[Patrina_Pepperina]

I think it's wise to be wary Glenn - I don't think it's being paranoid. You could maybe chop them and use them on pizza, which is cooked at pretty high temps.

I put some of my dehydrated tomatoes in oil in the fridge for 6 months or more, BUT I prepared them specially first by:

- sprinkling them with salt before dehydrating,
- drying them to "well-dried" stage,
- placing them in a bowl, sprinkling them all over with vinegar, then stirring for a few minutes until they are all wet and the vinegar is absorbed.

I added enough vinegar so that it took about 5 minutes for them to soak it all up. They are a little softened on the outside at this stage. I then packed them into jars and filled the jars with olive oil, and stored them in the fridge.

This was just my own idea, so I don't actually know how safe it is, but I figure that the salt helps, and that the well dried tomatoes are pretty safe, PLUS the straight vinegar soaking into them increases the acidity quite a bit. I quite like the "bite" they have, but some might not like it. :wink:

Patrina