Saturday, November 7, 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 common vegetable that we use at home is garlic. There are several types of garlics which can be use for the different meals that we need to cook. But as the season slowly reaches its end, you already know that you need to store lots of them until you are able to use something until the next harvesting season. With these, here are several tips on how to store garlic and in keeping all of it fresh.

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 most common ways of storing this vegetable is by placing them in mesh bags or in your loose woven baskets. These are the common things that we see in the market. This could help every piece to breathe and stay good until the right time that you are going to use them. There are also those that got flexible tops and you may braid them and hang somewhere in your kitchen or other parts of your house.

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.

Even the freezer is a good place for your garlic. Most of us would think frozen garlics are not that great compared to the fresh ones. But you can always do a simple preparation in keeping its freshness until the day you use it. Mince the cloves with a blender then freeze those minces inside an ice cube tray or over silicone sheets. After freezing it, move it to any of your 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 can also roast it. Most of the users of such vegetable are happier in this kind of process. This is mainly because all of them can just freeze it after roasting. It will be good for the longest time you could possibly think of. People usually like this because they got to roast garlics when they use it.

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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