Shellfish - Crustaceans | Shellfish - Mollusks | Food Safety
The flavor of shellfish benefits significantly from grilling. Removing the shellfish from the grill before they become too well done and rubbery is the biggest challenge.
Garlic Yield | Garlic Preparation | Garlic Cooking | Tips
Garlic
A bulbous plant consisting of single head containing smaller bulbs or cloves individually wrapped in papery skins, which are all wrapped tightly together with another layer of dry papery skin, forming the bulb head.
What You Will Need
Pairing Knife
Deveining Tool
Check for Freshness
Fresh shrimp should smell clean, refrain from shrimp that smells of ammonia.
At the fish market, fresh shrimp should be stored in or on ice.
Garlic
When selecting, choose garlic that is plump and firm with paper-like skins that are tight and intact. Avoid any that are soft or that have begun to shrivel.
Place garlic cloves in the microwave for 15 seconds and the skins should peel off easily.
Somewhat similar to a light seafood bisque, this type of soup is creamy and shrimp flavored. Made with cream or milk, water, cooked shrimp, sauterne wine, spices, and flavoring, Cream of Shrimp Soup provides a food item that can be served for lunch as a side dish to accompany sandwiches.
The narrow stalk that forms as a seed head from the garlic plant. As the Garlic begins to grow, a curved stalk starts to form and continues to grow as the plant matures.
A container that is built for the purpose of storing garlic cloves or bulbs. Small and most often round in shape with a loosely fitted top, the garlic pot can be placed in a kitchen area on a counter for ease of access.
A kitchen utensil that is used as a "pot" for baking garlic bulbs. Although there are garlic pots that are made specifically to store garlic, some garlic bakers are used as storage devices if constructed of a material such as terracotta that absorbs moisture and if the device has a way to circulate air so mold does not begin to grow on the garlic.
A food seasoning that is mainly a mixture of garlic and black pepper with other seasonings such as onion, sweet peppers, and salt added, depending on the provider.