Drying Mint Leaves
#22
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Location: Illinois
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I do the cucumber,lemon,mint mix...not use ginger....it is very refreshing in the heat of summer....and I have had the lemon slices in the water overnite without the bitterness, maybe just lucky
#23
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I do the same .. I mottle some of them before freezing and others I just stick the leaves in the water and freeze them in an ice cube tray. Check em in a few days, pop them out of the tray and put them in a freezer bag.
#24
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Tallmadge, OH
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I clean them and lay on cookie sheets. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Put mint in oven for a little bit and turn oven off. After I use the oven for anything, I turn it off and put the mint in until very dry. Then I crumble it.
#26
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
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You can do the hanging upside down; it works great. You can tie either a fine mesh bag or small brown lunch bag over the greenery so that when it starts to dry it'll all fall into the bag. You can use a clothes hanger and make a wreath to hang it while it dries (works great with rosemary, etc too) and you can chop them, add a little water and freeze in ice cube trays. I do this with cilantro. I buy several when it's on sale and store it for future use. It's one of my favorite herbs.
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