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Default Garlic Potatoes on simmer at 12:23PM!

jmcquown wrote:

> On 12/3/2020 7:10 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > John Kuthe wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 7:03:53 PM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
> > > > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 1:30:59 PM UTC-6, Hank Rogers
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > > > > Man the house is smelling GOOD too!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ;-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > John Kuthe...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > Did you cook up a whole bushel?
> > > > >
> > > > > As many potatoes as would fit in the pan!
> > > > >
> > > > > John Kuthe...
> > > > We made them Sunday. In our case, it was 5 Yukon Gold potatoes
> > > > and 5 cloves garlic. Makes about 3 cups or so in the end.
> > >
> > > Wow! That's a LOT of garlic! I use 1.5 heads of garlic for about 8
> > > Yukon Golds!
> > >
> > > John Kuthe...

> >
> > Grin, we like it. But that was 5 cloves, not heads. Call it near
> > 2.5TB minced?
> >
> > Might be about 1 head but I don't really think about how many cloves
> > are in a head.
> >
> > If it works out, I'll measure it next time and let you know. It's
> > more of an eyeball sort of thing for me when it comes to the potato
> > dish.
> >
> >

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...K_PLRikYNT8GMS
> >
> > That gives you a proportion view.
> >

> Thanks, Carol! I understood what you were saying but photos are
> fanastic for clarity.
>
> Jill


It might help to understand I tend to get my garlic in cloves, peeled,
at an asian market in packs of 50-60 cloves which last well a month and
rarely fail to use them all.

Best guess is I seem to average 15-20 fresh a week 'someplace' in my
cookery? That and Don's because he uses them too.