Drying

Drying blackberries is easy; it is much more difficult to deliver them home from the forest or from the market whole. After all, blackberries are very tender, and easily wrinkle, release juice, and drying such blackberries does not make sense. But we won’t throw anything away, but let’s see what can be made from it.

Stale leftover bread and buns are a common problem for every housewife. Many people simply throw the wasted pieces into the trash, not knowing what tasty and healthy snacks can be made from them. They can be useful as an addition to salads, pasta or soups, as snacks for beer or as a treat for children.

Chamomile has unique healing properties. It can relieve inflammation, disinfect, heal wounds and relieve spasms. Chamomile is widely used in medicine, both traditional and folk. To preserve the maximum amount of useful substances, you need to properly collect the raw materials and dry them.We will talk about all the intricacies of this process in this article.

Various parts of celery are used for culinary purposes. Fleshy roots are added to soups, fish dishes and salads. Petiole celery is also the basis of many salads, and the greens are an excellent herb. We will talk in more detail about how to preserve dried celery harvest in this article.

It is very difficult, almost impossible, to preserve peaches at home for at least some, more or less long time. But dried peaches retain their taste and aroma for a long time, and depending on the drying method you choose, they can become chips, candied fruits, or marshmallows.

Having collected a large harvest of mushrooms, people begin to think about ways to preserve them for the winter. Butter can be pickled, frozen and dried. Drying is the best storage method, especially if the freezer capacity does not allow for freezing large batches of mushrooms. Properly dried boletus retains all the vitamins, nutrients and taste properties. Read about all the ways to dry mushrooms at home in this article.

Stinging nettle grows almost everywhere: in vacant lots, along fences and roads. Most of us consider this plant a weed and avoid contact with it in every possible way, because nettle leaves sting painfully. But you shouldn’t neglect this very useful herb, as it is widely used for medicinal, culinary purposes, and also as a vitamin supplement for pets. We’ll talk about how to properly collect and dry nettles at home in this article.

Spicy herbs such as basil, dill or parsley are undoubtedly best prepared for the winter yourself. Greens can be frozen or dried for future use. Today we will talk about how to properly dry basil. This herb is truly unique in its composition and aromatic properties. Basil is even popularly called the king of herbs. To dry it without losing its aroma and taste, you need to know the intricacies of this process. So how do you dry basil?

What could be better than a cup of aromatic linden tea with honey on a cold winter evening. Linden tea is also very useful: it helps with colds, sore throats, and improves digestion. Linden blossom can be bought at the pharmacy, but it is much nicer to prepare it yourself.

Eggplants are quite popular here, but not many people know how to store them correctly. Freezing is a great option, but eggplants are very bulky and you can’t put a lot in the freezer. Dehydration will help, followed by recovery. We will look at the most interesting recipes for drying eggplants.

Dried melon is a fabulous, oriental delicacy from childhood, which is easy to make at home and does not require special equipment, just an electric dryer or a regular gas oven.

Fresh ginger root can be found in the store at any time of the year, but from time to time the price for it begins to “bite”, so a favorable offer awakens the desire to buy more of this root vegetable. The problem arises when, literally, after a week or two, the purchased product, stored in the refrigerator, begins to deteriorate. What to do? There is a solution: you can dry the ginger! We’ll talk about how to do this correctly today in this article.

Pumpkin, for which optimal storage conditions have been created, may not spoil for a long time. However, if the vegetable is cut, its shelf life is significantly reduced. What to do with the unused part? It can be frozen or dried. We will talk about various methods of drying pumpkin in this article.

Zucchini is an excellent dietary vegetable. It is low in calories and contains an abundance of various vitamins and microelements. Zucchini is also popular in children's menus, especially for the baby's first feeding, so it is very important to preserve the zucchini harvest for a long period.

Cranberry is the queen of berries. There are many legends associated with it; it is used with pleasure both in medicine and in cooking. But, unfortunately, fresh cranberries are available to us for a fairly short period, only from October to January. Therefore, everyone, without exception, tries to prepare it for the winter.

Store-bought dried pears are often treated with chemicals for a beautiful appearance, for longer storage, to speed up drying, and this is impossible to determine by eye. It’s better not to take risks and harvest pears yourself, especially since there are a lot of drying options, and each of them is equally good.

Dried minced meat is useful not only on a hike. This is a wonderful snack and instant meat when you don’t have much time to cook. Just pour boiling water over a tablespoon of dry minced meat and you will get a cup of delicious meat broth.

Garlic, produced in large quantities, always pleases gardeners. But harvesting is only half the battle, because all this goodness also needs to be preserved for the long winter months. Today we propose to talk about how to properly dry this vegetable immediately after harvesting, so that it can be stored in whole heads all winter, and we will also talk about how to make garlic seasonings at home, in the form of chips and powder, from peeled garlic cloves .

Dill takes one of the first places among the herbs used in cooking. Dill is used to flavor salads, first and second courses of meat, poultry and fish. How to preserve this spicy herb for the winter is the main topic of our conversation today. The best ways to store dill are to freeze and dry it. At the same time, dried herbs have the brightest aroma. We will talk about how to properly dry dill at home so that it does not lose its taste and beneficial properties in this article.

Parsley is an excellent herb that can be used to prepare a variety of meat, fish and poultry dishes. At the same time, not only fresh greens are popular, but also dried green mass and roots.To learn how to properly prepare dried parsley for the winter at home, read this article.