Thread: My list of tomatoes grown for drying
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Old January 9, 2012   #15
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Do *NOT* add fresh garlic cloves or fresh herbs of any kind to oil-packed dried tomatoes, UNLESS you store them in the refrigerator and plan on using them within 7 days. Garlic is a low-acid food which, when placed in oil, creates a low-acid anaerobic environment just a perfect growth medium for botulism bacteria if the mixture is not refrigerated.

If you are oil packing, do you omit the garlic powder when drying?

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No, the garlic powder is dry/cooked. Only fresh garlic is a problem.
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