Question about dehydrating tomatoes

DonnaMarieNJ · September 6, 2014

I have been drying my tomatoes in the dehydrator and, when dry, putting them in ziplock bags and freezing them. It is just another way to save my fruit.

A few weeks ago, I noticed one of the ziplock bags still had air in it, so I opened the bag, let the air out, and put it back in the freezer.

The next day, the bag had blown up with air again. This has been going on for a week. Should I throw them out? Does this mean they are rotten somehow?

Thanks!

Donna

September 7, 2014

How odd! Has this ever happened when you have put bags of berries or beans in the freezer?

FarmerShawn · September 7, 2014

I'd suspect the bag before I suspect the fruit. I just can't imagine dehydrated food in the freezer could possibly support anything active enough to inflate a bag.

DonnaMarieNJ · September 8, 2014

The constantly inflating bag made me nervous. I threw out the entire bag of maters. Those dried fruit HAD to be putting out some major gas of some sort - into the garbage they went. It never happened to me before.

Thanks for the replies.

Fred Hempel · September 8, 2014

Does your husband like tomatoes?

Worth1 · September 8, 2014

Why are you freezing dehydrated tomatoes?

Very weird them puffing the bag up.

Worth

bitterwort · September 8, 2014

I'm with you, Fred. That sounds like something my husband would do.

September 6, 2014	#1
DonnaMarieNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northeast New Jersey Posts: 731	Question about dehydrating tomatoes I have been drying my tomatoes in the dehydrator and, when dry, putting them in ziplock bags and freezing them. It is just another way to save my fruit. A few weeks ago, I noticed one of the ziplock bags still had air in it, so I opened the bag, let the air out, and put it back in the freezer. The next day, the bag had blown up with air again. This has been going on for a week. Should I throw them out? Does this mean they are rotten somehow? Thanks! Donna __________________ DonnaMarieNJ I pay the mortgage, but my cats own the house!

September 7, 2014	#3
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	I'd suspect the bag before I suspect the fruit. I just can't imagine dehydrated food in the freezer could possibly support anything active enough to inflate a bag. __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

September 8, 2014	#4
DonnaMarieNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northeast New Jersey Posts: 731	The constantly inflating bag made me nervous. I threw out the entire bag of maters. Those dried fruit HAD to be putting out some major gas of some sort - into the garbage they went. It never happened to me before. Thanks for the replies. __________________ DonnaMarieNJ I pay the mortgage, but my cats own the house!

September 8, 2014	#7
bitterwort Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MN Zone4b Posts: 292	I'm with you, Fred. That sounds like something my husband would do. __________________ Bitterwort

September 7, 2014	#2
LDiane Guest Posts: n/a	How odd! Has this ever happened when you have put bags of berries or beans in the freezer?

September 8, 2014	#5
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Does your husband like tomatoes?

September 8, 2014	#6
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Why are you freezing dehydrated tomatoes? Very weird them puffing the bag up. Worth