Garlic Braids!

Well, they "don't" stay fresh. If they are exposed to any moisture
(steam, etc) they will mold. If kept dry, they will gradually dry out
over a few months.

sandy said:

When I go to an outdoor market, I see these large braids of garlic.
How would you keep them fresh enough to use all year, would they not
dry out if left hanging? I only buy 3 cloves at a time, and a jar of
minced., but the braids do look nice. Thanks for the input.

IMO, they look nice hanging on the kitchen wall but unless you're using
enough garlic to feed a small army in a short amount of time, that's all
they're good for. They definitely dry out.

Jill

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sandy said:

When I go to an outdoor market, I see these large braids of garlic.
How would you keep them fresh enough to use all year, would they not
dry out if left hanging? I only buy 3 cloves at a time, and a jar of
minced., but the braids do look nice. Thanks for the input.

IMO, they look nice hanging on the kitchen wall but unless you're using
enough garlic to feed a small army in a short amount of time, that's all
they're good for. They definitely dry out.

Heh ... I had this cute decorative garlic thing ... it had lavender and
other
little decorative stuff, and 3 heads of garlic. Was pretty and little.
Well,
that is until my destructive mil stayed at the house one day and made
dinner. Oh, garlic! She took as many cloves as she needed and the little
wall decoration was ruined. I'm quite sure the idea of food as decoration
was completely incomprehensible to a depression baby.

But, yeah, I wouldn't buy a garlic braid to cook with, the fact that they
took the time to braid it rather than just bag it tells me it's probably
old garlic they didn't sell.

nancy

Braiding garlic is a [censored] of a job. Takes time and effort so it will cost
extra. Buy in bulk and keep as close to freezing as possible and keep the
humidity up and store in the dark.

F.J.

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Quoted message said:

When I go to an outdoor market, I see these large braids of garlic. How
would you keep them fresh enough to use all year, would they not dry out

if

Quoted message said:

left hanging? I only buy 3 cloves at a time, and a jar of minced., but

the

Quoted message said:

braids do look nice. Thanks for the input.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:54:15 -0500, "Nancy Young"
<[email hidden]> connected the dots and wrote:

~
~"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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~> sandy wrote:
~>> When I go to an outdoor market, I see these large braids of
garlic.
~>> How would you keep them fresh enough to use all year, would they
not
~>> dry out if left hanging? I only buy 3 cloves at a time, and a jar
of
~>> minced., but the braids do look nice. Thanks for the input.
~>
~> IMO, they look nice hanging on the kitchen wall but unless you're
using
~> enough garlic to feed a small army in a short amount of time,
that's all
~> they're good for. They definitely dry out.
~
~Heh ... I had this cute decorative garlic thing ... it had lavender
and
~other
~little decorative stuff, and 3 heads of garlic. Was pretty and
little.
~Well,
~that is until my destructive mil stayed at the house one day and made
~dinner. Oh, garlic! She took as many cloves as she needed and the
little
~wall decoration was ruined. I'm quite sure the idea of food as
decoration
~was completely incomprehensible to a depression baby.
~
~But, yeah, I wouldn't buy a garlic braid to cook with, the fact that
they
~took the time to braid it rather than just bag it tells me it's
probably
~old garlic they didn't sell.
~
~nancy

My friends make garlic braids with the garlic they grow, and gave me
one last year as a gift. By December (from May), the last few heads
were kind of dry.

And trust me, it's not easy to braid the monocots when they're dry.

maxine in ri

Nancy Young said:

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sandy said:

When I go to an outdoor market, I see these large braids of garlic.
How would you keep them fresh enough to use all year, would they not
dry out if left hanging? I only buy 3 cloves at a time, and a jar of
minced., but the braids do look nice. Thanks for the input.

IMO, they look nice hanging on the kitchen wall but unless you're using
enough garlic to feed a small army in a short amount of time, that's all
they're good for. They definitely dry out.

Heh ... I had this cute decorative garlic thing ... it had lavender and
other
little decorative stuff, and 3 heads of garlic. Was pretty and little.
Well,
that is until my destructive mil stayed at the house one day and made
dinner. Oh, garlic! She took as many cloves as she needed and the little
wall decoration was ruined. I'm quite sure the idea of food as decoration
was completely incomprehensible to a depression baby.

I regularly use food items as decorative elements.

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But, yeah, I wouldn't buy a garlic braid to cook with, the fact that they
took the time to braid it rather than just bag it tells me it's probably
old garlic they didn't sell.

I had braided onions hanging up then ended up tossing them when I
discovered mold on them. They looked really nice and I enjoyed them
until I found the mold. I find bunches of herbs last well though.

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nancy