Garlic planting and Grandma's Rolls

So last Sunday-11/22- we finally planted the garlic. With all the rain we just kept putting it off, but oh was it worth it. We had a great day Sunday and planted about 180 cloves of garlic-boy will we stink come spring. A group of gardners (Thanks Liz, Tom and Susan) came to our apt Saturday and separated all the cloves for an overnight soak in 1T baking soda, 1 T liquid seaweed, and 1 gallon water. 

Sunday morning Aaron and I trucked it all out to the garden and got it set up for planting. After the soak and immediately before being planted each clove got a quick 3min bath in 70% Isopropyl alcohol to kill any nasties on the outsides and went into the ground 3inches. Then everything was covered with a thick layer of straw. Eight varieties were planted and we ordered it here. I've listed the varieties in the next post.

After finishing our garlic day, we went home and started on the Thanksgiving prep. This meant rolls-my grandmother's infamous rolls. They are coveted, carried home to college on planes, and fought over by every member of the family. Since I was headed to my inlaws I thought it might be nice to share (although I won't share the family secret recipe, sorry gang). So I got out my copy of the recipe and discovered I had written "1/2 sugar" in the ingredients list. The call went out to grandma and as I read her mine I discovered that the reason I haven't been able to duplicate her rolls in 5 years of trying was that I had the wrong recipe! After a long conversation and much discussion of the keys to perfection (beat them with a rolling pin! and that's your only clue) I got the correct recipe and after a few hours of baking- I did it- I made them!