Garlic

  • When a recipe calls for a “clove” of garlic, that’s a single piece from the “bulb” or “head,” which is made up of many cloves.
  • Usually cloves need to be peeled; the fastest way to do this is to lay the flat side of a knife blade or your palm on it and smack it to pop the skin so it’s easy to peel.
  • As garlic ages, green sprouts grow out of the center of the cloves.  These are fine to eat, but they’re extra pungent.
  • When cooking garlic, be careful not to burn it; burnt garlic has a really bitter taste.
  • To clean your hands of the garlic smell, rub them against some stainless steel, like your sink basin.

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Vegetarian recipes with garlic

One Response to Garlic
  1. Alisha Newton
    December 24, 2009 | 8:56 pm

    stainless steel? that’s awesome! do you know how that works?

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