I bought some garlic from my local supermarket on the saturday, on the monday I used it in a recipe and the garlic didn't smell right when it was cooking and the dish tasted foul (a dish I cook often and is normally lovely).
Following this I had a bad tummy that night and a horrible garlicky aftertaste like it had gone off....
So my question is how can you tell beforehand? the garlic looked ok and it was annoying to waste what would have otherwise been a lovely dinner!
2006-06-11 23:57:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Hey guys, thanks for your answers!! No green sprouts and it wasn't visibly drying up but the whole dish smelt and tasted of rancid garlic. Usually as its a sort of roasted veg and chicken dish the whole thing smells lovely as its cooking...
2006-06-12 00:09:18 · update #1
To maureen, yes it was cooked with Olive Oil!!!! maybe you solved my problem because I cooked it a little higher temperature than I normally would!!! I think maybe you solved this!
2006-06-12 02:07:45 · update #2
I'm not sure what you made??? but I do have a question? Did it include olive oil? I ask because when olive oil is heated at too high of a temperature it turns rancid and when garlic is added to the dish, it can give that awful rancid garlic flavor when in fact, the rancid taste is from the olive oil. If it's not that, then I am not sure what it is. Since it wasn't sprouting, and not dried or shriveled, did it feel wet or slimy in any way?
2006-06-12 02:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Maureen 3 · 17⤊ 4⤋
I think it dries out and the cloves kind of shrivel a bit, also as the other answerer said if it is sprouting it may not be so good. Smell it and if it just doesn't smell right to you, then bin it! I roast cloves of garlic and then keep them in an air tight jar covered in olive oil, they keep very well in the fridge and you have the benefit of lovely roasted garlic flavour oil as well.
2006-06-12 07:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is unusual for garlic to go off. Mostly it goes dry and shrinks, with a green stalk growing from the centre, but it's unusual for garlic to go mouldy or show signs of deterioration unless it has been stored in a warm, damp environment. I have garlic hanging around in my kitchen for several weeks, if not months and the worst it goes is very hard.
If you have any left, perhaps you should take it back to the supermarket and explain what happened.
2006-06-12 07:06:01 · answer #3 · answered by taliesin_bow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When garlic is 'old' the bulb will start to sprout green sprouty bits and the individual cloves will be very soft in the middle. If it looked and smelled fine I don't think it could have been gone off.
Could it have been something else that made you sick?
2006-06-12 07:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually if it's sprouting it means the garlic is past it's best but I've never really come across fine-looking garlic which is off. Best thing is to trust your nose, if it smells dodgy don't use it :)
2006-06-12 07:01:57 · answer #5 · answered by franpal_2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its pretty easy to tell if garlic is off after all its an onion, mabey something else wrong hun, dodgy meat mabey if it looked ok then it probably was
2006-06-12 08:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by harrierzero1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋