Saturday, August 27, 2011

Tomatoes, Lemons and Limes

One store had packages and packages of tomatoes marked down today. I ended up with several packages so I am canning tomatoes today. I am also dehydrating lemons and limes which were also marked down. I had seen a post on another blog about making lemonade with dehydrated lemons so when I saw the lemon and lime packages marked down I got one of each.


In other news: On an egg swap on a forum, I have been a member of for some time now, I received some lovely Muscovy and Welsh Harlequin duck eggs. I can't wait to see if they are fertile and hatch. Only 26 days to wait, sigh. 
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  1. Egretta Wells blogAugust 27, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    I wonder what you will do with the dehydrated lemons and limes? I have done some and just used them as decorations, but can you reconstitute them and use in cooking? I love to dry McIntosh apples in the fall--after dried, I freeze them for pies and cakes later. They are sooooo good!

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  2. becky3086August 27, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    On the blog that I read they made lemonade. I also saw a video on youtube about making lemonade with dried lemons.

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  3. Kirsty @ Bowerbird BlueAugust 28, 2011 at 1:01 AM

    wow, I wouldn't have thought of doing that!

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  4. MoAugust 28, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    Like Egretta, I have only ever dried them for decoration or pot pourris. I'd be interested to know how the lemonade turns out though. Mo

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  5. David P. Offutt - The Gastronomic GardenerAugust 28, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    becky - these birds... are the for eggs or meat? Curious... When you make the lemonade be sure to post!

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  6. BLD in MTAugust 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    I'd have never thought of dehydrating lemons....Hmmmmm....now if only I could ever come across inexpensive lemons to experiment with...

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  7. becky3086August 29, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    I got these lemons and limes 6 in a package. One package was $1.43 and the other was $1.27. In the video they just put a bunch of the dried lemons in water, add sugar and leave it for several hours.
    The ducks will probably be breeders if I hatch any,then their babies will be for food once I have a decent flock of them. We'll see. I do love my ducks and it is hard for me to kill them but I have before.

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  8. Mark WillisSeptember 1, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Have you dried dehydrating the tomatoes instead of canning them? They would probably be like the Italian-style Sun-dried tomatoes, which are very nice to eat.

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  9. becky3086September 3, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    I have not dried tomatoes since Phil likes the canned ones so much. He can go through a couple cans a week.

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  10. CanarellaSeptember 4, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    I love to dry out my lemons then they are always handy for canning or cooking or drinks.

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