I probably wasn't very clear here. I'm not drying the chilli's in this case (I have dried plenty but also like to use "fresh" chilli for some dishes). I'm actually just putting whole habs with stems removed in my food processor and letting rip. > don't put it in the frig when you dry it, leave it out and what I do is > put some di-silicate gel pouches on the bottom of the jar, the the > halved chiles (dried).. seem to keep for ever. I use a canning jar with > a lid loosely applied. ============================ Tony Davidson CA (IT Specialist) Director, Zero Effort Networking Pty Ltd Trading As MicroSol Suite 7, Level 2, 48 Macquarie St, Parramatta 2150 Ph: (02) 9687 9011, Fax: (02) 9687 9030 ---------------------------------------------------- For public key send email to tonyd@microsol.com.au with "PGP SIG" as the SUBJECT (without the quotes)).For information on what PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is all about send a message to me with "PGP INFO" in the SUBJECT. will be sent automatically.