Harvesting garlic

[Greenleaves]

Rust here too, pulled one yesterday to take a look and could really do with another 3 to 4 weeks

[KittyColdNose]

I dry some, freeze some and make lazy garlic too. With the lazy garlic I use oil and it's lovely when used in cooking/salad dressings.

[Scarlet]

I prefer it made with oil Kitty but it doesn't keep very long... I don't want to poison anyone with botulism.

[Chippy Minton]

We go for the opposite way round and make Garlic oil, also makes lovely dressings with that pungent garlic flavour.

[Richard Eldritch]

So we all have rust and everyones Garlic is a bit tired this year then? here's hoping we all get another few weeks of growth eh....

[Bill HH]

Someone tell me about lazy garlic please, do you peel the cloves and do it whole or chop them up? In vinegar do you just pour it on cold or hot like pickled onions? doesn't the vinegar cause a nasty taste
If you fry some with onions before making soup for instance.

[Ananke]

Bill, I haven't made it yet but I read somewhere on here that you just put the peeled and trimmed cloves into the food processor, cover with white wine vinegar and blitz, store in a sterilised jar and use a fork or small strainer to scoop it out and the vinegar that comes out with it evaporates off when you cook it and doesn't affect the taste of what you're cooking. I'll put that to the test this year hopefully

[Alison]

I just peel, blitz until chopped up in the processor, fill up the jar and cover in white wine vinegar then use exactly as the stuff you can buy in the supermarkets.

[Scarlet]

^^^^ I do exactly the same as Alison.

[Methe]

How long does that last for?

[Shadylane]

Ages. I'm still using mine from last year. Stuff preserved in vinegar takes ages to go off if ever.

[Scarlet]

I just thought I'd put this up....pic of my giant garlic clove that I'm just about to cook with my tea! Its been stored now for nearly a year, hanging up in a cold stone out house. Still firm, just starting to grow some little roots at the base

[Shadylane]

Wow, that's huge.

[Scarlet]

I have small hands!

[snakeshack]

first 5 elephant garlic out today as I had run out at home still have 55 left in the ground but they will have to wait another 4 weeks I think as they are still very green


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