Product Rave - Frozen Garlic

I love to cook, but I am going to admit, I find chopping garlic to be a palaver, I hate the way my hands smell even if I use that stainless steel bar of soap thingy...but a few weeks ago I bought a bag of chopped garlic at Morrisons and its amazing! The garlic tastes as good as fresh, and its so easy just to throw some garlic into anything. Also, its actually cheaper than buying 3 cloves of garlic at the supermarket!

I mean in the grand scheme of things, chopping garlic is no biggy, but I find this to be a really good time saving product!

I use frozen ginger all the time for the same reasons!

I use frozen ginger all the time for the same reasons!

Frozen ginger, I gotta get me some of that!

I haven't seen the frozen garlic, but I do use the 'lazy garlic' and 'lazy ginger' sometimes.

yep... there's frozen coriander too, which i used to use a lot back in the day when i cooked!

I use frozen shallots all the time, waitrose does a wole range of different  herbs and spices for 99p a pack, I normally  have shallots, garlic, ginger, basil in the freezer it's great!

Dunno if they have them there but we have something called Dorot. They make frozen cubes of Garlic and other herbs...it's REALLY handy.

http://www.dorot.co.il/eng/

Actually, on their website there's a "where to find our products" link and it says the UK. Try seeing where they carry it...they are great.

I didn't even realise you could buy frozen herbs!  I'm always wasting fresh herbs because they don't seem to last very long and I'm hopeless with plants!

This sounds awesome, I'll have to remember to look for them next time I'm in Morissons!

rachee, it's like you were reading my mind! Is the product just called Frozen garlic?

I freeze normal ginger.  Not sure if you're suppose to or not, but it seems to work for me.  Just pull it out of the freezer, do a partial defrost in the microwave and Bob's your uncle.

I freeze normal ginger.  Not sure if you're suppose to or not, but it seems to work for me.  Just pull it out of the freezer, do a partial defrost in the microwave and Bob's your uncle.

Ditto.

I just absolutely HATE peeling and grating fresh ginger. It might be, for some reason, my biggest hate job in the kitchen. The cubes are actually better than the bags for me because it's more... mushy. The bags are just really fine minced ginger which can overpower some recipes, particularly if you don't measure it (as I tend not to!)

I just absolutely HATE peeling and grating fresh ginger.

I don't mind it! Helpful trip from Sophie Grigson: Use a spoon!

I don't mind it! Helpful trip from Sophie Grigson: Use a spoon!

Yep, tried that. Still hate it. I have no idea why... I don't mind doing garlic, onions, etc. but I'd rather not use ginger than peel and grate it. Maybe I need professional help!