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- Harvesting wild garlic after flowering or not?
- Facts about the consumption of wild garlic after flowering
- Conserve wild garlic in the spring
- Tips & Tricks
Harvesting wild garlic after flowering or not?
It can be heard and read over and over again that the wild garlic should not be edible from the moment of its flowering. But that is not true, even if there are reasons to harvest before flowering.
Facts about the consumption of wild garlic after flowering
No part of wild garlic is poisonous, no matter what time of the year. However, there are certainly differences in quality, due to which the wild garlic leaves are consumed mainly directly in the spring. Then the young leaves are still tender and have a pleasant, garlic-like aroma. After flowering, the leaves become increasingly bitter, fibrous and lose their characteristic flavor. The taste then migrates into the flowers, which can be used as intensive seasoning ingredient quite.
Conserve wild garlic in the spring
There are different ways to preserve the freshly used ramsons for a few days:
When you put it in, the wild garlic generally keeps its taste better than when it is dried or frozen.
Tips & Tricks
From the buds of wild garlic, which have not yet blossomed, it is possible to produce so-called wild garlic capers by boiling them up and placing them in vinegar. Thus, the typical wild garlic aroma can be enjoyed beyond the time of flowering.