Hazan freely lists plausible alternatives; is indulgent about dried herbs; actively recommends tinned tomatoes as tasting better than most fresh; often prefers dried porcini and bottled clams to their fresh equivalents.
He prefers drying it out a bit because it keeps better that way in the fridge.
I put the jars and their lids on a baking sheet in the oven for 10 minutes, but you can also pour boiling water from the kettle into them if you prefer, drying them with a spotlessly clean tea towel afterwards.
Try to prefer drying on a clothesline over using energy-sucking clothes dryers.
At the home range and landscape scales, they preferred dry land tree plantations and ramblas, the model stressing the importance of the borders between them.
It is well established that far from being swamp-bound hippo-like animals, sauropods preferred drier, upland areas; so perhaps Brontomerus lived in rough, hilly terrain and the powerful leg muscles were a sort of 'dinosaur four-wheel drive'".
Stegosaurus may have preferred drier settings than other common Morrison Formation dinosaurs, such as Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, and Diplodocus.
Ceratosaurs and torvosaurs may have preferred to be active around waterways, and had lower, thinner bodies that would have given them an advantage in forest and underbrush terrains, whereas allosaurs were more compact, with longer legs, faster but less maneuverable, and seem to have preferred dry floodplains.
If you want to "spice up" your recipe, this is a good time to dust the fries with your preferred dry seasonings.
Wallis says "I don't like champagne", adding "I prefer dry white wine".
