Tweet
AS the title says..... I dont have an airing cupboard
-
Freelance Photographer -
I hang ours near the central heating boiler- all threaded together on a thick piece of cotton .
Just need to be somewhere not damp with a good airflow.
I'm sure you could dry them in the oven but I'm trying to keep my carbon footprint down!!!
"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy France -
i dry mine on a long string over a heater in the hall it works for mine hope it helps
keep on top of the weeds grahamComment
-
I just thread mine onto some strong thread and hang them from the pan rack in the kitchen along with some strings of garlic and chorizo sausage. They dry out very quickly and then last forever.
They also freeze really well whole or sliced if you want.Last edited by pigletwillie; 13-07-2007, 05:00 PM.Comment
-
You don't need extra heat - mine dried indoors quite successfully without being near the airing cupboard. I threaded most onto strings of cotton and hung them up - that's good if you don't have any convenient surfaces on which to spread them out.Comment
-
I tried the threading on a piece of strong string method last year and it worked well - still got lots to use, which is a good job as my chilli plants are very slow this year!
BernieBernie aka DDL
Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big thingsComment
-
I just left some on a window ledge a few years ago and they dried fine there, doesn't look so good as a string full.
Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.
Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
-
If you just spread them out and leave them lying anywhere they will dry out. I prefer to freeze mine.
From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.Comment
-
I've never had enough time or inclination to thread them onto string/thread (although i do want to give it a try), i just spread them out on plates and put them on the windowsill, or anywhere really thats warm and dry - they takes ages to dry out, but when they do i then store them in large sandwich bags - i've still got 2 massive bagfulls left from last year!There's vegetable growing in the family, but I must be adopted
Happy Gardening!Comment
-
Don't bother if you live in a basement flat...all mine went mouldy
Now I get mother to dry them - and they seem to get even hotter once driedAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
-
The best way is to thread them on string and suspend from any convenient point in the kitchen. You don't neat anyheating, just a flow of air round them. Last year I didn't get round to stringing them, and they dried perfectly well in the plastic bowl I'd left them in. As long as you make sure they don't get damp they should be fine. I'm with Two Sheds, dried chillies seem hotter than fresh.Comment
-
as already said, thread on a string and hang somewhere - we find somewhere cool, dry and dark is best.
but we prefer to preserve them in jars of olive oil, after a little while the oil itself gives a bit of a kick to meals.Comment
-
Mine just get put in a bowl in the kitchen and they sort themselves out.Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
-
I hear much mention of threading chillies on a string. Can someone let me know, in simple terms, how this is done?
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
Comment
-
I would guess you take a large needle and thread it with a thick thread then 'sew' through the chili stalk. To keep them spaced (like pearls) you would maybe put knots in the string between the chillies.Originally posted by Snadger View PostI hear much mention of threading chillies on a string. Can someone let me know, in simple terms, how this is done?Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
Comment