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How do you store garlic?

Posted on 5/4/20 at 12:57 pm
Posted by tewino
Member since Aug 2009
2546 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 12:57 pm
For years I think I have been doing it all wrong by storing in the refrigerator. Recently I started leaving it out on the counter and I think it lasts longer and has more intense garlic flavor that way. I can’t believe that I have been doing it wrong my whole life. I was just doing what my mama told me.
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
7442 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 1:01 pm to
I leave it in the counter only bc it’s not chilled at the grocery store. Never put any more thought into it...UNTIL NOW!!!!
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86688 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 1:07 pm to
I've always kept mine on the counter right next to the onions
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20372 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 1:16 pm to
I have a drawer in my cabinets that has a screened in area cut in the drawer front. In that drawer goes onions, garlic and potatoes and they keep well that way.

When I pull garlic out of my garden in the early summer I'll put it on a large rack to completely dry, the cut off the roots and any dried growth above the bulb. Then it is stored in my shop in a couple of those open grocery hand held baskets or old milk crates.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87978 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 1:37 pm to
Hang it from my eaves.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50785 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 1:52 pm to
in a bowl on the kitchen counter
Posted by tewino
Member since Aug 2009
2546 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 1:57 pm to
So onions too? You keep those out? Wow I’ve been sooo wrong.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50785 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:03 pm to
let me help you...

onions, tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, sweet potatoes all get stored either out on the counter or in a drawer or basket. green vegetables and fruit go in the fridge
Posted by TigerAlum1982
Member since Sep 2011
1575 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:04 pm to
I have a LeCreuset garlic keeper that keeps it very fresh on the counter.
Posted by HandGrenade
Member since Oct 2010
11234 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:12 pm to
quote:

fruit go in the fridge


Except bananas! Those will go brown in a day if put in the fridge; at least they always have for me.
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
41492 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:18 pm to
Fresh garlic on the counter. I do keep a small jar of the pre chopped in my fridge though.
Posted by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
41492 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:20 pm to
I keep kiwi and peaches on the counter too. Apples it depends on the apple to me. Also season...summer I like a fresh crisp cold apple, but winter I dont care as much. Oranges I am usually split 50/50. Sometimes I put them in the fridge, sometimes I dont.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
50785 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:40 pm to
quote:

fruit go in the fridge

Except bananas!

bananas are not fruits, they are berries.

Posted by joeleblanc
Member since Jan 2012
4114 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 2:41 pm to
In the refrigerator in the jar I bought it in
Posted by TheEnglishman
On the road to Wellville
Member since Mar 2010
3310 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:23 pm to
Freezer.

Makes it much easier to peel and slice. Thaws quickly with a press of a knife to mince.

last for months.

Anywhere else and it softens too much to quickly.

But I purchase the big bags of garlic heads.
Posted by Rip N Lip
Zambodia
Member since Jul 2019
7740 posts
Posted on 5/4/20 at 3:53 pm to
quote:

I've always kept mine on the counter right next to the onions


In a bowl
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