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Johnboy.
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:43 pm
by Arnie
Hi Johnboy,
need your advice,do you know of a good variety or varieties of tomato suitable for sundrying.
all the best for the new year.
Kevin
Sun Dried Tomatoes.
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 7:36 am
by Johnboy
Hi Kevin,
I have got grave doubts if it is possible to sun dry tomatoes in the uk. However I could be completely wrong. Allan is the Tomato King so lets hope he picks up on this thread.
I really have no idea which would be the best for your need.
May I wish you a Happy New Year and may all your growings be fruitful!!
Dried tomatoes (sundried?)
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:57 pm
by Allan
Yes I've arrived. I haven't tried anything like that. All our kept tomatoes are frozen which apart from texture is 100% the same as fresh tomato, strongly recommended if at all possible. If it must be dried I suggest one of the big beefsteaks sliced up to a reasonable thickness as you tend to get a smaller number of seeds. Try Black Russian, few seeds, excellent flavour but it could never be sold as whole fruit, the skin is readily split. I will come back here if I find any more.
Sun-rrying tomatoes
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:35 am
by Allan
You really should look on Google, there is loads of info on the topic, more than I could possibly find out otherwise.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:09 am
by Tigger
Also - take a look on Sarah Raven's site. She's knowledgeable on tomatoes. The guy in Herefordshire featured in one of last autumn's KG issues who has the national collection of vines also grows heritage tomatoes, so he might be a useful contact.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:25 am
by Deb P
The Simply Vegetables catalogue from Plants of Distinction is offering seed of the variety 'Sun-Dried' which is sold for this very purpose, I've got some on order!
sun dried tomatoes
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:29 pm
by Arnie
Hi all
Thanks for your replys, Allan how do you frezze dry toms please,Deb I had the simply veg catalouge they were in last years but I could not find them in this years catalouge and I have binned it
. Tigger I will have a look at Sarah Ravens site.
Thank you once again
Kevin
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:40 pm
by Tigger
Had a look in some of my books - Principe Borghese seems to be the favourite for cooking and drying.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:15 pm
by Arnie
Thanks Tigger for info, chantel has just posted a reccomdation for seeds of italy and the first on the toms list was Principe borghese at £1-49 for 300 seeds.
So that's me sorted
Thank you very much
Kevin
not freeze dry
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:01 pm
by Allan
Kevin, we freeze them as they are, never used the freezing as part of a drying process.
Sarah Raven's site
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:27 pm
by Allan
For those equally baffled. Sarah Raven's site is The Cutting Garden. No mention of Sarah in the title. It's mostly a list of seeds for sale.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:56 am
by Tigger
Can I suggest you request a catalogue rather than traipse through each page on the web (of Sarah Raven's site). It's much easier.
ROMA ?
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:54 am
by Wellie
Hi all,
No-one may agree, but I grew Roma (plum type with loads of flesh and very few seeds and alledgedly great for drying) two years ago in my grown-up-girls-greenhouse. They are a 'bush-type' habit, so not the neatest if that bothers you... but they were true to form and produced abundant quantities of juicy plum toms that dried extremely well in a very very very low oven. Which then freeze extremely well for intense tommy flavour when needed later.
Wellie
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SUN DRYING of TOMATOES.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:41 pm
by Johnboy
Hi Wellie,
Kevins question was for: oh read it properly!!
Since when did the sun shine in you oven!!
I am perfectly aware that it shines from other places for me and you! 
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s/d Tomatoes
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:46 pm
by Johnboy
Hi Wellie,
Dunno what happened there but it wasn't meant to be underlined sorry 'cos it looks sooo--- rude!
