Oct 8, 2026 · 27 min · 16 segments
In this episode Liz from Seasonal Slow Living walks you through the art of low‑temperature food dehydration. Learn how to safely dry herbs, vegetables, and fruit, why low heat preserves flavor and…
So today is the drying episode, and I want to be clear from the start about what drying is, because it gets filed in the wrong drawer.
Drying is not a craft project.
It is not the thing you do with the herbs because it looks nice on the shelf.
And it is not a hobby that needs a machine the size of a washing machine and a channel where someone shows you 40 kinds of fruit leather.
Drying is the oldest preserving there is.
Older than the jar, older than the cellar, Older than anything else we still do in a kitchen, and it is also the cheapest and the most forgiving, which is a rare combination.
By the end of this episode, you will know how to dry herbs, vegetables, and fruit safely, how to store them so they hold for a year, and how to make a broth powder good enough that the packet version leaves your house and does not come back.
So today is the drying episode, and I want to be clear from the start about what drying is, because it gets filed in the wrong drawer.
Drying is not a craft project.
It is not the thing you do with the herbs because it looks nice on the shelf.
And it is not a hobby that needs a machine the size of a washing machine and a channel where someone shows you 40 kinds of fruit leather.
Drying is the oldest preserving there is.
Older than the jar, older than the cellar, Older than anything else we still do in a kitchen, and it is also the cheapest and the most forgiving, which is a rare combination.
By the end of this episode, you will know how to dry herbs, vegetables, and fruit safely, how to store them so they hold for a year, and how to make a broth powder good enough that the packet version leaves your house and does not come back.
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