On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:46:38 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>Odd thing in the pickle jar; blue garlic. I made the brine with vinegar,
>water, salt, sugar and assorted spices plus a sliced jalapeno and lots of
>fresh dill in the jar with 6 cloves of whole garlic. What could this be?
>I've never seen blue garlic.

That's just the copper in the garlic, depends on where it is grown as
to how pronounced it will be.

Our local commercially grown Tasmanian garlic doesnt stain blue,
whereas the Chinese imported stuff does. Not saying the blue tint is
bad - just that (for us at least) it makes it easy to detect the
Chinese stuff (which I don't trust).