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GHOSTopher Bird
@mightygodking.com

washing out the 2-liter jar of Putter's dill pickles we bought in March and doing math because those pickle slices lasted us six months for ten dollars (and were good pickles)

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GHOSTopher Bird
@mightygodking.com

a Costco buy, of course. also a Costco buy: the container of peeled garlic cloves for $15 that I chopped up in our blender, froze into squares and use for almost every meal (because we both like garlic). just about out of those, they lasted us five months.

GHOSTopher Bird
@mightygodking.com

I mean if we owned a home - or had room for a chest freezer - we could absolutely maximize the fuck out of this type of long-term capacity, but even in our small apartment it is eminently doable.

Anne Libby
@annelibby.bsky.social

This is a great idea! do you add any extra fluid, or just scoop the garlic into the freezer container? Not only does this seem like a money-saver, it's also frustrating/annoying when the fresh garlic has partly gone bad.

GHOSTopher Bird
@mightygodking.com

I don't add fluid - you don't need it. I put the chopped garlic into freezer bags, seal the bags, smoosh them flat, then I use a ruler to create indentations in the garlic before I freeze it. Then whenever I need garlic, I break off a square - each one is about two cloves or so.

GHOSTopher Bird
@mightygodking.com

You can also use ice cube trays (and then empty the frozen garlic cubes into a freezer bag) but most ice cube trays end up being about 3-4 cloves so I prefer the indentation method.