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?
I said it was one huge head. And yea I think its called elephant garlic. I didn't realize it wasn't garlic...
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?
There's only two of us, too, but the way we use garlic it wouldn't last a week!I like it, when I need a lot of garlic at once. Otherwise, it definitely has a shelf life and will go bad if you are unable to use it up. With just the two of us, it's too much for everyday use.
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.Speaking of garlic...I am partial to Argentinian or Californian garlic when I run out of garlic from the garden. I HATE garlic from China--it turns moldy within days, doesn't have the flavor it should, texture, etc., etc., etc.
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!
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!
Mimizkitchen said:I'm talking about the whole peeled kind you find in the produce section... I bought this today, as I needed a lot of garlic for what I was cooking, and have never used it before... Does anybody use it, and what are your professional opinions about it... Good, bad, so so in a pinch...