Chopped Garlic to store - from vivacity

[Tebasile]

You're welcome Vivienne 

[Thermomixer]

Nice work Tebasille.  i could eat that straight out of the bowl with a spoon!  Thanks /Danke

[karenaltmann32]

I like to chop a whole kilo of garlic at a time and then I add rice bran oil and store it in a jar.  It has never gone off yet and because rice bran oil has no noticeable flavour it doesn't affect the taste.  It also has a higher burn point than olive oil and it is a heart smart oil. 

I recently found out that if you garlic is white it has been bleached, look for the purple stuff.  Also we don't really know what the overseas garlic, another reason to buy local produce!

[Nay-nay]

Yes - I've heard about the Chinese garlic being bleached. It is sooo hard to get Aussie garlic it seems to go in and out of season. I bought it at a very inflated price (about triple the price of the Chinese garlic) until it was all gone but now am buying Mexican garlic. It still has purple through it so I'm hoping that means it's not bleached.    Must start growing it myself! 

[cookie1]

I have the same problem trying to buy Australian garlic and like you Nay-Nay have to buy the Mexican.

[Tebasile]

Must start growing it myself! 

Maybe this helps  :

[Nay-nay]

Thanks Tebasile!    One thing: Plant March-June in southern hemisphere - colder areas should plant earliest.