Amber garlic

Here’s my aged garlic, which is something new and available at our Japanese supermarket.

It has a strong but mellow garlicky scent which smells kind of like soy sauce. It’s also incredibly soft.

According to its maker, this amberish garlic had undergone a maturing process for 2 weeks under low temperatures which in turn raises the level of S-allyl cystein (a beneficial compound broken down from allicin) to an exceptional high.

You should really see the wrinkles!

[Update It has a mild pickled taste, otherwise almost bland.]

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3 Comments »

1. From Liz
   8 04, 2008 @ 2:56 pm

   I’ve never seen that before. How does it taste? We stopped at an Asian grocery last weekend. Yeah! I was thrilled to find udon, soba, and real soy sauce.

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2. From Tracy
   10 04, 2008 @ 4:39 am

   I’ve not heard of or seen this before either…I sounds good! With the luck I’m having getting good, fresh ginger where I’m living, I have little hope of finding this special garlic–LOL! Happy Day ((HUGS))

3. From M.Kate
   10 04, 2008 @ 11:07 pm

   never seen it here either…will look out for it the next time, happy weekend

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