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Garlic
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Arthur asks: I often hear you castigate people for using chopped garlic from a jar. What's wrong with it? I like not having to chop up garlic any time I want to use it. Tom sez: The problem with chopped garlic in jars is the garlic. While it may look like fresh chopped garlic, in fact it starts out as freeze-dried chopped garlic, of the kind you can buy on the spice rack. They just add water or olive oil and put it in the jar. Freeze-dried garlic has no more garlic flavor than does garlic powder. When you saute it, you get no aroma--which right there takes it out of my pantry. I have encountered fresh garlic in a jar before. But only rarely. And even that lacks a fresh flavor to me. Just get used to the idea of chopping garlic, even if it's in a food processor. As usual, convenience is the enemy of good taste. Revised 3/10/08 Copyright © 2008 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. |
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