Post by divtal on Aug 17, 2021 19:39:47 GMT
Over that past few months, I've been finding some inner cloves of garlic that are turning yellow/brown, and are dried and flaky. Obviously, that isn't "good." And, a Google inquiry confirmed that it indicates that it has turned "bad." DUH!
When I buy a new head, I look for a tight outer skin/paper, without breaks in it that expose outer cloves. And, I know not to buy a head that has green shoots coming from the "stem" end. I also feel for firmness. Yet, it's becoming more common to find these unusable cloves.
I cook with a lot of garlic, and a head doesn't last long in my kitchen. So, it's not a matter of it sitting around, unused, for long periods of time.
The Google search only speaks to the condition of the individual cloves, which you don't begin to see until you begin to separate them. Am I missing a clue when I look at the heads, in the market?
When I buy a new head, I look for a tight outer skin/paper, without breaks in it that expose outer cloves. And, I know not to buy a head that has green shoots coming from the "stem" end. I also feel for firmness. Yet, it's becoming more common to find these unusable cloves.
I cook with a lot of garlic, and a head doesn't last long in my kitchen. So, it's not a matter of it sitting around, unused, for long periods of time.
The Google search only speaks to the condition of the individual cloves, which you don't begin to see until you begin to separate them. Am I missing a clue when I look at the heads, in the market?
