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Default Garlic Potatoes on simmer at 12:23PM!

dsi1 wrote:

> On Friday, December 4, 2020 at 3:28:14 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > > On 12/4/2020 7:19 AM, Gary wrote:
> > > > On 12/3/2020 7:10 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > > > 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.
> > > >
> > > > More than 5 cloves to a head. I just pulled a head apart this
> > > > morning. Contains 12 cloves - 9 large ones and 3 smaller ones
> > > > from the center.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Definitely more than five cloves to a head of garlic, and all
> > > heads of garlic are not created equal.
> > >
> > > I never really think about how many garlic cloves are in a head,
> > > either. I just buy nice looking heads of garlic, plump, not dried
> > > out.
> > >
> > > Something is tugging at my memory. A long ago recipe for chicken
> > > calling for 40 cloves of garlic... I have no idea how many heads
> > > of garlic that would be. LOL
> > >
> > > Jill

> > I had the same thought today. The idea in the recipe is slow
> > roasted garlic that is like butter in the end (which fresh garlic
> > is prone to do in the right setting).
> >
> > It makes me think of those little clay pots some wet down and stuff
> > garlic in then slow bake? You squeeze them out on garlic bread or
> > something and supposed to be divine. I've not tried it.

> My daughter bought some black garlic. It's bulbs of garlic that have
> been slow cooked for weeks. It's spreadable and quite sweet. I've
> made a meat loaf stuffed with mushrooms and black garlic. It was okay.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/HBrft8MLNTDNzAPJA


Large Enoki or Shemenji?

The only 'black garlic' I have is a sea salt blend. It's is fabulous!