Just a warning on garlic stored in oil... Garlic in oil is very popular, but homemade garlic in oil can cause botulism if not handled correctly. Unrefrigerated garlic-in-oil mixes can foster the growth of clostridium botulinum bacteria, which produces poisons that do not affect the taste or smell of the oil. Chad -----Original Message----- From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> On Behalf Of Luminita Vollmer Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 2:24 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] The world's most desired bulb CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Western Digital. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know that the content is safe. Dear Jane So sorry to hear about your not finding fresh garlic at the store! I can share with you my findings about garlic, especially the fact that 80% of the garlic consumed in the US comes from China. I just went outside in the garden to check on my martagon lilies, they were up since last week, then we got more than 6 inches of snow on Easter, and yesterday and today we had layers of heavy snow and bright sun. My lilies are still there - but look at my garlic, I planted 120 cloves last fall, Red Russian. Does well with cold and has large cloves, about 8-10 from each one. As far as keeping the covids away - I eat 2-3 cloves every day, the fresh garlic, before you dry it to store, it boosts the immune system goes the story, at least that is what I heard! I plant in October, harvest in June, wait 2 days then clean it and store it in a jar with oil. That is what I eat. I leave some in the garden until August, and that keeps until the new harvest the following year, in a cold spot of your home, cold room. Like any bulb, garlic is an amazing plant! I find it difficult to cook without it, or eat anything without it, even make garlic jelly. The porcelain garlic keeps better, but here in MN - all garlic keeps! ;) ElVee On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 2:05 PM Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > Just returned from the supermarket (first time in 12 days!). In the > produce department, I asked if they had any garlic by now. I can > barely cook without it. > > "No, we never have any these days." > > "I think people must be using it thinking it'll keep them from getting > covid." > > "That's exactly it. It's all over the internet." > > "It would be! This is straight out of the Middle Ages!" > > "Yeah, it sure is." > > "Well, at least the vampires won't get them." > > So I guess I'll have to sniff some of my Allium species to see if > they're a good substitute. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, PSA (Pacific States of America) > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_1548.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 6694928 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…