Re:In defence of garlic in a jar
by hinkley on Friday July 01, 2022 @02:13PM
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My partner is impatiently waiting for me to pull up the garlic I planted, which is not ready yet. First hot spell turned some leaves brown but that doesn't mean it's ready.
She does use jarred garlic for some dishes, we still go through a lot of store bought garlic, but she says it's rather bland compared to the stuff from the garden. I haven't done a side by side comparison but I don't have any reason to doubt her. Transport stable crops tend to be lacking in other characters so that probably is a lot of it. But most heirloom and landrace garlic has to survive at least 4 months and preferably 6 in storage to be viable as seed garlic, so it's not like peaches or mulberries where you have to eat, cook or can them by day 2 or they're mush.
She does use jarred garlic for some dishes, we still go through a lot of store bought garlic, but she says it's rather bland compared to the stuff from the garden. I haven't done a side by side comparison but I don't have any reason to doubt her. Transport stable crops tend to be lacking in other characters so that probably is a lot of it. But most heirloom and landrace garlic has to survive at least 4 months and preferably 6 in storage to be viable as seed garlic, so it's not like peaches or mulberries where you have to eat, cook or can them by day 2 or they're mush.