I just saw this "short" on YouTube. This looks like a good way to package garlic for freezing.
Got a Lot of Garlic?
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msmofet
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That's exactly what I have been doing for years.
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I never saw the making it into squares part before. Never heard about it either.
msmofet
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Makes it easier to snap off a piece.
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And you can have a good idea of how much each square is.
msmofet
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I always use a lot of garlic, so my snips/snaps are bigger.
Thanks taxy - seems like a neat idea.
HeyItsSara
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i like a lot of garlic!!!
blissful
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I never tried creasing the bags. I'll have to give it a try. I usually process our garlic after we do the planting in october sometime.
Linda0818
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That is brilliant! I've always wanted to pick up those big bags of garlic cloves, but I don't because there's no way I'd use it all before it spoils. Now I won't be hesitant to pick it up.
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pepperhead212
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I make a bunch of garlic and ginger paste, for all that Indian and Chinese food I make, and freeze it in tapered mason jars. It thaws quickly enough - in just a few minutes on the counter - that I can gouge out however much I want, and then put it back in the freezer. And no garlic aroma will exit the glass containers.
msmofet
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I keep my bags of garlic in the freezer in an airtight Lock-N-Lock container.
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It was the creasing that I thought was particularly clever. I knew about freezing it flat in a plastic bag. I just didn't really like the idea of "breaking off" a piece that would be a random size.
I never tried creasing the bags. I'll have to give it a try. I usually process our garlic after we do the planting in october sometime.
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"tapered mason jars"?
I will have to give that a try in a small Mason jar. I want to see how well it works to scoop some out after a short while on the counter.
When you make the ginger garlic paste, do you use a 50/50 ratio?
Linda0818
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Since you don't do the creasing, how do you get the frozen garlic out? Does it break off easily, even without creasing into portions?
pepperhead212
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@taxlady Those "tapered mason jars" allow for expansion of things freezing in them (I've known people to put too much of something liquid in a regular jar, and wonder why it would break!), and are the wide mouth pints, and the regular mouthed 1 and 1½ cup jelly jars.
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Yeah, that's why I don't freeze garlic in plastic bags. This post shows what I use:
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jennyema
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I just dump the cloves in a ziplock and into the freezer.
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What is the texture of the garlic like when it's defrosted. I am assuming you mean that you dumped the whole, peeled garlic in the zipper bag.
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I had never heard of tapered Mason jars before. It makes perfect sens that those would be easier to get stuff out of. I just googled "tapered Mason jars". There isn't much taper on those. Heck, I may even have one or two of those. I just never noticed that they taper. I'll have look if I can find one, next time I go downstairs to the kitchen.
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