Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Preserving (rec.food.preserving) Devoted to the discussion of recipes, equipment, and techniques of food preservation. Techniques that should be discussed in this forum include canning, freezing, dehydration, pickling, smoking, salting, and distilling. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
Posted to rec.food.preserving
|
|||
|
|||
Freezing elephant garlic
Harvested the crop of elephant garlic this morning. To much to eat all
at once and it doesn't store well in our climate. Went to the UGA website and they said to chop and freeze. Cut the stems and root ends off, peeled the paper from the bulb, then cut them into one-inch pieces. Ran through the food processor, then put the garlic directly into some small vacuum bags I had on hand. Vacuum sealed them and into the freezer. Rough estimate is about one pound of chopped elephant garlic. Website also said when needed just break off a chunk the size you need then reseal the bag. House smells very aromatic now, makes me hungry. |
Posted to rec.food.preserving
|
|||
|
|||
Freezing elephant garlic
Hi George,
We are busy making that cactus jelly again, or at least we did some with some tunas we had in the freezer, others won't be ready till fall like Persimmons around Nov here. Another thing you can do to preserve garlic is to roast it and put it in olive oil in plastic containers in the frig, it keeps for months. I'm sure you could probably freeze or can like that as well. I guess you would have to pressure can with the olive oil and garlic? I don't know, never tried it but I've done the roasted garlic and just put in a small tupperware, one lasts like two months and much better than the jarred garlics in the grocery store. I want to do a big fall garden this year with garlic, leeks, onions, all of it, but working full time puts a damper on our garden ventures. Wish I could retire........LOL -- Rita Foust Poetry, TX Farmer Jones Eco-Friendly Plants & Produce George Shirley" > wrote in message .com... > Harvested the crop of elephant garlic this morning. To much to eat all at > once and it doesn't store well in our climate. Went to the UGA website and > they said to chop and freeze. > > Cut the stems and root ends off, peeled the paper from the bulb, then cut > them into one-inch pieces. Ran through the food processor, then put the > garlic directly into some small vacuum bags I had on hand. Vacuum sealed > them and into the freezer. Rough estimate is about one pound of chopped > elephant garlic. Website also said when needed just break off a chunk the > size you need then reseal the bag. > > House smells very aromatic now, makes me hungry. |
Posted to rec.food.preserving
|
|||
|
|||
Freezing elephant garlic
On 7/4/2011 1:58 AM, YouGrowGirl wrote:
> Hi George, > > We are busy making that cactus jelly again, or at least we did some with > some tunas we had in the freezer, others won't be ready till fall like > Persimmons around Nov here. > > Another thing you can do to preserve garlic is to roast it and put it in > olive oil in plastic containers in the frig, it keeps for months. Unfortunately preserving garlic in oil in the fridge can cause botulism and is considered an unsafe method. Go here for more info: http://tinyurl.com/4yqf6zb I'm sure > you could probably freeze or can like that as well. I guess you would have > to pressure can with the olive oil and garlic? I don't know, never tried it > but I've done the roasted garlic and just put in a small tupperware, one > lasts like two months and much better than the jarred garlics in the grocery > store. I want to do a big fall garden this year with garlic, leeks, onions, > all of it, but working full time puts a damper on our garden ventures. Wish > I could retire........LOL > > > I generally buy garlic at the store in jars, either minced or chopped, it is stored in a small glass jar and is covered with a solution that prevents anaerobic growth of the botulism spores. Other than that I have successfully dehydrated garlic on occasion and it works pretty good in cooked dishes. My kids and grandkids aren't retired but they all have gardens. A recent development due to the upsurge in food in stores due to high transportation costs. I'm hoping they will stick with it. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
How do you know an elephant has been in your refrigerator? | General Cooking | |||
elephant pepper | General Cooking | |||
Garlic, Oil and Freezing Pesto | Preserving | |||
Freezing Garlic | General Cooking |