I can't believe what I am reading - Not sure what people expect garlic, ginger and green chillies to taste like!

OK, of course not as good as fresh, but very convenient and the best of the ethnic brands I have tried, whilst being amazingly cheap.
The garlic is VERY good, the ginger and ginger/garlic OK, the green chillies are very much the sort of flavour the fat Kenyan style chillies have - like a hot green (bell) pepper taste: not fiery hot, not Thai birdseye chilli, but a good background heat.

I am never without some of all of them in the freezer.

Good to get a heads up on inefficaciousness!! Will prob give them a try at 50p but will keep expectations low!! Discovered last year that freezing garlic works really well. I pick it up when it's on offer, chuck it in the freezer and break off cloves when I need them. It lasts for ever and is easy to chop after a minute or two. I guess most people already know that but I still get excited by it!

I googled, listened and still can't think how to use in a sentence. However that's next weeks mission to use a random word

​Well good for you food snob. But not everyone can prepare fresh garlic in one minute, and one bulb costs around twenty five pence....While the whole bag of this costs fifty pence. Idiot.

I am a qualified chef. City and guilds 706/1 and 706/2. And I find the ginger product a good substitute for fresh. But maybe half strength. It's still a good product. The garlic is not as strong. But a good convenience food. The only problem I can find with this product is the number of food snobs commenting on it. Sorry.

dont put them in at very start of cooking, leave towards end and they are as strong as ya like

heat voted

Preparing garlic takes seconds, and we buy it every week so it's always in the cupboard. Getting the smell off your fingers is easy too. I work 60 hour weeks and have kids, and do most of the cooking at home, and I still don't feel the few minutes a day I would save by using this is worth the sacrifice in terms of food quality. Same goes for ginger.

works for me and basically the only option I have as no morrisons near me :disappointed:

Yes, it is actually worse than the picture. The very worst of the frozen garlic products I have used (other than those in jars preserved in various vinegars or acids)

have you tried it? Nowhere near as dark as that picture makes it look.

Good to get a heads up on inefficaciousness!! Will prob give them a try at 50p but will keep expectations low!! Discovered last year that freezing garlic works really well. I pick it up when it's on offer, chuck it in the freezer and break off cloves when I need them. It lasts for ever and is easy to chop after a minute or two. I guess most people already know that but I still get excited by it!

The garlic is worlds better than Cofresh brand which is very dark and oxidised (both colour and taste).
You can even see the dark colour in photographs: http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=265761689

Is anything added to these like with the pastes? I find they 'spit' a lot when added to oil

I like the comments and reviews on this page! Well done

Great deal. I use 2 cubes in my curry. good flavour

It's not going to break the bank at 50p is it. Great deal heat from me.

I can't believe what I am reading - Not sure what people expect garlic, ginger and green chillies to taste like!

OK, of course not as good as fresh, but very convenient and the best of the ethnic brands I have tried, whilst being amazingly cheap.
The garlic is VERY good, the ginger and ginger/garlic OK, the green chillies are very much the sort of flavour the fat Kenyan style chillies have - like a hot green (bell) pepper taste: not fiery hot, not Thai birdseye chilli, but a good background heat.

I am never without some of all of them in the freezer.

I'm actually disappointed to hear these reviews - I bought a couple of packs the other week but haven't
used them yet. Oops.

I concur :man:

I googled, listened and still can't think how to use in a sentence. However that's next weeks mission to use a random word

totally agree. have the chilli and ginger ones and both are totally rubbish.

Have to agree, total tasteless. A good price reduction yes. A product worth buying at this price....

Inefficacious, impotent rubbish. Unless you use about half a bag! Decent enough price for convenience though :smiley: Mild warmth added.