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What to do with extra garlic?
What to do with extra garlic?
Posted by B.Richardson
from MA
on 2001-03-20 11:15:49
last fall. I still have about a pound of
garlic bulbs, and they're starting to
sprout! What should I do with them?
Plant them? Freeze them? Any ideas? I've
given some away, but there's still a lot
left...Help!
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preserving garlic
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Posted by Barbara (bdegroot@ptd.net) from PA on 2002-10-27 10:47:31
My garlic harvest was very bounteous last fall. I still have about a pound of garlic bulbs, and they're starting to sprout! What should I do with them? Plant them? Freeze them? Any ideas? I've given some away, but there's still a lot left...Help!
Once garlic sprouts, it begins to get bitter -- I'd plant it. I imagine you already know it's a two-year crop. Garlic does freeze very well, and easily, though, if you are inclined to overlook the bitterness of the sprouted cloves. Just break it up into cloves but don't peel them. Pack into jars or bags and freeze. When you need a clove or two, hold them in your fist for a moment and the peels will come off like magic. If you're a real garlic lover, you might be interested in my son's method for making garlic pickles -- that's picked garlic cloves, not garlic-flavored pickles. -
Garlic
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Posted by Les from Australia on 2001-04-08 21:40:40
-My garlic harvest was very bounteous
-last fall. I still have about a pound of
-garlic bulbs, and they're starting to
-sprout! What should I do with them?
-Plant them? Freeze them? Any ideas? I've
-given some away, but there's still a lot
-left...Help!
I love roasted garlic - I leave the cloves whole, drizzle with a good olive oil and roast slowly in oven for a coupla hours - If in abundance I press out the pulp and then bottle with a little more olive oil- heat and seal. Great for garlic bread as well as being on hand in the kitchen to use as required.-
I'll try it
-I love roasted garlic - I leave the cloves whole, drizzle with a good olive oil and roast slowly in oven for a coupla hours - If in abundance I press out the pulp and then bottle with a little more olive oil- heat and seal. Great for garlic bread as well as being on hand in the kitchen to use as required.
Posted by B.Richardson from MA on 2001-04-10 09:48:22
That's a great idea. And I'll bet the house smells great while you're roasting the garlic. How long does it last in oil?
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an option
Well, if you plant it this spring, it
Posted by Zanne from VT on 2001-03-20 11:19:00
won't amount to much, unless you want to
use them for garlic chives. How about
grinding it up and combining it with
olive oil? It'll keep in the fridge for
a month. Or freeze chopped garlic in ice
cube trays of water. Pop out a cube and
drop it in your soup. just a couple of
ideas for you. Good luck!-
spicy iced tea!
Great! Thank you! I think I'll freeze
Posted by B.richardson from MA on 2001-03-20 11:20:33
it. I just hope my iced-drink-loving
husband doesn't mistake a garlic cube
for an ice cube!-
Easy solution...
MMmmm. That would be interesting. I
Posted by Zanne from VT on 2001-03-20 11:21:45
remove the iced garlic from the trays
when they're frozen and store them in
plastic bags. That should keep them out
of his iced tea glass.
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