Anyone pickled garlic? About 20 heads just showed up at my house...

Edit: counted. Closer to 40.

Are you asking how or if we want some....?

If your askin how you go about it the same way you pickle anything. Any basic brine recipe will do =)

Preferred recipes, actually. I've made zucchini pickles, then went to do the same with some straight onions and the onions are...rather crisper than expected.

Not sure if the garlic should be that crispy.

If you dont want it really crispy, you can boil it in your brine solution for a few minutes before you drop it in the jar. But dont do it to long or it'll get to mushy... I'd say about 3-5 minutes once the brine starts to boil.

The recipes I've seen all say 2 minutes. Ok, sounds like I've got plans for tomorrow afternoon!

Pickled Garlic

1 lb. garlic
1 quart water
1 tablespoon kosher salt
bay leaves
black peppercorn
1 cup vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup sugar

Boil water and salt, add peeled garlic. Boil 3 to 5 minutes, drain.
Fill small jars with garlic, one bay leaf and 5 peppercorns.
Boil the vinegar with water and sugar, pour over garlic and immediately close jars.

For the next time you have some Tuna Spinal Jelly laying around and don't know what to do with it...

Four half pint jars of garlic done...we'll see how they look before doing anything with the rest.

Take 1 Nectarine. Slightly soft to the touch, no obvious bruises. Slice in half, remove the pit. Slice each half into eighths.

Lick the juices from your fingers.

Arrange the slice in a medium sized bowl.

Sprinkle with vanilla sugar, just a dusting.

Drizzle with cream.

Wait until the sugar dissolves, and the cream takes on some of the color from the nectarines.

Enjoy decadence.

I'd share, but...

tease!


:D

Blueberry Buckle


I'll share, but you have to get here fast...I'm afraid this just won't last very long.

:D

Dinner tonight. Sausage, roasted red peppers and spinach torta.

Chicken pot pie.





It's a cheat, using puffed pastry as the crust. But tasty!

Ok, I want Maven to move in with me and teach me how to cook. Or on second thought, just make me goodies. Yummy!

Question: How come you have never considered being on Top Chef or Hell's Kitchen? Two of my favorite addictions.

*twitch*

Cuz cooking is fun...Something like that would scare the HE-double-hockey-sticks out of me. I'm not the competitive type, really. All the people on those shows a) have training and b)a will to go for blood!

I'm pondering a change of careers, but I'll do it slowly and with schooling and fancy stuff like that. :)

But thanks! I appreciate the compliment.

Jalepeno Cheddar scones.

Jalepeno and Cheddar...... scones?!
Wow, this opens up a whole new window of oppurtunity for my taste buds, scones flavored with something besides fruit or chocolate. These sound amazing! Got any other non sweet scone recipes?

There are lots of savory scone recipes out there. Scones aren't inherently sweet, so it's just a matter of what you add. An egg wash to give them a pretty crust, but whatever fillings you want! We were thinking basil would be tasty...Or just go pesto.

Golfiados
(recipe from kero!)

Venison from my friend = tasty lunch for me!