tomatoes in hot water to remove the skin. After he cuts it, he adds a little bit of sugar on the tomatoes. Since sugar has preserving properties, this is not a bad idea!  I have to try to make it, it certainly looks interesting.  As an “upgrade” I will surely use baking paper on the trays 😀 so there

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Preserving
EvHappy

Dehydrated tomatoes and garlic,

I love dried tomatoes, and here where we live only one type (and not so good) is available regularly in the stores. I am fancying having a drying rack myself, and leaving it on the balcony, but I still need to have the boxes made. Today I found an easy method, and not just dried tomatoes, but dried garlic! The method: make a box, with mosquito net on the bottom, and glass on the top. Place the tomatoes under the

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