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Title: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: bobby1 on August 05, 2007, 02:12:54 AM Lemmie get this str8......tomatoes that have been left in the sun to dry and shrivel up cost 3 times more than lovely ripe juicy ones?
do they taste good? Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 02:15:14 AM dont touch any type of tomatoes they are the 3rd most evil food in the world
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: KingPoker on August 05, 2007, 02:18:57 AM Dont think i have ever eaten a sun dried tomato.
And dont particuarly feel im missing out either! Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: brad.strider on August 05, 2007, 02:26:14 AM man!! sun dried tomatoes are so 1990's,Sun BLUSHED tomatoes are the nuts now!
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 02:34:44 AM brad you have been living with a vegitarian too long
tomatoes are a fruit not a nut but as far as nuts go you cant beat the common pea Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: JungleCat03 on August 05, 2007, 02:41:16 AM I'm not a big tomato fan but sun dried tomatoes are brilliant. Very powerful flavour, almost totally transformed from your average watery tomato. Worth the extra dosh.
........proberly. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: madasahatstand on August 05, 2007, 02:43:31 AM brad you have been living with a vegitarian too long tomatoes are a fruit not a nut but as far as nuts go you cant beat the common pea Nut and pea aint the same Iron:) Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 02:44:56 AM sure they are peanuts are the only veggies i eat
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: bobby1 on August 05, 2007, 02:47:49 AM Dont think i have ever eaten a sun dried tomato. And dont particuarly feel im missing out either! Thats what I thought but trotting around Asda today I saw a bottle of the sun dried ones and thought Id gone mad.....I mean why not have 'sun dried bread' or 'sun dried ham' too? Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: brad.strider on August 05, 2007, 02:50:39 AM sure they are peanuts are the only veggies i eat no tatties?Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: madasahatstand on August 05, 2007, 02:51:41 AM sure they are peanuts are the only veggies i eat I think you will find that peanuts are pulses, not vegetables:) Don't they teach you anything on the PPF? :) Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 02:58:59 AM sure they are peanuts are the only veggies i eat no tatties?nope dont eat tatties Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 03:00:17 AM sure they are peanuts are the only veggies i eat I think you will find that peanuts are pulses, not vegetables:) Don't they teach you anything on the PPF? :) i am normally asleep by the time they get round to grumbling about food Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: suzanne on August 05, 2007, 07:20:05 AM Sun dried tomatoes are "la creme de la creme" of all tomatoes...seriously they are the ONLY tomatoes you should add to any tomato based recipe.
Bust the budget and put it on your shopping list. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: lucky_scrote on August 05, 2007, 07:41:39 AM Tomatoes are evil, so are mushrooms. FOOD OF THE DEVIL I SAY!
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: RED-DOG on August 05, 2007, 08:33:52 AM You won't really appreciate sun dried tomatoes unless you have had a go at drying them yourself. As with all dried foods, the trick is to dry them without cooking them, and it's not easy.
Drying is a great way of preserving meat, and it comes with the added bonus of making it about 80% lighter, which also means that the flavour is 80% more concentrated. I have made several attempts to air dry strips of beef, it's called Jerky, Biltong, or if ground into a powder, Pemmican. It's a difficult business, the trick is to dry it quickly so as to cut down the risk of bacteria growing on it during the time while it still contains moisture, (Bacteria won't grow once it's dry) and yet to do so without using heat and cooking it. The best technique is to slice it as thinly as possible, and then hang it up somewhere where dry air passes over it constantly. One of the ways of doing this is to suspend in the airflow that feeds a fire, but in such a way that the heat from the fire does not cook the meat, but merely provides a constan flow of dry air. Sun drying is pretty much the same, except that the sun provides the flow of dry air in much the same way as it produces the thermals that buzzards and the like use to carry them aloft. These are not difficult to find, just drop a feather onto a bolder or some other large stone surface on a warm day, if it goes up instead of down, you have found your thermal. Now, all you have to do is slice your tomatoes, (Use about 10 times more than you think you will need) place them in the warm dry airflow, wait for 8/10 hours, and Bob's your uncle. Of course, you could just go to Tesco's, but it's not nearly as much fun. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: TightEnd on August 05, 2007, 10:50:39 AM KitkKats
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: technolog on August 05, 2007, 11:16:53 AM Love sun-dried tomatoes, love sun-dried tomato pesto, love char-grilled pepers.
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: kinboshi on August 05, 2007, 11:47:02 AM The best way to eat tomatoes:
(http://nutrition.simplyantiaging.com/wp-content/uploads/lycopene_tomato.gif) Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: technolog on August 05, 2007, 11:57:52 AM Heathen!
Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: kinboshi on August 05, 2007, 12:41:47 PM Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Jim-D on August 05, 2007, 01:02:37 PM Now you are right! Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: KingPoker on August 05, 2007, 01:20:28 PM Dont think i have ever eaten a sun dried tomato. And dont particuarly feel im missing out either! Thats what I thought but trotting around Asda today I saw a bottle of the sun dried ones and thought Id gone mad.....I mean why not have 'sun dried bread' or 'sun dried ham' too? The best thing about tomatoes. at least with plum or cherry ones is the juciness of them, if you dry them up, whats the point!! sure they are peanuts are the only veggies i eat no tatties?nope dont eat tatties surely only cannibals eat tatties! Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: bobby1 on August 05, 2007, 01:46:58 PM You won't really appreciate sun dried tomatoes unless you have had a go at drying them yourself. As with all dried foods, the trick is to dry them without cooking them, and it's not easy. Drying is a great way of preserving meat, and it comes with the added bonus of making it about 80% lighter, which also means that the flavour is 80% more concentrated. I have made several attempts to air dry strips of beef, it's called Jerky, Biltong, or if ground into a powder, Pemmican. It's a difficult business, the trick is to dry it quickly so as to cut down the risk of bacteria growing on it during the time while it still contains moisture, (Bacteria won't grow once it's dry) and yet to do so without using heat and cooking it. The best technique is to slice it as thinly as possible, and then hang it up somewhere where dry air passes over it constantly. One of the ways of doing this is to suspend in the airflow that feeds a fire, but in such a way that the heat from the fire does not cook the meat, but merely provides a constan flow of dry air. Sun drying is pretty much the same, except that the sun provides the flow of dry air in much the same way as it produces the thermals that buzzards and the like use to carry them aloft. These are not difficult to find, just drop a feather onto a bolder or some other large stone surface on a warm day, if it goes up instead of down, you have found your thermal. Now, all you have to do is slice your tomatoes, (Use about 10 times more than you think you will need) place them in the warm dry airflow, wait for 8/10 hours, and Bob's your uncle. Of course, you could just go to Tesco's, but it's not nearly as much fun. very intersting Red, Im deffo gonna have to try these now, I will report with the findings. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 04:49:27 PM Tomatoes are evil, so are mushrooms. FOOD OF THE DEVIL I SAY! well said that man Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on August 05, 2007, 04:49:54 PM The best way to eat tomatoes: (http://nutrition.simplyantiaging.com/wp-content/uploads/lycopene_tomato.gif) the only way Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: BigTomatoes on August 06, 2007, 08:46:38 AM drying them yourself is deffo the way to go. dont get a chance to much living in Scotland right enough. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: bobby1 on August 08, 2007, 08:06:23 PM In the name of research I have today sampled sun dried tomatoes and can report that the are indeed nice, The Mrs served them with buffalo mozerella and I can safely say that is a waste of time. I mean it doesnt taste of owt.
Tho I did spot 'vine ripened tomatoes' in Asda. So they are tomotoes that have ripened on the vine.......is that not like advertising oranges that 'grew on a tree' or potatoes that were 'earth grown'? Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: fearisthekey on August 08, 2007, 08:13:02 PM In the name of reaearch I have today sampled sun dried tomatoes and can report that the are indeed nice, The Mrs served them with buffalo mozerella and I can safely say that is a waste of time. I mean it doesnt taste of owt. buffala mozzarella. Buffalos don't have tits. Tho I did spot 'vine ripened tomatoes' in Asda. So they are tomotoes that have ripened on the vine.......is that not like advertising oranges that 'grew on a tree' or potatoes that were 'earth grown'? Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Is a valid sentence. How weird is that. Red-interesting read. Would probably save a fortune also. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: OatFedGoat on August 08, 2007, 09:22:38 PM Tomatoes are evil, so are mushrooms. FOOD OF THE DEVIL I SAY! well said that man Mushrooms are the fungi from betwixt Satans toes I tell thee! Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: lucky_scrote on January 12, 2016, 03:24:07 AM Tomatoes are evil, so are mushrooms. FOOD OF THE DEVIL I SAY! What? WHAT?!?! Are you mad? You fucking love these things now. Title: Re: Sun Dried Tomatoes Post by: Ironside on January 12, 2016, 08:24:42 AM Tomatoes are evil, so are mushrooms. FOOD OF THE DEVIL I SAY! What? WHAT?!?! Are you mad? You fucking love these things now. |