[Market-farming] Garlic Powder

Alliums garlicgrower at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 15 13:47:35 EST 2004


Lucy wrote:


>I started making garlic powder due to a bumper crop of garlic and bad 
>sales and at $2 an ounce it is selling out.

That price might be a little low (although I live in a higher prices area 
overall than Lucy).  Check to see how much Frontier's dried herbs are 
selling in your area health food stores and price your stuff the same or 
higher -- Frontier is also organic, no fillers, etc, so I like using them 
as my "commercial key" for pricing.

 >put the powder through a fine wire strainer to get out the bigger bits 
which become granulated garlic

Frontier sells both "garlic powder" and "granulated garlic" -- go ahead and 
see if you can sell both (maybe the granulated a few cents cheaper).  Some 
people want to see the garlic in their food and the granulated also makes a 
nice garnish for soups or mashed potatoes, so it's worth seeing if you can 
get a market for it. . .


Here is my blurb on making garlic powder if anyone is interested:

I peeled the cloves, washed them, then tossed them in the food processor 
fitted with the steel blade.  I used the Pulse setting until the cloves 
were chopped, but not pureed.  Next, I lined a tray of my Excalibur 
dehydrator with parchment cooking paper (I don't trust plastic wrap) and 
spread the chopped garlic thinly over the paper.  The garlic dried 
overnight at 125 degrees F.  (The house smelled wonderful!) The next 
morning, I peeled the dried garlic off the cooking paper, tossed it into 
the blender and let it rip until there was nothing but dust!  Once I'd 
turned off the blender and let the powder settle, I poured it into an 
airtight spice jar.  It looks great and tastes even better!  You can even 
save the parchment paper for the next time you want to make garlic 
powder-just fold it up and place it in a ziploc bag. You'll never forget 
what you used the cooking paper for - the smell alone will remind you!

Hope this is helpful!

Dorene


Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden

A mission of
St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA  19460




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