What can I do with an overabundance of chives?
There’s an old saying: Waste not. Want not.
I don’t want to waste them but, damn!, I sure have a lot. We planted some in two gardens about 10 years ago and they did very well. They flowered and went to seed and spread and now I have more chives than Whole Foods! They even formed different species that I call: thin, regular, and wide.
There is no way I can keep up with the production.
I’ve put them in my eggs, on my bagels, in tuna, in salads, but every day I am blessed with more.
(Of course I can spray them with Roundup and end it but that would be a tragic waste.)
Insects don’t seem to bother it. Even the deer don’t eat it.
Are there any creative recipe ideas?
What else can I do with them?
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I wonder if they would ship well. Not that I want any, but if they ship well, you may have friends elsewhere that would like some. That would require you having to pay for shipping, but they would probably go ok in a regular envelope if you put them in a sandwich baggy first.
Chop them and dehydrate them. Lowest temp on your oven, place on paper towel on cookie sheet. They need to be dry dry dry.
I’d certainly be willing to dig up some and send them off to anyone. I’d put them in a resealable plastic bag and mail them inside a small, flat rate, priority mail box.
I hope that would not violate any local laws.
Dehydrating would make them last a long time. I could use some as a cooking spice.
Crumble over baked potatoes, mashed, etc… I use them in all my oriental dishes and stir-fry’s. Add to cheese balls or party wraps (cream cheese wraps.) Salads, soups, egg sandwiches, omelettes. There’s just no limit, basically anything you’d use scallions/ green onions in. Yum, lucky duck!
You can freeze them. I don’t remember if it’s best to add water or straight into the freezer.
You can use chives on potatoes, iin omelettes, potato soup, seafood bisque, and also some Asian dishes.
Ontop of baked potatoes, ramen, and even homemade pizza.
Update:
Some of the chives have blossomed and I now have lots of the edible purple flowers. Lots!
This morning I had a bagel with Brie and garnished it with a flower. It looked great – like something from a magazine. Taste was good – as expected. Anything with Brie is delicious.
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