About this episode
Hi, I’m Billy Buttery and this is Food Is Culture | A Podcast!This is my first STAPLE episode, on these episodes I will talk about a staple in my pantry. Something I can’t live without and something that comes out often in my kitchen. And maybe a little history about it.I’ve been toying with the idea for these Staple episodes for a while. In an earlier episode with Cici and last week with Sakura we talked about ethic pantry staples and how they can be used in so many dishes. I hope these episodes inspire you to reach to the back of your cupboards and explore new dishes to add in some unlikely spices and ingredients.First I want to tell you a funny story about pantries… So I’ve never been the best speller. And sometimes I misspell and frankly hardly ever proofread. Much to the dismay of my Virgo besties… there’s a couple of you and love you guys but you must accept my Gemini ways. PS it’s my birthday month.Back to the pantry story, I will start this story by saying I love a well stocked pantry and try and buy in bunch which lends itself to decanting items in glass jars.So… We moved when my son was a toddler and at the time wasn’t the best sleeper, I was also newly pregnant and although exhausted wasn’t sleeping great myself. I’m usually a pretty good mover, and was in charge of packing up and labeling the boxes. Moving day was crazy and although I had thought I had labelled the boxes well I was asked a lot which boxes went where. At the end of the moving day my husband and the movers were having a laugh. So I sort of joined in and thanked them for a job well done… well they were all having a laugh at me. Because there had been a number of large heavy boxes label Panty Food and Panty - Fragile!Oh well. Pantry or panty drawer. Both best left stocked.Today’s Staple item is… Garlic Powder! No relation to panties! Ha!I couldn’t find too much on the origins of garlic powder per say. Most searches resulted in the history of garlic. But to me they are two totally different ingredients.I choose garlic powder for my first Staple ingredient because it is an all star in my kitchen.Bolognese missing a little something? Garlic powder.Pork Moo Shu missing some depth? Garlic powder.Bean salad needs some pizzaz? Garlic powder. Guacamole a tad bland? Garlic powder.What is Garlic powder? it is made from garlic that has been dehydrated and ground into a fine powder. You can get slight variations on this. I prefer garlic powder when it’s a tad granular. That way it doesn’t clump together and I find it disperses better in dishes. You can also get it in larger pieces. It’s available pre-roasted for a slightly different flavour. And I’ve also p
