By processing two heads I have lying around, I am making my own variety of that pre-fab garlic you see in the store. In our co-op, it retails at 5.99 for the organic variety, appearing to be all together 3 Tbsp worth. No thanks!! We'll wind up with triple the quantity, a fresher taste, and a pinch of satisfaction for the bargain price of 1.17 approximately and a smidge of courage.
I will process a few cloves, cover it in oil and store in the fridge. For what reason would you have garlic "lying around", you ask. I thought you were into DIY... doesn't that require the use of garlic??
The reason is that this seasons local garlic is just coming up. Our stock pile of local garlic ran out half way through the year due to gross underestimations of how much we'd use. So the garlic I am grinding today is supermarket soft neck garlic we bought to get buy.
It is to garlic what boxed mashed potatoes are to common sense.
You may be thinking- hey! I love garlic, and I buy it at the supermarket. And that may be true. But the truest truth is that local heirloom garlic is the Platonic Idea of garlic, what all garlic aspires to be without knowing it. It is the self-actualiation of Garlic on Masow's Heirarchy of Needs. And it comes in so many varieties. Schmidts, Musik, and more... too many to try and wait! You may not have known until now, and we forgive you, but now you have no excuse to not go to the farmers market and try it.
So to make me feel less bad about not getting to the other stuff until it potentially goes rancid. I am storing it for those moments when peeling and chopping seem nearly unbearable, but you still want the punch.
Tah dah!!
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