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11-17-2009, 02:13 PM
| | | | Grate some fresh ginger, spread onto a cookie sheet or pyrex plate, whatever. Place in oven on low heat. (I've been using an old electric roaster oven on the lowest setting) After a little while you will have some very nice dried ginger for tea, cooking, baking, whatever. I like to use a simple tossed together blend of this with citrus peel and officinalis sage leaf for tea.
How do you guys peel garlic? I use the flat side of a large kitchen knife and smash the clove on a cutting board.
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11-17-2009, 02:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Same here, chef's knife flat on the clove, whack with the palm of my hand.
I read something interesting about garlic once. Raw garlic has a tremendous beneficial effect on one's health, and it's sometimes called a natural antibiotic. Like a lot of foods, much of those benefits are lost in the cooking process. However, I've heard that if you process the garlic (dice, mince, etc.... whatever the recipe calls for), and then let it lay on the board for 10-15 minutes before cooking it, it retains much more of its natural benefits.
Could just be bull****, I do it anyway. I need all the help I can get. 
Edit... Ah yeah, here it is, I knew I wasn't crazy... (DON'T say it) http://www.eatingwell.com/nutrition_...fits_of_garlic
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11-17-2009, 03:03 PM
|  | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | Just keep it out of the oven and eat it raw. YUM |
11-17-2009, 03:29 PM
| | | "Raw and wriggling" -Gollum, from Lord of the Rings
With gusto!
gusto |ˈgəstō|
noun ( pl. -tos or -toes)
1 enjoyment or vigor in doing something; zest : she sang it with gusto.
• [in sing. ] archaic a relish or liking : he had a particular gusto for those sort of performances.
2 archaic style of artistic execution.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Italian, from Latin gustus ‘taste.’ |
11-17-2009, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, Ontario | | | I was at a gig at a neighbouring symphony one time and the whole bass section (all men) went out to lunch. We talked about cooking, (recipes, pots & pans, knives, etc.), kids, houses and other domestic stuff.
When we got back to the hall, a bunch of women asked what we discussed. We told them the above. They just rolled their eyes and thought we were making fun of them or something. Ha ha. |
11-17-2009, 08:23 PM
| | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
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Originally Posted by bejoyous  I was at a gig at a neighbouring symphony one time and the whole bass section (all men) went out to lunch. We talked about cooking, (recipes, pots & pans, knives, etc.), kids, houses and other domestic stuff.
When we got back to the hall, a bunch of women asked what we discussed. We told them the above. They just rolled their eyes and thought we were making fun of them or something. Ha ha. | Attaboy! You have to keep them guessing. |
11-17-2009, 08:41 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | | If you're feeling under the weather, four words: Lemon Ginger Hot Toddy.
(HOT herbal tea, honey, fresh cut ginger, fresh-squeezed lemon + Irish whiskey. Makes me look forward to cold season.)
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11-19-2009, 12:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ubley, North Somerset | | | +1 to the toddy - but i substitute fresh garlic for the whiskey (not kidding - bloody amazing antiviral). |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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