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

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.

Great dried celery.

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.

A little expensive, but way easier than buying a bunch of celery every week to replace the previous one that went limp. Tastes pretty good, too.

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 was hesitant about the effect dried celery leaves would have and was pleasantly surprised with the intense aroma when container was opened. I added it to a pasta salad with nice taste.

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-satisfiedTheir 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

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.