"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Cheryl" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> Viemeister wrote:
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>>> I generally prefer fresh stuff, but find it useful to have dehydrated -
>>> it takes up very little space, and requires neither freezing nor
>>> refrigeration. Mushrooms, celery, onions, garlic, potatoes, parsley;
>>> tinned/canned basics; rice and dried pasta/noodles - all very handy if
>>> we're snowed in or can't go shopping for any reason.
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>> I've never seen dehy celery or some of the others you mentioned. Does it
>> reconstitute similar to fresh or is it powdered?
>>
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> It's usually like crumbled leaves. You can easily dry some yourself.
> When you are trimming celery, cur away some of the tops where the stems
> are quite small. Tear it into small pieces with your hands then spread it
> out and dry it as you would another herb, however you prefer. When dry
> put it in clean jars with screw tops. Toss it in to flavor things. It's
> not like celery choipped or sticks, it is celery flavor for broths, soups,
> beans and stews. Costs $0 if you usually throw those out.
>
So true! I rarely buy fresh celery but when I do I want the stalks with the
full tops with leaves. All too often grocery stores I've been to trim
celery "for you", whether you want it that way or not. And they jack the
price up a little, as if they were doing you a favour. Hey! I want the
tops and the leaves! They charge more for less. Hmmmmm. This is why I
need to try to dehydrate celery. I already do so with fresh parsley.
Thanks!

Jill