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drying and heat

Submitted by Barbara on March 11, 2008 - 05:36.

Couple of things i learned from my mother:

1. She uses her microwave to dry herbs. She doesn't actually heat them, but she lays the herbs out on plates, stacks them diagonally so they don't actually sit on each other, and leaves them in there for about a week. Whenever she needs the microwave, she removes them temporarily, and then puts them back in when she's finished cooking. I've never tried it but she swears by it.

2. For those of us who keep the spice rack on the wall above/behind the stove top, spices go bad faster. The constant heat rising from the stove isn't good for them. I keep mine there because it's the most convenient to be able to just grab without moving your feet, and I use them so constantly that it doesn't matter, but if you cook less seldom, just a thought.

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