On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:23:38 +0100, Broadback
> wrote:

> We bought a jar of prepared garlic, thinking it would be easy and on
> hand at all times. It was only available until we first used it, then it
> was discarded. Yuk!

Jarred has never appealed to me, so I can't say I've used it. I was
curious about the contents (because you said you threw it out).
Apparently there aren't any preservative, it's just garlic and oil,
but a comment in a thread on Chowhound said it "tastes like plastic"
if you don't remove as much of the oil as possible. Maybe that was
the problem you had with it. I'm just going to stick with peel it
yourself cloves of garlic that come as a head. Pre-peeled garlic is
fine if peeling it is an issue, but I prefer my garlic natural. I
don't mind taking a few seconds out of my life to chop it as finely as
I need it to be either. You probably feel the same way.

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