Hey, it dried! Look at it! Doesn’t happen in any other month in Texas for us because of the weather patterns, so I think I’ll be restricting my herb-drying endeavors to just this month in the future. I’m not really sure what I’ll do with it, but in my experience this is good stuff in a pot of tea. Just a one-inch-sized piece in a whole pot is more than enough to flavor it well in Winter. Here I’ve stuffed it into a container with a spoonful of sugar then shook it up, which is my attempt to help ensure that if humidity does get into the container, it makes the sugar melt and the orange peel not get moldy. We’ll see. Next time I’ll be saving glass spice jars for my home-dried herbs.
8/16/24 Update: Well, this doesn’t taste too great, it wasn’t organic orange peel. I’m going to try it in a simmer pot. However, it still worked ok in a wildly inappropriate for the season black tea with the dried orange peel, some candied pineapple and a pinch of cinnamon. I think I’ll make this in the middle of winter with too much sugar and some actual cinnamon sticks.
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