Garlic in a jar
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I see a lot of Americans in here, hi!
I'm in the UK and there's two kind of jarred garlic I use. The first is a puree, labelled 'Minced Garlic', which is very flavoursome and convenient for adding to sauces etc. The second is 'Very Lazy Garlic', and similar in concept to what the OP described. I use this when I want the garlic to be seen; on chicken, salads, etc.
I'm in the UK and there's two kind of jarred garlic I use. The first is a puree, labelled 'Minced Garlic', which is very flavoursome and convenient for adding to sauces etc. The second is 'Very Lazy Garlic', and similar in concept to what the OP described. I use this when I want the garlic to be seen; on chicken, salads, etc.
Speaking of garlic, I've used the small cloves where there are like 5 or 6 heads in a mesh bag but I've also seen a single head in the stores that is really big. Does anyone use that? What would be the point in buying that? So you only have to chop one clove instead of like 5?
garlicjosh
Senior Cook
are you sure it's one clove?
I feel like you are speaking of elephant garlic which is just huge and isn't really garlic at all.
as for the size of a clove..the size of it makes a difference in the flavor that one clove has, as does how you cut it to release the oils...so it all has it's own reason for use.
I personally stick to my usual head of garlic...and the ones I'll have this spring after the snow goes away.
Yes, that is elephant garlic. It has a much milder flavor...it is still in the alium family if not strictly a garlic.
cmarchibald
Senior Cook
There's only two of us, too, but the way we use garlic it wouldn't last a week!
That said I'm totally addicted to fresh garlic and don't mind the extra prep, even when I have to make a lot of it. Actually I stumbled upon a little tool in the store one day that cut my garlic prep time by 90%....it's brilliant. It's a little handheld garlic mincer that came with a "garlic peeler" that works astonishingly well....it's just a tube of rubber, you stick the clove in the tube, roll it on the counter top a few times and the paper falls right off. Unreal. If you use garlic even half as much as we do you guys should look for this:
Garlic Pro Dicer and Peeler Set review at Kaboodle
There are many similarly designed ones but they have plastic "teeth" instead of the steel blades that this one has (this is the same type I stumbled upon in the store). I've never used the plastic kind but I can't imagine it works nearly as well as the blades do. Even with the stainless blades I sometimes have trouble turning it, garlic can be tough!
That peeler really does work, though!
cmarchibald
Senior Cook
That might have something to do with how far it has to travel to get to you....I'm assuming you're in the US? Here in the Philippines almost all our garlic comes from China and Taiwan and it's fantastic....I buy a huge bag because we use so much of it and it'll keep for 3 weeks easy. Only once did I have one clove that started to get moldy. Otherwise the only issue I have is garlic that starts sprouting.
Barbara L
Traveling Welcome Wagon
I have the Garlic Pro Dicer and peeler set, and I agree they work great.There's only two of us, too, but the way we use garlic it wouldn't last a week!
That said I'm totally addicted to fresh garlic and don't mind the extra prep, even when I have to make a lot of it. Actually I stumbled upon a little tool in the store one day that cut my garlic prep time by 90%....it's brilliant. It's a little handheld garlic mincer that came with a "garlic peeler" that works astonishingly well....it's just a tube of rubber, you stick the clove in the tube, roll it on the counter top a few times and the paper falls right off. Unreal. If you use garlic even half as much as we do you guys should look for this:
Garlic Pro Dicer and Peeler Set review at Kaboodle
There are many similarly designed ones but they have plastic "teeth" instead of the steel blades that this one has (this is the same type I stumbled upon in the store). I've never used the plastic kind but I can't imagine it works nearly as well as the blades do. Even with the stainless blades I sometimes have trouble turning it, garlic can be tough!
That peeler really does work, though!
Barbara
There's only two of us, too, but the way we use garlic it wouldn't last a week!
That said I'm totally addicted to fresh garlic and don't mind the extra prep, even when I have to make a lot of it. Actually I stumbled upon a little tool in the store one day that cut my garlic prep time by 90%....it's brilliant. It's a little handheld garlic mincer that came with a "garlic peeler" that works astonishingly well....it's just a tube of rubber, you stick the clove in the tube, roll it on the counter top a few times and the paper falls right off. Unreal. If you use garlic even half as much as we do you guys should look for this:
Garlic Pro Dicer and Peeler Set review at Kaboodle
There are many similarly designed ones but they have plastic "teeth" instead of the steel blades that this one has (this is the same type I stumbled upon in the store). I've never used the plastic kind but I can't imagine it works nearly as well as the blades do. Even with the stainless blades I sometimes have trouble turning it, garlic can be tough!
That peeler really does work, though!
Thanks, Cory...I wishbooked it at Amazon. I really don't mind the prep, but I usually have to set up in the living room...not enough counter space!
We love 40clove-chicken.
Skittle68
Sous Chef
Mimizkitchen said:
Wait- so it's in a jar and not in liquid? Interesting... I would think it would be about the same as fresh, since it isn't cooked at all like the minced stuff in the water and phosphoric acid. I don't really think peeling garlic is hard, but I suppose if you need a lot it would get annoying after awhile. Have you used it yet? What did you think? How well did it keep?
OP
OP
Mimizkitchen
Head Chef
Yes Skittle I used it and loved it, it was such a time saver... I don't mind peeling garlic but I was having a cooking day and needed alot, so it worked out really well... And no it's not in liquid, just peeled garlic in a plastic jar found in the produce aisle, it's by spice world...
