If you are composting, it’s likely that you don’t use a lot of processed products, right?
We try to keep processed things to a very bare minimum around here and when we do buy packaged items we choose the highest quality, least processed products, without any added chemicals, and especially without high fructose corn syrup. Of course, every now and again, I find a convenience item that I just can’t pass up. In this case it was fresh whole peeled garlic cloves from Whole Foods. Bad move.
Long ago I gave up the jarred chopped garlic. For one thing it doesn’t taste like garlic. For another thing it smells like formaldehyde to me. Plus it has a shelf life of … forever. That’s not my idea of “fresh” food, so I take the time to peel garlic cloves every time a recipe calls for it.
I buy and peel a lot of fresh garlic, so when I noticed this little tub two weeks ago, I thought, why not give it a try? The ingredient list reads: garlic. Although the flavor doesn’t seem too off, it’s not as good as fresh from my pantry. Maybe it’s just that keeping garlic in the fridge isn’t optimal. Whatever the case, yesterday when I opened the container this is what I found:
Yuck. Furry garlic. I didn’t even toss this in the kitchen bucket but took it out and buried it deep in my compost pile. Peeled garlic might be convenient, but it’s not worth the cost and certainly not worth the compromise for me. How long had this mold been brewing?
Do you have any “fresh” convenience foods that you regularly use?
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