What are the fresh-keeping methods of garlic? How much should I eat every day? How should I eat it? (with the latest price quotation)

Garlic is our common food, and it can be found in many dishes. Whether vegetables or fish, all need it to add flavor, it can be said to be one of the essential excipients. So what are the methods of keeping garlic fresh? How much garlic should I eat every day? How to eat garlic is better? What's the latest price of garlic?

I. fresh-keeping methods of garlic

1. De-tipping method

Cutting off the garlic stalk will effectively prevent the garlic from getting damp and sprouting. This method can be preserved for at least half a month.

2. Tin foil preservation method

Wrap the whole garlic with tin foil, leaving no gaps as far as possible, which can effectively block the sun and air and avoid garlic oxidation. This method can be saved for 2 months.

3. Split method

Split the garlic, remove the skin, leave only one layer of skin on each flap, then put it in a fresh bag and refrigerate. This method can be saved for 3 months.

4. Garlic oil method

The garlic is chopped and sauteed, put into a fresh-keeping jar, refrigerated, take as you like, and can be preserved for half a year.

5. Cold storage method

The refrigerator has always been a good place for us to keep the physical freshness, and the fresh garlic we bought can also be stored in the refrigerator. The method is to remove the outer layers of the fresh garlic, leaving only the innermost thin skin. Put the peeled garlic cloves into a fresh box with a lid, and then put it into the freezer.

This method can keep the garlic fresh for two or three months, and the operation is very simple, but it can't be kept for a long time, after all, the storage of garlic is only temporary.

6. Suspension storage method

Put all the garlic in an open container (even better if you have the bamboo basket of the past), and then hang the container in a cool and ventilated position so that you don't encounter direct sunlight.

If you buy fresh garlic, you still need to remove the hanging container in about a week or so, check to see if the garlic has a place to dry, and then hang it again. Just keep hanging until the garlic is completely dried.

7. Pack plastic bags

The old garlic bought in winter is easy to germinate. If you use the method of hanging storage, it is easy to sprout before the garlic is finished. Put the garlic in a clean plastic bag and sprinkle some edible salt into the plastic bag. Wrap the garlic completely in a plastic bag and then put it in a cool and ventilated position. This can not only keep the garlic fresh for a long time, but also make it less easy to germinate. it is also a common storage method for modern people.

How much garlic is appropriate to eat every day?

Garlic is eaten 2 to 3 cloves a day, 4 to 6 cloves cooked, and halved for children. Because garlic is warm, tastes pungent, sweet, and enters the spleen, stomach and lungs from the "Materia Medica" records that garlic is pungent and poisonous, causing phlegm and fire, dissipating gas and blood consumption, and people who are weak and hot should not touch their lips. Eating more garlic dissipates gas and consumes blood, and it is easy to cause liver fire. Two or three valves a day are both effective and not harmful to the body.

Third, how to eat garlic?

It's better to eat garlic raw. Because allicin, the most important active substance in garlic, is only found in chopped or ground raw garlic, it is best to eat garlic after crushing and leaving it in the air for 10 to 15 minutes until alliin is completely converted to allicin.

IV. The latest price of garlic

The current market price of garlic is shown in the picture, which is for reference only and needs to be sold mainly in the local market.