navigator9
Well-Known Member
For years now, I've been buying the big jar of sun dried tomatoes in oil from Costco. I love them. Recently, when I went to buy them, they were not the same brand, but now the Kirkland brand from Costco. I really like that brand, so I gave them a try and they were awful. They were just mush, no texture at all. I must not have been the only one who disliked them, because the next time I went back, they no longer had either brand in oil, only the first brand again, but now not it in oil, just dried in a bag. So I thought, OK, I'll just use my own olive oil. So I got a nice big jar, and started layering in the tomatoes with some dried Italian herbs, followed by olive oil. They've been sitting there for about a week, and I tried some today. Here's my problem, they still have that leathery texture, not the smooth, softness of the ones you buy in oil. Do they just need more time? Should I have heated the oil? I figure there's probably someone out there who does this, and knows if they will get softer with time. Why did they ever stop carrying the original ones, they were so good!