I bought 5 pounds of "ugly" tomatos at the Farmer's Market Saturday and just stuck them in the dehydrator to make "sun-dried" tomatos ... I'm not good at pics but I'll give it a try when they are done.
Some I will put in olive oil and store in the fridge, but most of them will go in mason jars, get sucked shut by the FoodSaver and stuck on the shelf. Without an O2 absorber, I expect they will be okay for somewhere between 12 and 18 months, but I'm gonna do 4 little half-pint jars for an experiment ... and let those set 24 months, 2 1/2 years, 3 years, and 3 1/2 years ... so ... this will be an ongoing experiment for you guys to watch (me, too, because I've found storage times all over the place on the www and besides, I'm the experimenting type! ) ...
Some I will put in olive oil and store in the fridge, but most of them will go in mason jars, get sucked shut by the FoodSaver and stuck on the shelf. Without an O2 absorber, I expect they will be okay for somewhere between 12 and 18 months, but I'm gonna do 4 little half-pint jars for an experiment ... and let those set 24 months, 2 1/2 years, 3 years, and 3 1/2 years ... so ... this will be an ongoing experiment for you guys to watch (me, too, because I've found storage times all over the place on the www and besides, I'm the experimenting type! ) ...