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Default Garlic Potatoes on simmer at 12:23PM!

dsi1 wrote:

> On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 6:35:58 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > 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!

> It's fried king mushroom and black garlic. The black garlic is of a
> variety that has a single big clove - if you can believe that! The
> meatloaf was rolled like a maki sushi. I suppose I could have cooked
> it like a pizza too.


Unique and I like! Maki Sushi would have been fun too for it all.