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| I harvested my garlic today; looks pretty good. My question is thi - is there any down side to drying the bulbs with a little dirt on them? Some of them cleaned up really easily, but others, the outer skin doesn't rub off with my fingers, and I didn't want to damage the cloves. But will drying them with a little dirt make them subject to rot? (I'm new at this)
Thanks in advance, Kim |
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| Sorry if I misunderstand but it is the individual cloves you dry, not the whole head, the bulb. And yes they must be peeled first. But peeling garlic cloves takes more than just rubbing them with the fingers. Here are the instructions from NCHFP: DRYING GARLIC PEELING GARLIC CLOVES You can also peel cloves with a thin very sharp knife by thinly slicing off the hard base of the clove. The rest of the covering is then easily removed. Hope this helps. Dave |
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| Do you mean drying them as in dehydrating them or drying them as in letting them cure for storage? If the former then follow digdirt's directions. If you mean drying them out so they can be store as whole bulbs, then no, a little dirt will not hurt them. Let them cure a couple of weeks and the dirt should come right off. |
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| Also, when you dig the garlic, if you pull the lower leaves straight down over the bulb, the dirty skin over the bulb will peel off leaving clean bulbs. |
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| I meant drying them as in letting them cure for storage - thanks for all your answers; very helpful! |
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| Okay, so I was primarily talking about curing the heads for storage, but since about 8 of the heads I dug up had clove separation starting, and the literature says they won't store well, I am separating the rest of the cloves & preparing to dry them - thanks, Dave! |
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- Posted by gardengalrn 5KS (My Page) on Thu, Jun 21, 12 at 23:12
| If you have some bulbs separating, you might try what I did last year and will do again this time. I cured quite a few whole heads too. I separated and peeled the cloves, then put them in a roaster with olive oil. After they were kinda mushy, I smashed them with a fork and froze batches in ice cube trays or small baggies. I had a huge crop last year and so did some experimenting. I did another huge batch roasted with some onions, then pureed and froze as above. It was wonderful to have on hand for stir fry, sauces, etc. Lori |
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