Friday, November 6, 2015

How To Store Garlic For Long Term Purposes

By Mattie Knight


When we speak on vegetables, we already know the harvesting season exists. But as this season is going to end soon, we definitely know the number of such vegetables will also low down. There are people who greatly use these vegetables and are always in need of a good number so that they can continue their specific business processes.

One of the commonly used vegetables in almost every home or restaurants is the garlic. There are numerous types of garlics that we could use for our cooking. But as its season nearly winds down, you know to yourself that you must keep a handful of them until next harvesting season comes. With this, here are some tips on how to store garlic for long term purposes.

You have to keep in mind that by selecting garlic you have to notice things in or on its bulbs. Avoid the ones that are damaged, soft, and or still sprouting. The ones you truly need are those undamaged ones so you could still use them like as good as new after quite some time of storing.

The very common ways of keeping these vegetables is by putting them in your mesh bags or to those loose woven baskets that you got. These are the containers that we usually see when we visit the marketplace. The both of them could help all the garlics breathe to stay good until a day would come that you will be using all of it. Some of this vegetable got flexible tops and you could use it to braid them all together then hang in your favorite place inside the kitchen.

It is even possible to be stored in your fridge. Place them specifically in the crisp drawer. That very drawer could really help keep off the humidity from destroying your stored vegetable. But take note, only take it and place it in room temperature if you dont like it to be sprouting after quite some time.

You can even place those in the freezer. But most people would think that frozen garlics are never going to be great like the fresh ones. But you could always do some preparations to make it stay fresh on the day that you will use it. Mince the peeled cloves in a blender and freeze it over ice cube trays or silicone sheets. As it froze, move it to an airtight container.

You can even make dehydrated garlic. The process is easy. Slice the garlic thinly and pop them inside your food dehydrator. If you got no dehydrator, you may use your oven with the door kept ajar. A 115 degree temperature is going to be perfect for the dehydration. When it becomes crisp, move it again to any airtight container under room temperature. You can assure to make it stay fresh after several months.

You could always roast your garlic. To most users this one is their way to enjoy the vegetable. This is because everyone can just freeze it for as long as they want. People like this because of its mellowness and cooking will be easier because we often roast garlics.

There are a lot more good ways on how to keep this type of vegetable good as fresh in long term phase. The things that listed above are just the commonly used ones by the users around the world. So follow these things in order for you to enjoy your garlics for a long time.




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