Sun-dried VS Dehydrated

[Nyboy]

I love sun dried tomatoes !! Here they cost a small fortune for a tiny jar. I am wondering is there much taste difference between sun dried and dehydrated ?

 

[Ridgerunner]

I've never sundried them, just dehydrated them, so I don't know how much difference there really is. I do know that if you take a piece of dehydrated tomato and put it on your tongue to rehydrate you get a tremendous burst of intense flavor.

Of course there is a simple way to find out what you think about it, try it and taste them. I think you'll be happy with either one.

 

[Nyboy]

" tremendous burst of intense flavor" sounds like sun dried

 

[Carol Dee]

If you do not have a dehydrator I highly recommend getting one.

 

[Nyboy]

Carol I have a steamer, bullet and foreman grill all in unopened boxes

 

[Carol Dee]

Carol I have a steamer, bullet and foreman grill all in unopened boxes

LOL (I have a pressure cooker in an unopened box!)

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

I wonder about your humidity for sun drying. I would think an oven on the lowest setting or with the door part open would be best.

I was part of a peach drying study at U of AZ in the dark ages, and we had to sulphur them to stop the browning. And in AZ things dried very very quickly due to the heat and zero humidity in Tucson.

 

[canesisters]

I'll PM yall my address - be happy to 'store' all those un-opened boxes for ya. ;-)

 

[Carol Dee]

I'll PM yall my address - be happy to 'store' all those un-opened boxes for ya. ;-)

If I chicken out again this summer, I might take you up on that Cane!

 

[ducks4you]

I'd look for a dehydrator one sale bc somebody bought one, didn't use, and it's gathering dust. I got one of those, which is my 2nd dehydrator, just missing two trays, still works great.
I don't like the idea of dust and pollen and bugs getting on the stuff I would dry outside. I think I'll sun dry seeds, but not vegetables and fruit.
Everybody has an oven.