Showing posts with label food storage. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 14, 2023

Cucumber chips

 My Armenian cucumbers have been producing abundantly. I've frozen, pickled, made countless salads, and given them away. And still I have a bucket full of cucumbers. So today I dried some. 

just a few of the many

 Dried cucumber slices are crispy and have a surprising depth of flavor. Slice your cucumbers nice and thin (a mandolin slicer helps if you have one). 

 

Lay out the slices on your dehydrator trays and season lightly if desired. I sprinkled a little chili lime on these.


Close up the dehydrator and let it run, usually about 6 hours depending on the thickness of your slices and the humidity in your space. Store them in air tight containers. We always have an abundance of empty glass jars around, so my veggie chips are often kept in old peanut butter jars. 



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