Garlic

[dellzeqq]

good thing, bad thing? Wonderful when you're giving butternut squash a bit of zing, but horrible when somebody else has eaten it?

And how much? Her nibs thinks six cloves in the aforementioned squash was overdoing it, but I was in garlic heaven.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I'd never eaten garlic until I met my wife, the first time she cooked for me I knew we'd be together for life!

 

[dan_bo]

We get through a head a day in our house- tis a fantastic condiment. not sure wether everyboy else thinks the same mind . Or care.

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Well, for us, Mediterranean people, garlic-parsley-olive-oil is the trio present in almost every single recipe.. Love it!
As for the "suffering" of the others.. it's nothing a good old Extra chewing gum can't cure...

 

[Andrew_Culture]

My mum, my sister and I are all sort of allergic to garlic, but my sister and I still eat it because it's GOOD! Symptoms are mildly unpleasant but dwarfed by the excellence of eating the irritant!

 

[PK99]

A few weeks ago I was making garlic and parsley stuffed lamb loin (for the foodies present: cooked sous vide) I put the surplus stuffing in the fridge. A couple of days later, Mrs PK found said stuffing and used it as a pasta sauce for her lunch. I did not have the heart to tell her that for the next 3 days she oozed garlic from every pore!

 

[Saddle bum]

Garlic stuffed olives, I could eat a whole jar full............

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Can't have too much garlic. Had a garlic pie in France once, lovely - garlic heaven!

 

[ianrauk]

The more Garlic the merrier for. Adore the stuff.

 

[dan_bo]

Again, for the sociopath,

Hardcore Garlic Soup

8 heads garlic
Pint chicken stock
half pint double cream
salt, pepper
1/4 jar pesto (homemades' better, obviously)

boil up peeled garlic in stock, blitz. add everything else, scoff. Smell like a polecat and feel a bit trippy.


Ian looks as though he's just had some!

 

[martint235]

If you can't still smell the garlic on your hands 3 days later, you're not using enough.

 

[compo]

I'd never eaten garlic until I met my wife, the first time she cooked for me I knew we'd be together for life!

With the awful stink of that stuff no-one else would have you.

Have you seen those southern European ladies. They eat lots of Garlic. Oh so beautiful when young but they grow old and wrinkly very quickly and prefer to hide under shapeless black clothing. Garlic. I hate the stuff. It's like bottled water, marketing over brains.

 

[Dayvo]

I like garlic and try to use it whenever possible with whatever I'm cooking.

The misses is absolutely insane about it and uses far more than I do. Unfortunately, when out, she always asks for extra garlic, because it's not an insignificant amount she asks for!

 

[User169]

A German colleague once made garlic infused vodka. He and his mate polished (geddit?) off the bottle one evening and he reeked for several days afterwards.

 

[tadpole]

Garlic, food of the gods. Had roasted whole garlic (along with a small amount of marrow, onions, peppers, and mushrooms) for my tea last night and left overs for lunch today....