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So on the way back from AV we stopped in Gilroy and I bought a 3 lb sack of fresh garlic. Now what the hell do I do with 3 lbs of garlic? Throw me some ideas! (no, I haven't seen any vampires in the neighborhood....)

Mojitos!

Wait, no...

lebanese garlic sauce:

skin and crush 45 cloves of garlic
add 150mi of olive oil, and the juice of one lemon. whup it all together.

traditionally this is used as a sauce for poultry and lamb dishes, or as the basis for a sauce in any number of other dishes. cut it with some yoghourt for a hair-raising dip experience. chuck a bit of it in any dish you can think of - mashed potatoes, pasta sauce, the list goes on.

Eat them

cut the tops off of a couple of heads, pour some olive oil, salt n pepper, wrap them in foil, and roast in the oven for 20 mins or so, When they are good and soft, let them cool, and squeeze out the yummy roasted cloves. They can then be smashed up and kept in a jar in the fridge for a while. I love roasted garlic on toast. (and everything else)

that's what I'm talking about! Keep 'em coming!

ward off vampires

Check out this site - lots of recipes from Gilroy Garlic festival:

http://www.garlicfestival.com/recipes.php

Unfortunately the link to deserts wasn't working for me - that's where I'd expect to find one or two for Garlic Ice Cream, tastier than it sounds...

throw them in whole when you bake potatoes and just eat them with a little butter and salt. nice. Chick peas lemon, garlic and spices cook then in the food processor(humus)

Pickeled Garlic is one of my favorites!

+1 They are sometimes pickled with beets to give them a nice color.

http://gourmettraveller.com.au/confit_garlic_and_thyme_bread.htm

or

http://www.plaincook.com/basic-confit-of-garlic-Recipe-2006-11-26

+1 Roast it Baby!!!
( 20 miniutes or so in a 350-375f) or until GBD*)
*golden brown and delicious.

Spudgun ammo

This is my first pick!

Let us know when you have the bbq!

this sounds fantastic and deadly!

I actually had a taste of garlic ice cream where I bought all the garlic. GAAAAH! Not a fan.

Ya baby roast those honeys on the BBQ! With some olive oil and chow down with a cold bottle of white!

Whole garlic cloves under the skin of a roasted chicken is pretty darn good. There's always compound butter.

Toss a couple in the pet carrier of some unsuspecting "friend" before they depart for a long, hot 600 mile ride. See what happens next...

Buglake you are evil. PEW!!!

ha ha that would go really nicely with some of that fish jerky from the Salton Sea!

Garlic Ice Cream: http://www.garlicworld.com/icecream.html

The food or the company you would have at the bbq?!?!

fine, fine! Your gentle hints have worked. You're invited already.

that sauce does sound delightful. I've had it in Lebanese restaurants but did not know it was so simple to make.

looks like I'll be going to my local mediterranean place for lunch today...

garlic sauce = mouth watering good times

thanks for helping me decide what's for lunch!

Menu

Warm Roasted Garlic with Focaccia bread
Garlic Steamed Clams
Salad with Garlic Vinaigrette Dressing
Ravioli with Garlic basil alfredo sauce
Garlic Roasted prime rib with garlic mash potatoes Or
Garlic Roasted Dungenes crab
Vanilla or coconut gelato.


You won't have any problems with crowds for a couple days after this meal.

See www.thestinkingrose.com for more choices for garlic lovers

a couple more from the Stinking rose

http://www.thestinkingrose.com/recipies.htm

Make a garlic necklace, put it around your neck and then go into blockbusters and rent out Tru Blood and see what happens!

You can make a lot of chicken adobo with that much garlic!!

I just remembered that the next movie in my Netflix queue is a vampire flick. That's kind of funny.