I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote

I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

No, but nice to see you.

nancy

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?




Slice crosswise and they dehydrate just fine. I've tried before it with
tangerines.

Bob

On Sep 20, 11:54*am, "Nancy Young" wrote:
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote

I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

No, but nice to see you.

nancy

I'd try pickling some - like Moroccan preserved lemons. (just Google a
recipe).
Lynn in Fargo

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?


Slice crosswise and they dehydrate just fine. I've tried before it with
tangerines.

Bob


There's next to nothing on the web about this. I did find a picture at wiki
with the caption "Blanched limes drying in the sun". I'm familiar with the
reasons for blanching vegetables before freezing. Did you blanch the limes
you dried?

JoeSpareBedroom wrote on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:45:52 -0400:

I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend
who just returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my
dehydrator to dry some (actually most) of them so we can use
them in Middle Eastern recipes. The dehydrator manual mentions
nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have any tips?

I can see wanting to preserve a surplus of limes but, if you like them
in cooking, you can buy dried limes at Middle Eastern grocery stores and
they are not expensive.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

Slice crosswise and they dehydrate just fine. I've tried before it with
tangerines.

Bob


There's next to nothing on the web about this. I did find a picture at wiki
with the caption "Blanched limes drying in the sun". I'm familiar with the
reasons for blanching vegetables before freezing. Did you blanch the limes
you dried?




No, I think you'd lose too much juice if you tried to blanch them.

For M.E. cooking, have you considered pickling some? There are lots of
recipes for pickled lemons.

Bob

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry
some (actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern
recipes. The dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus
fruit. Anyone have any tips?

Slice crosswise and they dehydrate just fine. I've tried before it with
tangerines.

Bob


There's next to nothing on the web about this. I did find a picture at
wiki with the caption "Blanched limes drying in the sun". I'm familiar
with the reasons for blanching vegetables before freezing. Did you blanch
the limes you dried?


No, I think you'd lose too much juice if you tried to blanch them.

For M.E. cooking, have you considered pickling some? There are lots of
recipes for pickled lemons.

Bob


I haven't investigated that yet. The recipes I'm seeing just say "dried
limes", but no clue as to whether they sun dry them (like in Mexico), or
pickle them. The wiki photo (with blanched limes) showed them whole, not
sliced, so I suspect the blanching was done to kill any microorganisms on or
just below the skin surface. I think I'll try a couple of whole ones done
that way on the top shelf and sliced ones lower.

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:45:52 -0400:

I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend
who just returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my
dehydrator to dry some (actually most) of them so we can use
them in Middle Eastern recipes. The dehydrator manual mentions
nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have any tips?

I can see wanting to preserve a surplus of limes but, if you like them in
cooking, you can buy dried limes at Middle Eastern grocery stores and they
are not expensive.

True, but I'm concerned that I have no way to use most of the limes I have
on hand, so preserving at least some of them would be good. I could go nuts
with 4 bottles of Tanqueray, but then I'll have other issues to contend
with. :-)

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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

True, but I'm concerned that I have no way to use most of the limes I have
on hand, so preserving at least some of them would be good. I could go nuts
with 4 bottles of Tanqueray, but then I'll have other issues to contend
with. :-)

Juice them and freeze the juice in ice cube trays or in a freezer bag.
If you freeze in a bag, lay it flat when you put it in the freezer and
then break off some of it when you want to use it. Or else just
invite some friends over ‹ a BYOT party. '-0)

--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.mac.com/barbschaller, and here's the link to my appearance
on "A Prairie Home Companion," http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/
programs/2008/08/30/

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

On Sep 20, 12:45 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

Search dehydrating and citrus

http://seasoned.com/Article/1841

I would dehydrate the cirus peel separately... actually I would make
glac� lime peel... plain old dried lime peel hasn't much culinary use,
if any. Juice the limes and freeze the juice to use for various
beverages, etc., then candy the peel.

http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Glace'%20fruit%2C%20and%20fruit%20syrup

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:23:39 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

Slice crosswise and they dehydrate just fine. I've tried before it with
tangerines.

Bob


There's next to nothing on the web about this. I did find a picture at wiki
with the caption "Blanched limes drying in the sun". I'm familiar with the
reasons for blanching vegetables before freezing. Did you blanch the limes
you dried?




No, I think you'd lose too much juice if you tried to blanch them.

For M.E. cooking, have you considered pickling some? There are lots of
recipes for pickled lemons.

No idea why you'd need to blanch them, but if you did - I'd say blanch
them whole, then slice.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:45:52 -0400:

I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend
who just returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my
dehydrator to dry some (actually most) of them so we can use
them in Middle Eastern recipes. The dehydrator manual mentions
nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have any tips?

I can see wanting to preserve a surplus of limes but, if you like
them in cooking, you can buy dried limes at Middle Eastern grocery
stores and they are not expensive.

True, but I'm concerned that I have no way to use most of the limes I
have on hand, so preserving at least some of them would be good. I
could go nuts with 4 bottles of Tanqueray, but then I'll have other
issues to contend with. :-)




I'd zest the limes and dry the zest. Juice the limes and freeze the juice.
Plenty of uses for lime zest.

--

The beet goes on -Alan

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:42:01 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
wrote:

In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:

True, but I'm concerned that I have no way to use most of the limes I have
on hand, so preserving at least some of them would be good. I could go nuts
with 4 bottles of Tanqueray, but then I'll have other issues to contend
with. :-)

Juice them and freeze the juice in ice cube trays or in a freezer bag.
If you freeze in a bag, lay it flat when you put it in the freezer and
then break off some of it when you want to use it. Or else just
invite some friends over ‹ a BYOT party. '-0)


You can also freeze the limes whole. I usually wash the lime or
lemons, dry the off, put them in a zip lock bag and toss in the
freezer. I let them thaw on the counter or maybe a minute or so in
the microwave and then juice. You can get more juice after freezing
and thawing.

On Sep 20, 9:45*am, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:
I'm the happy recipient of about 3 dozen limes from a friend who just
returned from New Orleans. She suggested using my dehydrator to dry some
(actually most) of them so we can use them in Middle Eastern recipes. The
dehydrator manual mentions nothing about drying citrus fruit. Anyone have
any tips?

I've candied them sliced, but they were mostly for decoration. What
about a lime marmalade? Nothing like you are asking for, but what the
hell...