As you can see in that article, I ended up with a jar full of dried tomato slices. I put these on a shelf in my pantry intending to find a recipe in which I could use them. Unfortunately, other canned goods got put on the shelf in front of them and they were "out of sight, out of mind". I forgot all about them until I ran across them earlier this spring when I was cleaning out my pantry!
I was disgusted with myself. Sigh. However, upon closer inspection, they appeared fine. The jar they were in had a rubber seal and they had not been opened since the day I put them in the jar. So, now, what to do with them?
I recalled reading somewhere that you could grind dried tomatoes into a powder that could be used in chili, meatloaves, soups, sauces and so forth. This is what I decided to do with them.
I dug out my coffee grinder (which I have not used to grind coffee beans in years).
I generally use it to grind dried herbs into powder. But, this time I loaded it full of the dried tomato slices and whirled away. This is what they looked like afterwards.
I could only grind a few tomatoes at a time, so it took several batches to get them all processed. To store the powder, I used an empty spice jar that I saved after the spice was gone and labeled it with the new contents. Okay, so I probably could have used better penmanship when labeling the jar. I'm sure I was in a hurry to finish cleaning my pantry. Ha! NOT.
I've put the jar with my spices, so I see it every time I retrieve the ingredients I need for a recipe. Hopefully, I won't forget about it.
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