Dehydrating Tomatoes

[BensMom]

Any good recipes to share? Tips?

I have a dehydrator I bought a couple years ago after tasting the best dried tomatoes ever. The guy that shared a couple of the tomato chips guarded them like a loot bag and never shared his secret recipe. Maybe garlic and parsley for seasoning?

Do you remove the seeds?

Man, they were so good!!

[Tab]

1. What kind of tomatoes were they?

Although it's a pain, I like the little grape tomatoes. Larger up, I would go for the plum tomato, which seems to give you a better flavor than the crap beefsteak tomato (although an UglyRipe would be worth experimenting with).

I've only tried dehydrating tomatoes once or twice and used the grape tomatoes, and got a nice candy-flavored treat from it (because they're a sweet tomato to begin with).

If I just toss raw tomatoes, I mainly use garlic salt and olive oil. Toss in some basil, maybe, but I'm a firm believer in garlic salt for raw tomatoes and for meats like steak.

Sounds yum!

[BensMom]

2. Hmm...

I don't know what type of tomatoes I have.
They are grow by my father - he is 88 years old!!
He has been gardening for years and the tomatoes are his life.
The garden is most beautiful black soil...

I have 2 large boxes of tomatoes.
Usually some variation of early girl or big boy - does that sound right?