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> On Sep 11, 4:43 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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>> > On Sep 11, 3:16 pm, "Paul M. Cook" >
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>> >> "Alexm" > wrote in message
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>> >> > Has anyone here had any luck trying to produce "sun" dried tomatoes
>> >> > using a microwave oven?
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>> >> Try using the sun. Works great. All a microwave will do is steam it
>> >> to
>> >> death. They call them dried for a reason.
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>> >> Paul
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>> > The sun does not seem to be an easy option for various reasons. One
>> > reason is that (unless you are in Death Valley) it will take a long
>> > time - I guess much more than one day. Another reason is the
>> > complications which arise by trying to keep flies and other insects
>> > away from the product - which probably means glass plates or plastic
>> > sheets to shield the tomatoes. And then there is humidity. If the
>> > tomatoes are in an enclosure transparent to the sun but sealed to keep
>> > insects out it seems one would need fans, air filters, etc. Perhaps
>> > the indoor oven idea might work well but then they are not really sun
>> > dried. I wonder if the commercial ones are really sun dried.
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>> > AlexM
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>> Whatever. A microwave oven will not do the job. Are you buried in extra
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> At the moment I have one tomato which I can experiment with.
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OK. I see this is going to be difficult. No wonder dentists charge so much.


Now, today, at this moment, you have one tomato. Are you asking how to dry
it because you're curious, or because you will soon have a lot of tomatoes
to deal with?