Preserving Garlic and Herbs in Infused Oil - Safely
Nov 23, 2018 16:05:11 GMT
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Post by feather on Nov 23, 2018 16:05:11 GMT
I had always heard, to never put garlic or herbs in oils because of botulism. For years!
The University of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington came out with guidelines on how to safely put herbs and garlic in oil, to keep it at room temperature or in the refrigerator (not canning). (or freezing too)
The procedure is to chop the garlic (it does not recommend using whole garlic) or washed fresh herbs and then soak it in a 3% solution of citric acid for 24 hours.
It's probably more useful to read the pdf than for me to describe it.
I'd never seen this article before--and with all the garlic growers in the forum, I thought you might also like it.