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Garlic: Cloves
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Garlic is a member of the Allium genus, a branch of the lily family that ... includes hundreds of varies of onions, leeks, chives, and shallots. The differences between garlic and onions is in the bulbs and leaves. While garlic produces heads that a divided into sections,(cloves), onions produce a single multilayed globe. Garlic leaves are flat and almost grass-like, while onions tend to be hollow and erect. Shallots fall somewhere in between. (40) Using fresh garlic in your cooking also helps you cut down on the amount of saturated fats you use to season your food.
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Garlic is a potent bulb related to onions that is used in many forms of ethnic cuisine, including Italian, Mexican, and Middle Eastern dishes. Garlic has many health benefits, including anticoagulant properties similar to (if not better than) Aspirin. It can reduce LDL cholesterol, has anti-carcinogenic properties, and relieves hypertension. For health benefits garlic can be eaten raw, in the form of 1-2 cloves a day sliced into pill-sized amounts and swallowed. Powdered garlic is ok, but nothing beats the real thing. It is delicious cooked with just about anything, and steams well with vegetables, leaving mild cloves and spicy veggies.
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Garlic has a wonderful history which goes back to 3000 B.C. when it was depicted in Egyptian tombs as an offering to the gods. When the pyramids were being built the slaves were given a daily ration of garlic until the thrifty pharaoh took it away; the slaves went on strike until they received their garlic. Garlic was found in King Tut's tomb. Egyptians took solemn oaths on the cloves and Roman soldiers ate it before battle for strength because it was the herb of France. The story is that 4 convicted thieves were given the task of burying bodies during the plague which surely would mean they would contract the disease. They drank and sprayed themselves with a wine vinegar and garlic mixture while doing their miserable chore and did not catch the disease.
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Garlic grows in large papery heads. A novice mistake is to massively overgarlic things by following instructions incorrectly. Please remember that the large bulb of garlic you buy is NOT one 'clove'. The whole garlic is called a 'head' or 'knob'. Each small, individual segment of a garlic head is a clove.
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Garlic is very easy to grow and it helps protect your roses against the red spider and other pests. And if you don't want to buy your cloves from a nursery, you can go to your local supermarket. Use the biggest cloves, since they'll produce bigger bulbs.
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Garlic is widely used in the culinary world and is an essential ingredient of aioli and persillade. The large outer cloves are considered the best and cooks often prefer the purple skinned cloves. Now about that garlic breath--the strong odor is caused by a compound called allicin which is produced when the clove is cut or mashed; the finer the cut the stronger the smell. An undamaged clove has no smell. The odor can ... be diminished by cooking but if garlic is burned it becomes bitter. For many of us the good strong flavor of garlic is worth the garlic breath but there are measures to control the offensiveness such as chewing fresh parsley, cardamom or fenugreek seeds, taking a long hot bath or simply feeding garlic to all your friends.
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