BilletHead Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 I knew we had wild onion or garlic growing up the road, actually all over. Never gave it a thought about using it. This spring early I plucked a start and cut the bulb in half. Smelled like garlic or onion like but slicing it I noticed a center and little concentric rings around that center. Thought more like garlic starting to form. As the tops started maturing and a little seedling head formed I picked one today.. Garlic for sure. Picked of a tiny clove off the cluster and popped it into my mouth. Wow garlic with a hot bite! Came back to the house and grabbed a bucket. Started pulling plants from the damp soil. Many different sizes. If I could find a lone plant there was a big head.If there was several plants clustered together smaller deformed heads where the cloves had separated from the head in the past, not went anywhere and tried to grow in the tight group. Here is today's finds. One very large head that rivals some heads I have bought in the store, smaller ones and one that has started breaking apart ready to make many little plants. I am thinking of incorporating some of this wild garlic in some of our dishes, BilletHead Johnsfolly, Daryk Campbell Sr and dan hufferd 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted July 4, 2016 Author Posted July 4, 2016 33 minutes ago, rps said: I bet those are super! No delay from harvest to use. Yes pick and use. I did make a mistake though. Been right here on the world wide web learning about drying garlic. Looks like I needed to leave the whole plant, roots and stems. Tie several plants together by the stems and hang to dry for a few weeks then take tops off, trim the roots and store. Right now I have those pictured on top of a fan trying to dry some. I could also and think I will take out the cloves put in a jar and add olive oil and store in the freezer. if you store in oil at room temperature botulism toxins can occur. Ok and all is not lost I can run up the road to the great outdoor pantry and pick more. Funny my freezer gets fuller instead of emptying out. BilletHead Johnsfolly 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
rps Posted July 4, 2016 Posted July 4, 2016 Peel them, immerse them in good extra virgin olive oil, and they will keep forever. And, as you use them, you can use the oil as well. My mouth is watering. Daryk Campbell Sr and BilletHead 2
BilletHead Posted July 6, 2016 Author Posted July 6, 2016 Picked a bunch more wild garlic this morning. This time as I had read I bunched the garlic up and hung it in one of my shops. I have a small AC unit in there and keep it about 75 degrees with a 45 % more or less humidity . Should dry fine like this, BilletHead tho1mas 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Flysmallie Posted July 6, 2016 Posted July 6, 2016 Well that should solve the vampire problem. ness and BilletHead 2
BilletHead Posted July 6, 2016 Author Posted July 6, 2016 Yes it should Ronnie. When it is dry I will string me up some for a necklace. You never know what lurks in BilletHeadVille. By the back door I keep my mallet, wooden stake,cross and gun loaded with a silver bullet. The garlic breath I have today will keep any strange girls away too, BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
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