Georgian Garlic Salad

Ingredients

 * 50 cloves of garlic, peeled
 * 1 c extra virgin olive oil
 * 1/2 c fresh lemon juice (or balsamic vinegar)
 * 1/2 ts salt
 * 1 ts freshly ground or cracked black pepper
 * 1 tb herbs

Directions

 * 1) Start by peeling all that garlic. Now bring a saucepan of water to boil. Once the water is boiling, turn off heat and drop garlic cloves into hot water. Let sit in water for 3 to 5 minutes. (Use the shorter time if you like a sharper raw garlic flavor; the longer time results in a much milder garlic flavor.) Remove garlic and plunge into (or rinse thoroughly with) cold water to stop the cloves from "cooking" any further.
 * 2) Dissolve the salt into the lemon juice. Now make a "viniagrette" with the olive oil, lemon juice/salt, pepper and herbs. Place garlic into jars and pour oil mixture to top the cloves. Refrigerate.