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Produce => Recipes => Topic started by: tim on April 21, 2008, 18:03:33

Title: Pickled Garlic
Post by: tim on April 21, 2008, 18:03:33
We were talking about clove size elsewhere.  I mentioned the Spanish stuff.


How do they get every one a perfect size? By discarding the 50% of small ones you get on the average UK grown bulb??
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: calendula on April 22, 2008, 13:13:13
looks are everything but I can't get my head round pickled garlic, doesn't do anything for me - how do you use it Tim

now roasted garlic is another thing, yummy
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: tim on April 22, 2008, 13:35:06
Just as Tapas or somesuch!
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: Curryandchips on April 22, 2008, 14:58:06
Yes, I eat them like olives too. Throw a handful onto some cooked savoury rice ...

Fortunately, we all like garlic in our house ...  :)
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: Hyacinth on April 22, 2008, 16:13:05
Who WAS it who posted their recipe for pickled garlic a good while back, and does anyone have their recipe? I remember only that the poster was male, and that his kiddies ate them like sweeties ::)  I remember I tried it and it was really really good....
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: calendula on April 22, 2008, 16:22:59
Quote from: Curry on April 22, 2008, 14:58:06
Yes, I eat them like olives too.

:o

not kissable then  ;D

I must be missing something - can't live without garlic, love it, but.......
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: cambourne7 on April 22, 2008, 16:54:44
how long do they last??

I think the smaller cloves you can mash up and store in olive oil like easy garlic.
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: Flunky on April 22, 2008, 18:20:09
What ever you do DO NOT leave them near you, they absolutely stink. My father used to do it in Spain. No word of a lie you could smell them through the jar and balcony doors. They reeked.

Apparently tasted lovely !
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: SamLouise on April 22, 2008, 18:49:01
Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on April 22, 2008, 16:13:05
Who WAS it who posted their recipe for pickled garlic a good while back, and does anyone have their recipe? I remember only that the poster was male, and that his kiddies ate them like sweeties ::)  I remember I tried it and it was really really good....

Palustris if I remember rightly.  I also followed his instructions but alas, the menfolk in my house didn't like them!  I ended up posting them to the MIL.
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: tim on April 22, 2008, 19:37:07
Mamta does one.

Or do you mean Gavin's Relish??
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: calendula on April 22, 2008, 20:27:03
if you do a search then it seems that it is Gavin's that comes up trumps (whoever Gavin is)

still not sure if I'm tempted  :-\
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: redimp on April 22, 2008, 22:51:44
Gavin is Gavin of Growing vegetables on a Leeds allotment (http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/default.html) - an absolute boon when I was a complete novice.  Used to post on here but does not seem to anymore and does not seem to keep his website up to date either.  I hope he and his are all alright.
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: tim on April 23, 2008, 05:53:00
His Relish is delicious!
Title: Re: Pickled Garlic
Post by: antipodes on April 23, 2008, 13:20:46
I dunno if it counts as pickled garlic but here in France I have eaten preserved garlic - it is crunchy and packed in oil!! does anyone know how that is made? I wonder if it is brined? And you don't pong once you have eaten it!
And I am CONVINCED that this year's garlic crop will be good!! The stems are looking thick and healthy!! and still very green with several leaves. I overwintered them...and followed TIM's advice on using massive cloves.
WHy don't we have a fingers crossed smiley?  ;D