{"id":851,"date":"2015-02-15T05:48:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T05:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=851"},"modified":"2015-02-15T05:54:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T05:54:32","slug":"dehydrated-lemons-other-citrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Dehydrated Lemons &#038; Other Citrus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-851 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=710'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCN0179-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-710\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-710'>\n\t\t\t\tTools of the trade:  Citrus peeler and zester\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=709'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCN0178-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=706'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCN0180-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=708'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSCN0182-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-708\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-708'>\n\t\t\t\tLined up, ready to dehydrate\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lemons (and any citrus) are easy to preserve and useful in many ways. \u00a0You can leave the skin on, or choose to zest or peel it. \u00a0If you zest it you will have plenty of zest on hand for recipes that call for it. \u00a0A special tool, called a zester, will remove the top layer of the peel in thin ribbons. \u00a0Recipes often call for lemon or orange zest and this is helpful to have on hand. \u00a0You can add dehydrated slices to water for flavor, grind up slices for powder, add to recipes to give them additional flavor, or suck on them for a snack. \u00a0I like to grind up whole lemon slices for lemon pepper seasoning, and add a few slices of lime to certain mexican dishes. \u00a0Lemon slices can be made into lemonaid. Dehydrated oranges can be used in potpourri and crafts, while dehydrated lemon peels (or the whole slice)\u00a0can be added to homemade cleaners for a lemony scent. \u00a0 Citrus of choice can be added to hot tea, or powdered to be added to smoothies, soups, or dry rubs for meat. \u00a0If you want a snack, make sure you remove the peel and the pith &#8211; the white layer under the skin. \u00a0That will give a bitter taste when eaten directly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wash your citrus and peel or zest if desired. \u00a0Slice into 1\/4 inch or thereabouts, and lay in a single layer on your dehydrator trays. \u00a0Dehydrate at 125-135F until the slices are brittle. \u00a0Depending on what you are drying, this may take between 2-12 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } \/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/ Tools of the trade: Citrus peeler and zester Lined up, ready to dehydrate <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lemons (and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dehydrating","category-uncategorized","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":852,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}