Subj : Plan Aheads
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Mar 18 2025 13:23:33
Hi Dave,
RH> I got a bottle of powder once, saw that on the label. Went back to the
RH> granules after using up that bottle. I'll also use fresh garlic quite
RH> often.
DD> As will I. But,when I'm making a recipe on repeat - like chilli -
DD> using granules give me a known strength and repeatability. I have had
DD> cloves
DD> of freshgarlic that would not offend Mrs. Grundy and other that would
DD> drop a vampire in his tracks three counties away.
If, when I'm prepping it, I think the fresh isn't strong enough, I'll
either add more cloves or add some granules to the pot. I know they're 2
different things but we use "powder" as the generic around here.
DD> I appreciate the granulated stuff because it is of a known strength
DD> and therefore gives the same result from use to use. I have had some
DD> fresh garlic that was *very* pungent and some that was so bland as
DD> to not really show up in the flavour profile of the dish.
DD> That was a senior moment. Should have read ahead a 'graph or two - but
DD> it's still true.
RH> I know what you mean; I've had garlic smelling fingers quite often,
RH> other times, not so. The other day when Steve was making his chili, he
RH> asked me if we had any fresh garlic. I pulled out the head, asked him
RH> how much he wanted and then put the requested 5 cloves thru the
RH> chopper. They were big, but not really very strong as I didn't smell
RH> much on my hands afterwards. Sometimes I'll use the chopper, sometimes
RH> I'll just smash it with the flat side of a knife blade and chop it a
RH> bit. Saw the latter technique on, either an Alton Brown or Emeril
RH> cooking show some years ago.
DD> I've got a "squisher" that is, I think, termed a garlic press. And, of
I've got one I inherited from when my grandmother passed away in 1974, a
newer one and then a gadget we picked up at Cracker Barrel, to replace a
worn out William Sonoma same thing. It's a garlic smasher (in our
terms), put in the garlic and smash down the top. Finely diced garlic
then falls into an attached cup. It's sort of like your handy chopper
thing but on a smaller scale.
DD> course, there's always the chef's knife or cleaver (If I've been
DD> watching "Yan Can Cook". Bv)=
I've done that often enough, impressed our girls when they were old
enough to realise what I was doing.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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