His Majesty garlic: storage at home

To consume garlic for human consumption is necessary throughout the year. It is a good tool for the prevention of colds and infectious diseases. He gives a lot of spicy and spicy food to many dishes. Therefore, almost all the hostesses are trying to procure a certain amount of this vegetable for the winter. But not all of them know how to do it right. The topic of our article is "Garlic: Storage at Home." From the information below, you can learn all the rules for preparing a toothy vegetable for long-term storage, as well as reliable ways of preparing it for future use. So, read and remember.

How to prepare garlic for storage?

Immediately after the vegetable has been excavated from the soil, it should be disintegrated in a dry, dark place. It can be done under a tree, on a balcony, in a barn. Keep out of direct sunlight and moisture. When the plants dry out, the stems are cut off, the remains of the earth are shaken off the heads. The roots are cut with scissors, stepping down from the teeth 1 cm. Some landladies claim that garlic is kept better if its roots are burned with a candle. If further storage of the vegetable is supposed to be in "scythes", then it is not necessary to cut off the stems, only root processing is carried out.

Garlic: storage

At home, you can save the heads of garlic fresh throughout the year. How? Let's talk about this in more detail.

• Prepared heads are placed in bags made of kapron tights, or special nets and stored in a suspended state.
• If you restrict air access to the heads, they will last much longer. To do this, oil them with vegetable oil. The ideal option is linen, but considering that it costs a lot, you can use olive, sunflower, and any other oil to treat garlic. The same effect can be achieved if the heads are covered with a layer of wax. To do this, they need to be folded into a mesh, tied and dipped into a melted warm (not hot) wax. After hardening, store this bag of garlic, hanging it on the hook.
• Stems with heads braided on the principle of a wreath or braids and suspended in a cool dry place.
• How else can you save garlic for a long time? Storage at home of this vegetable can be carried out in glass jars. To do this, they are sterilized and filled with garlic heads. Some housewives pour them with flour. Cover the container can be both plastic lids, and twist the metal. Preserved heads, harvested in this way, for a very long time, preserving all their useful properties.
• Storage of garlic in salt. In a plywood box (parcel post) or a wooden barrel, dry salt is poured onto the bottom. Spread the heads so that they do not touch each other. Cover them with a layer of salt. Then another tier of garlic is formed and again covered with salt. Thus, the entire container is filled. On the top layer of salt should be at least 3-4 centimeters.
• Save garlic for 4-5 months can be in the fridge. To do this, fold it into a tissue bag and put it on the bottom shelf.

Now you also know how to save for a long time in a fresh form such a healthy and healthy vegetable, like garlic. Keeping it at home is not difficult. We wish you to successfully save the entire harvest of the toothy vegetable.