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There has to be some elite grandma tech for this.

Where I live even with all the precautions in the world my onion and garlic powders in particular absorb moisture very quickly and turn into rocks that I have to chip at to use.

strats?

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[–] plinky@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

i'm more doubtful about exactly garlic tbh, cause it's sensitive to temperature and i never tried, normal spices can handle 100c no problem, and dry very quickly that way without losing aroma that much (with a pan or oven), but can intermix the smells if you are doing all at once in an oven (angery )

i also think some hotels use giant ovens for their salt shakers, as it's the least effort

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

salt is safe up to 800c lmao

Which is incidentally why it's used in some solar power plants to store energy at night!

[–] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

but garlic electricity wears down devices faster.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 3 points 14 hours ago

The smell is nice, though.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

they do use other salts there, with lower melting points and not as aggressive

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago

But they aren't adding fat or acid, so I bet their solar plant tastes like SHIT!

[–] hellinkilla@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago

at some point though you are toasting your spices...? which is a nice thing to do and in some cuisines, required.

roasted garlic is nice. so maybe roasted garlic salt is OK.

perhaps a solution to your problems might be to get whole instead of ground spices. impossible to cake up, and have better flavor. I grind a month's worth at a time with a dedicated coffee grinder. keep in little jars. a mortar and pestle is quieter, cheaper and doesn't require electricity but more laborious.