Storing Chopped Chillis & Garlic?

[parapaul]

I've got some time off coming up, and thought it would pass a few hours to chop some of the mountains of chillis and garlic cloves that I seem to have accumulated recently...

I've got suitable jars, but what's best to keep them moist? I suspect some sort of oil, but what type?

The pre-chopped stuff in the supermarket is in vinegar so not only needs washing before use but no doubt loses a lot of its flavour as a result.

[XJSJohn]

probably a light olive oil would work, i suspect that the other veggie oils will probably taint the flavour a bit.

[Colonial]

It can't take that long to freshly chop chilli and garlic can it?

I've always found it loses some flavour no matter what you use and is too much of a compromise imo

[kryten]

freeze it in ice cube trays

[rsv gone!]

kryten said:

freeze it in ice cube trays

Just don't forget that you put chillies in there!

[ad551]

Don't store garlic in olive oil! I'm sure there is a risk of botulism developing...

Edit: more info: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/...

Edited by ad551 on Wednesday 24th June 10:44

[Melman Giraffe]

thegavster said:

Although, bloody mary with a chilli ice cube... hmmm

Ohhhh that sounds good

[Garlick]

Melman Giraffe said:

thegavster said:

Although, bloody mary with a chilli ice cube... hmmm

Ohhhh that sounds good

I've never acquired the taste for a Bloody Mary, I wish I could but it just doesn't go down very easily for me.

[Melman Giraffe]

Garlick said:

Melman Giraffe said:

thegavster said:

Although, bloody mary with a chilli ice cube... hmmm

Ohhhh that sounds good

I've never acquired the taste for a Bloody Mary, I wish I could but it just doesn't go down very easily for me.

have you tried it with lots of Tabasco and Worstershire sauce?

[Garlick]

Melman Giraffe said:

Garlick said:

Melman Giraffe said:

thegavster said:

Although, bloody mary with a chilli ice cube... hmmm

Ohhhh that sounds good

I've never acquired the taste for a Bloody Mary, I wish I could but it just doesn't go down very easily for me.

have you tried it with lots of Tabasco and Worstershire sauce?

I must admit that of the two I have tried, both were ordered for me to that persons taste in an attempt to show me what I have been missing, so I am unsure of how they were made up.

I will try again though, as most seem to swear by them.

[escargot]

ad551 said:

Don't store garlic in olive oil! I'm sure there is a risk of botulism developing...

Edit: more info: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/...

Edited by ad551 on Wednesday 24th June 10:44

Yep, don't do this.

I think those 'lazy chilli/garlic' things are stored in vinegar?

[Melman Giraffe]

escargot said:

ad551 said:

Don't store garlic in olive oil! I'm sure there is a risk of botulism developing...

Edit: more info: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/...

Edited by ad551 on Wednesday 24th June 10:44

Yep, don't do this.

I think those 'lazy chilli/garlic' things are stored in vinegar?

Yes and they taste like sT

[escargot]

Melman Giraffe said:

escargot said:

ad551 said:

Don't store garlic in olive oil! I'm sure there is a risk of botulism developing...

Edit: more info: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/...

Edited by ad551 on Wednesday 24th June 10:44

Yep, don't do this.

I think those 'lazy chilli/garlic' things are stored in vinegar?

Yes and they taste like sT

I agree. It might solve the OP's problem though.

[obob]

WTF???????

You have time off work and want to spend it cutting chilli and garlic???

[Rollie]

kryten said:

freeze it in ice cube trays

This is what you should do.

Edited by Rollie on Wednesday 24th June 13:52

[kryten]

I've been freezing in ice cube trays for ages. Chilli you can get away with using from frozen if you have to if you are adding it after the frying stage (ie there's already liquid there) - not ideal but basically works.

Garlic/Ginger you need to defrost first, otherwise when you're frying it off it just doesn't work properly as the water just boils away and makes the oil go odd (no idea what the reason is but oil+water ain't a good combo)

[parapaul]

thegavster said:

obob said:

WTF???????

You have time off work and want to spend it cutting chilli and garlic???

I know, imagine what's going to happen when he discovers porn afterwards, there's going to be a whole new world of pain

I'm going to be off work and housebound for several weeks after surgery, and I really don't handle boredom well... I'm trying to think of as many things as possible to fill the time!

Thanks for the replies though, I may give it a miss after all - storing in vinegar does indeed make it taste like st, and to have to defrost a cube of frozen pre-chopped chilli or garlic would probably negate any benefit of doing it in the first place.

Oh well, pass the porn