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BazTheGardener

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Elephant garlic

« on: June 07, 2009, 20:35 »

My elephant garlic is showing signs of flowering, checked an old post and it said its a scape and is edible but what do I do with it and will the garlic be ok.

The stems are about an inch thick so am hoping for some monster garlic.

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Re: Elephant garlic

« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 21:28 »

Chop it off & let the plant put energy into the bulb.

Hope you're not disappointed with the lack of flavour, it's very, very mild. Not surprising considering that it's related to the leek.

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Re: Elephant garlic

« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 21:37 »

You can eat the scapes sliced in stir fries and any recipe which calls for frying garlic with onion

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