GREEN GARLIC

[gary_p]

Hi All
I crushed a couple of cloves of garlic a week ago, put them in a sealed jar in the fridge, came to use them tonight and they had started to turn a greenish colour. Has this happened to anyone else.

Have they gone off. The garlic bulbs where purchased a day or two earlier.

Any thoughts on this please


Regards

[chewytikka]

Somebody posted a while back about the same experience, except theirs had turned blue.
The opinion was to bin it.

2 cloves, not much wasted really.
cheers Chewy

[Secret Santa]

Perfectly edible. In fact I've just finished off a batch of the green stuff myself.

I did post the chemsitry of the reaction many-a-moon ago (which I've now forgotten).

It depends on your source water, which is why some people get the reaction and some don't.

[StoneCut]

Green garlic usually has a bit of sting/bite to it. When you're making a curry that isn't a problem but if you do a pasta sauce then it might be too "hot".

[Razor]

Hi Gary,

I'm not clear on how you have prepared your garlic but in the past I have blended garlic and ginger in water and indeed, it turned green in no time!  Even though SS did post the science behind this, I just couldn't bring myself to eat it.

These days, I blend garlic and ginger with oil and a sprinkle of salt, and it stay creamy white for the duration.

Hope that helps?

Ray

[Secret Santa]

These days, I blend garlic and ginger with oil and a sprinkle of salt, and it stay creamy white for the duration.

And then you potentially open yourself up to botulinum toxin. You just can't win!  ;D

[h4ppy-chris]

These days, I blend garlic and ginger with oil and a sprinkle of salt, and it stay creamy white for the duration.

And then you potentially open yourself up to botulinum toxin. You just can't win!  ;D

how is that SS ? as i make mine "I blend garlic and ginger with oil and a sprinkle of salt," no water.

[Secret Santa]

These days, I blend garlic and ginger with oil and a sprinkle of salt, and it stay creamy white for the duration.

And then you potentially open yourself up to botulinum toxin. You just can't win!  ;D

how is that SS ? as i make mine "I blend garlic and ginger with oil and a sprinkle of salt," no water.

I believe it's the reaction with the chloride in the salt and/or with copper in the water. I wish I could find my post because that explained it all and, like I say, I've forgotten the details now.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Might this be it ?

[Secret Santa]

Might this be it ?

No Phil. The post I'm referring to was much more detailed with the exact chemistry of the reaction. In any event, it was posted under a different nick and was probably about four or five years ago now. Long enough for my brain to lose hold of the details.