Garlic Storage

Ragingirishman2

What is the best way to store roasted garlic? I was thinking of vac sealed or a mason jar?  If I vac seal some raw garlic should I refrigerate it?

lkapigian

Being a low acid high ph vegetable, vac seal and freeze to lower the available water activity AW, dehydrating is also a great option if you want to store unrefrigerated 

kl8ton

I like to store garlic in my belly. 

There was a recent thread or conversation on the forum about roasting large amounts at a time and then vacuum sealing to freeze.  Roasted garlic always at the ready!

kl8ton

Here is what I was misremembering:

https://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1231657/roasting-garlic

paqman

freeze it in an ice tray and then store in a ziploc bag once frozen

GrateEggspectations

paqman said:

freeze it in an ice tray and then store in a ziploc bag once frozen

I did this recently and now have enough garlic to get most people through a year (and maybe even a whole week for @caliking). 

Ozzie_Isaac

Not roasted, but this is how I store my garlic.

nolaegghead

There's always this storage medium.

Plenty of ways to store, but avoid storing in oil in the fridge, which is a recipe for botulism. You can confit garlic, but you need to acidify it (citric acid or something) to a pH below 4.6. Acidification won't render any existing botulism poison inert, so not a solution if you suspect it is already there.  Doesn't matter if it's cooked or not.

nolaegghead

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

Honey has a pH below 4.6.  There are enzymes in most honey from the bees that create hydrogen peroxide which acts as an antibiotic.  Manuka honey, only found where manuka plants live, has MGO which is an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. 

caliking

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

Honey has a pH below 4.6.  There are enzymes in most honey from the bees that create hydrogen peroxide which acts as an antibiotic.  Manuka honey, only found where manuka plants live, has MGO which is an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. 

Doesn't osmolarity also have something to do with it? 

nolaegghead

caliking said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

Honey has a pH below 4.6.  There are enzymes in most honey from the bees that create hydrogen peroxide which acts as an antibiotic.  Manuka honey, only found where manuka plants live, has MGO which is an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. 

Doesn't osmolarity also have something to do with it? 

Yes and no.  If you throw vegetables in and you’re adding something that’s 90% water, you have multiple phases.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

Honey has a pH below 4.6.  There are enzymes in most honey from the bees that create hydrogen peroxide which acts as an antibiotic.  Manuka honey, only found where manuka plants live, has MGO which is an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. 

I use manuka on my horses and have used it on burns.  Works like a treat.

And thank you for rhe explanation, didn't realize pH for honey was so low.

CTMike

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

Honey has a pH below 4.6.  There are enzymes in most honey from the bees that create hydrogen peroxide which acts as an antibiotic.  Manuka honey, only found where manuka plants live, has MGO which is an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. 

I use manuka on my horses and have used it on burns.  Works like a treat.

And thank you for rhe explanation, didn't realize pH for honey was so low.

I guess honey has long been known to have medicinal purposes. SWMBO has diabetes, and gave herself a deep gash on her shin when she ran in to the corner of the dishwasher door (door was open as she was emptying it). Wouldn’t heal after many weeks due to low blood flow to that area I was told. Eventually the wound care doc prescribed the honey product below to be placed directly on the wound and then bandaged. Thing was healed in a couple weeks, and now she has a cool shark tooth shaped scar. 

nolaegghead

SWMBO tells me she has used that Medihoney all the time on wounds for patients.  Same type of wounds.

Ozzie_Isaac

CTMike said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Vacuum sealed with no air is the same as in oil (or water, don't know who would do that).

I see a lot of garlic in honey fermentation recipes.  I always wonder about that.  Is the sugar content high enough to kill bacteria?

Honey has a pH below 4.6.  There are enzymes in most honey from the bees that create hydrogen peroxide which acts as an antibiotic.  Manuka honey, only found where manuka plants live, has MGO which is an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. 

I use manuka on my horses and have used it on burns.  Works like a treat.

And thank you for rhe explanation, didn't realize pH for honey was so low.

I guess honey has long been known to have medicinal purposes. SWMBO has diabetes, and gave herself a deep gash on her shin when she ran in to the corner of the dishwasher door (door was open as she was emptying it). Wouldn’t heal after many weeks due to low blood flow to that area I was told. Eventually the wound care doc prescribed the honey product below to be placed directly on the wound and then bandaged. Thing was healed in a couple weeks, and now she has a cool shark tooth shaped scar. 

Yup, it works great.  Heals burns lickety split.  Also road rash.  Never tried it on deep gashes/cuts, but might have to if opportunity occurs.

We also use silver spray and tumeric sauves, but honey seems the best.

nolaegghead

Silver can (with enough use) cause Argyria, which is also the first step to become Na’vi

🤪😨🥶🧞‍♂️😂

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Silver can (with enough use) cause Argyria, which is also the first step to become Na’vi

🤪😨🥶🧞‍♂️😂

Takes dedication, but in certain circumstances is worth the effort.