Sundried tomatoes

I love tomatoes. I love them in sinigang, pakbet, and pritong tuyo (fried dried fish). However, storing in them the fridge for 5 days is not feasible. Tomatoes are the fastest-rotting vegetables. It's always been a dilemma for me whenever I have to throw away rotten ones. They aren't sold cheap on this side of the earth and throwing any spoiled food is a mortal sin. While watching one of the episodes of Quickfire, I discovered that tomatoes can actually be sundried. Sundrying tomatoes is not a popular method of preserving here. We Filipinos are familiar with sundried fish and mangoes but sundried tomatoes are a little bit unheard of.

So, here's what I learned about sundrying tomatoes in my Internet search:

Slice the tomatoes in half

Place them in tray

Sprinkle with salt

Let them dry out in the sun

Drying them will probably take a maximum of a week. It all depends on the weather actually. But we are blessed with eternal sunshine even if it's supposed to be rainy season and so I guess that will not a be a problem. One should only be wary of the insects that might be attracted to those sunbathing vegetables. So there, the next time we buy fresh produce in the market, I will buy 2 kilos of tomatoes. The first kilo will be devoted to my experiment.