I stumbled upon some Okra at a good price so I bought 4 lbs. to try my hand at stringing and drying it. Wish I would have bought all they had because I just love the dried result!!! It is amazing how much it shrinks up! Here is a picture of before and after 2 days on the drying rack in front of our fireplace. They are almost 1/2 the fresh size! I hope they keep the bit of green still showing!
Drying pineapples too.... 4 done and many more to go. Hope to have at least 15 done for my shows next year! I only do one at a time because I eat the pineapple and I don't want any to go to waste!
Enjoy your day!
~Teresa~
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Wow!!!! How neat is that, never tried to dry Orka.....Blessings Francine.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know you could dry okra. Your so creative. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
ReplyDeletegood for you!
ReplyDeletethey look great!
Such a great look! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteMary Jo
Treasa... I love the Okra dried...How do you dry the pineapples? I've tried and have never been successful. Would love to use them in my Prim gatherings.
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Tonya
Thanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteTonya.... I just clean them out. Salt the inside a bit. Stuff newspaper inside and sit them in front of our fireplace which is burning 24/7. We have a fan on the fireplace so it is blowing on it all the time too which I think is the key to drying. I change the newspaper every time it gets soaked which is quite often the first couple of days.