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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] BRAIDING GARLIC
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:17:41 -0600



BRAIDING GARLIC
by Donna Metcalfe
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/Misc/braiding-garlic/index.html


Braiding garlic is easy - plus it's the perfect way to preserve garlic and
ensure that it gets proper air circulation. It is important to use garlic
fresh from the garden, so that the leaves are attached and pliable. Rinse
the plants off, and choose the fullest heads for a better-looking braid.
Take three large heads and arrange them as shown at A. Braid the leaves
together once or twice, close to the garlic heads; braid tightly so that
the leaves don't show in between. Add a fourth head of garlic above the
center one; include its leaves with any one of the others and braid a
little more (B). Next, add two more heads, this time to the side. Include
their leaves with the others and keep braiding (C). Add one, then two, then
one again until the braid is as long as you want - or until you run out of
garlic. For the best appearance, keep the heads close together. (When I am
doing this for myself, however, I braid loosely, to make it easier to break
off the garlic heads as I use them; I don't care how it looks.) To finish,
braid the remaining leaves together, tie with twine. and trim the ends.
Hang to dry.





  • [Livingontheland] BRAIDING GARLIC, TradingPostPaul, 06/29/2007

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