The following is an excerpt from The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage by Scott Meyer (Running Press, 2011). The excerpt is from Chapter 3: Save It For Later. Using passive ...

Wash and air dry tomatoes. Core and slice (about the thickness of a tomato for a sandwich. Too thin and they’ll burn as they dry). Spin the tomatoes in a salad spinner to remove any moisture you can.

Discover the different approaches to drying tomatoes and which preparation technique should be used based on the tomato variety and size. Tomatoes come in many varieties and sizes, from small cherry ...