Harmony House Dehydrated Celery, Crosscut – Dried Vegetables For Cooking, Camping, Emergency Supply and More (8 oz, Jar)

I love this product because I don't really care much for celery, but miss it's flavoring in certain dishes. I can't just go buy one stalk at a time, so when I do, I have lots of rotting celery to feed down the garbage disposal. I'm also a bit of a lazy cook, I hate all the chopping and deveining, it's such a pain that I have just omitted the celery many a time. I'm also not about to dehydrate my own either. This product is awesome. I simply shake out a small handful (No matter how much the recipe calls for.) and it's perfect. I think you are supposed to rehydrate it with water first, I don't even do that. Just toss it in while you are cooking or making a cold salad. Just allow it time to plump up on it's own. (It doesn't take long in hot dishes, about an hour in the fridge for cold.) I read another review where someone had brown celery. I think I may have discovered the reason. It might have been exposed to light. Mine was nice and green, but I noticed one day that the leaves were turning brown. There is a slat missing on the pantry door and it was directly hitting the jar. I hid it in the very back and that seems to have fixed the problem. As for the price, it seems expensive, but it's very shelf stable and should last a long time. (Just keep it dark, dry, and cool.) 11/13/2016: I still have the same bottle and it's still edible (flavorful). However; I've started grinding what I need to flavor my dishes. I like doing it this way much better. Seriously just a little pinch or maybe two if you really love celery will do.

Great dried celery.

It is just what is says - dried celery. It is very bright green (nice). It is very flavorful (also nice -- just beware you don't use too much). It is tiny, tiny, tiny. Even after rehydrating it is still very small (1/8 to 1/2 wide pieces, consistently 1/8 thick cuts). And it is very chewy, even after it has cooked for while. So it will not be the first thing I go to when I want to put celery in a soup, stew, etc. But, as a backup item, it works fine, and I am thankful Amazon had it since it is not something I could find in local stores. The value is good too: 6 oz. for about $10. I've ordered freeze-dried celery from another supplier for twice as much per ounce. The only change I would ask for is for it to have a flip-top lid. The older I get the less able I am to easily handle screwed on/off lids.

I ordered several types of dehydrated vegetables at once in order to qualify for free shipping. This container of celery, as well as one other container arrived with the inner seal loose, so I was a little concerned about freshness. There is no use by date nor packing date anywhere to be found on the container. But the product was very fresh tasting and easy to use. I often throw diced veggies into rice along with whatever herbs I have on hand, and tried these today. They have a slight salty taste straight from the container, but the contents states there is only celery inside so I am puzzled by that. The problem with the seal, lack of date anywhere on the jar, and questionable salty taste led me to give four stars instead of five. But I am sold on these and will use them as a back up for when I do not have fresh celery, or don't have time to dice it.

Great Reclosable Container. Fresh Product, Fresh Aroma. Add To Rice, Beans, Soups etc... Makes Comfort Food Outta Basic Ingredients You Hv On Hand In a Pinch! Do Yerself A Favor And Add A Couple Of Dri and Dri Dessicant Pkt (Amazon Has 'Em) After Opening... Get Their Dried Onions And Peppers Too! I've Bought Plenty From Harmony. Never Been Dis-satisfied Their Plastic Jugs Store Really Well Un-Opened Long Term In A Dark And Cool Area... Buy This, You'll Be Happy! Lane In Columbus, Ohio

Celery does not freeze well, and I always purchased the whole thing for needing one stalk. I tried the above product and always have it handy, flavor is the same as fresh and you always have celery on hand for soup and many dishes. I also highly recomment this company for all their products, they keep well and are handy to have on hand.

Very good. I keep an assortment of dehydrated or freeze dried foods on hand for use anytime, but also as part of emergency use. It is easy to forget about the small stuff such as spices and other flavorings. If ya got to eat beans and rice, you will want to have many ways to spice it up. But for day to day use it is super convenient. I dont run out to the store all the time. I try to keep the basics on hand, but sometimes some foods just arent available, are way too pricy, or what is there looks super sad. I need my "mire poix"!! (celery, onion, carrot). Sooooo I have an assortment of the dried versions in my working pantry. I like the cut of this, and how it rehydrates. Works really well in my soups and other applications that benefit from a little added celery. I may buy some more soon just to have extra on hand.

I hate throwing away so much fresh celery around home so I thought I would keep some of this in the pantry. I tried it last night in a small pot of chicken soup and while it tasted fine I did notice that when reconstituted the slices are very small indeed, almost as if the widest stalk that was chopped for this was just barely a quarter inch wide. Also as it sat in the soup it sort of disintegrated over time, sort of as if just the outside of the stalk was left without anything inside the skin. I think it would be fine to use in applications like chicken or tuna salad where you would reconstitute it and then mix it into the salad but where it doesn't spend any time in liquid after you first reconstitute it.