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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)

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.

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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.