"Natural antibiotics" can garlic still be eaten after sprouting? How to keep it from sprouting? Four ways to make you eat fresh garlic every day!

Garlic is a very common vegetable for us, and there are many love to eat even a few raw every day, as a treasure, but garlic is indeed a wide range of uses, but not resistant to preservation, especially after buying more will be easy to sprout, then garlic germination can also eat? How can it be preserved without germination?

Can garlic sprout and eat?

In fact, garlic germination is very common, some people think that has sprouted garlic is bad, not fresh, will choose to discard. Actually this is wrong, sprouted garlic is even better than ordinary garlic.

Why does garlic sprout?

Many people do not know that garlic itself is a seed, so when it is in the right environment, it will continue to grow, to a certain time, it will naturally germinate, is a very normal phenomenon. Garlic ripens in June, goes dormant throughout the summer, and continues to sprout in the fall. This is also why some people's garlic after a long time found germination, they think it is a long time bad.

3. How can garlic be preserved without sprouting?

1. For growers

(1) Cold storage

Garlic growers who often plant garlic, one or several, will have cold storage, one is to harvest garlic, will not sell so fast, in order to ensure that it does not germinate, it must be transported to the cold storage, prolong the germination time; second, can sell anti-season, the profit will be higher. The temperature of the refrigerator is generally around 0 degrees, but note that the humidity should not be too high, about 70%, once the humidity is too high, it will also germinate.

(2) Drying

Just harvest wet garlic, drying in the sun, can effectively delay the germination time, such as some time ago, garlic is harvested, this year's garlic market is not optimistic, some growers garlic sales are not ideal, how to do? First dried, then stored in a dry and ventilated place, can delay germination for several months.

(3) Suspension

The dried garlic is braided into "braids" and hung in ventilated and dry places, such as some growers, which have sheds specially used to hang garlic, or on beams, etc. The scene is estimated to have been seen in our minds, provided that we do not get rained on.

2. For families

(1) Drying

If you buy wet garlic and can't finish it for a while, you can dry it and put it in a ventilated and dry place to ensure that it doesn't germinate when you finish eating.

(2) Refrigerator

Put the refrigerator is also a way, but to put in the preservation area (not recommended in the frozen area), it is recommended to dry first, under normal circumstances, can ensure that a few months do not germinate.

(3) Sealing

Seal with a plastic bag, take out some when eating, and then seal, and then take out some when eating again, the method to ensure that there is no "bad garlic", if found, take it out in time, do not affect other good garlic.

4) Where you want to put it.

This point is suitable for friends who buy a little garlic every time, such as buying a few heads or a dozen heads at a time, which can be eaten in two or three days. Where do you want to put it? Before it sprouts, it will be eaten into your stomach.