Garlic Selecting
Source of Recipe
Marla
List of Ingredients
Selecting Garlic
Recipe
qWhen selecting garlic, it should be big, plump and firm, tight silky
skins with its paper-like covering intact, not spongy, soft, or
shriveled. (Why buy small ones that are a pain to peel?)
Storing Garlic
Unbroken garlic bulbs will keep for up to 3 to 4 months. Individual
cloves will keep from 5 to 10 days. Store in a cook, dark, and dry
location (dampness is the bane of garlic, so store away from stove
and sink). If the cloves sprout, the garlic is still usable and the
sprouts can be used for salads.
To preserve garlic cloves after they have been peeled, place them in
a jar, cover with olive oil, seal jar, and store in refrigerator.
They will stay fresh 3 to 4 months this way.
Cooking With Garlic
Be careful not to overcook or brown garlic when sauteing in oil. If
overcooked, it will become bitter and unpleasant tasting. Minced
garlic usually cooks in less than 1 minute. Do not have the cooking
oil too hot.
When sautéing onions and garlic in a recipe, add the onions first.
When the onions are just about done, add the garlic.
Garlic Facts and Myths
Did you know that one clove of garlic is ten times stronger pushed
through a garlic press than one clove minced fine with a sharp knife?
Did you know that the Roman historian, Pliny, lists no less than
sixty-one medicinal uses for garlic?
A few are:
Vampires flee from it.
Will cure a cold.
Will cure warts.
Will stop fainting spells.
Improves the circulation.
Wards off the evil eye.
Will grow hair.
A restorative for failing masculine powers.
Alleviates high blood pressure.
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