Garlic

Description: Garlic, allium sativum L., is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, ... more

Garlic ... and leek. Garlic has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes. It has a characteristic pungent, 'hot', flavour that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking. A 'head' of garlic, the most commonly used plant part, comprises numerous discrete 'cloves'. The leaves and stems are sometimes eaten, particularly while immature and tender. Garlic is widely used around the world for its pungent flavour, as a seasoning or condiment or to enhance other flavours. Depending on the form of cooking and the desired result, the flavor is either mellow or intense. It is often paired with onion, tomato, and/or ginger. It is very widely used in Lebanese cuisine: many Lebanese salads contain a garlic sauce. The parchment-like skin is relatively inedible, much like the skin of an onion. The skin is typically removed before cooking, though sometimes alternative approaches are used, such as slice garlic head crosswise, coat in olive oil, roast until the garlic is well cooked, and then the roasted garlic separates quite easily from the skins (by pulling it out, shaking it out, and/or squeezing it out). The term 'clove' is sometimes misinterpreted to mean the whole garlic bulb (head).

Newest Review: ... cloves) 10 centimetres below the ground, preferably at the beginning of winter. Garlic needs winter to "mature" and ... more

... it will sprout in late Feb early March. It needs a moist ground. In late spring you can take the bulb out. It considered to keep vampires at bay and also most types of pest which may attack other products in your garden. If eaten in large quantities when raw, will probably keep most people, including friends and relatives at bay too! Its qualities are well known, it helps make the blood more fluis (hence the theory that it keeps vampires at bay) and also helps reducing cholesterole. One clove per day would be enough...more

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Garlic for free (well almost) (785 words)
by - written on 03/09/07 (Very useful, 284 readings)
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The proper name for garlic is Allium sativum and it is part of the onion family. The word garlic comes from the old German word garlaeac, which means ‘spear leek’. The gar means spear and refers to the pointy leaves and lic means leek, which is another member of the onion family. Garlic is a bulb which, when mature, has segments called cloves and these are held together with a white papery skin. Garlic has been grown for centuries both for its culinary attributes and for its medicinal properties. It is thought to help prevent heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels, to have anti biotic properties and anti oxidant properties, i.e. protecting the body ... Read the complete review

Garlic breath (350 words)
by - written on 27/01/08 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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It is indicative of the change that has gone on in British cooking in the last 20 years or so that garlic is now one of the most widely grown edible plants in the UK. Garlic (allium sativum) has been recognised for centuries for its healing properties - there are references to it in Egyptian and Roman texts dating back for millennia. It has powerful anitbacterial properties and can helps lower cholesterol. Garlic is used in many foreign dishes and is often used in European and Asian cuisine. However if can also be used to enhance British cooking - roast lamb benefits from having garlic and rosemary cooked with it and garlic cloves roasted in this ... Read the complete review

Garlic: the smelliest part of the bulb is the most nutritious (315 words)
by - written on 31/03/08 (Very useful, 54 readings)
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Garlic is known as the wonder drug. It is a member of the onion, shallot and leek family. Garlic has been grown and used in the Mediterranean for thousands of years in cooking and remedies. Although it is just as easy to grow garlic in colder climates. I use garlic in most of the meals I cook for the flavour and because I know the benfits of it. Garlic is known and recommended by doctors to help lower cholesterol, it also helps protect against colds and flu. Garlic is also used as a mosquito repellent. If you crush or chop garlic do it over the pan or dish your using as the goodness is in the juice. Organic garlic not only has a better ... Read the complete review

A Herb for Halloween! (1121 words)
by - written on 26/10/07 (Very useful, 236 readings)
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Garlic has been around since recorded history began. Allium sativium, to give it its Latin name is actually classes as a herb although it is part of the onion family along with leeks and shallots. A potted history ************** Garlic originated in central Asia. It was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians and even used as a currency. Clay sculptures of garlic bulbs have been discovered in ancient Egyptian tombs dating back to 3,200 B.C. The ancient Greeks also worshipped garlic and used to leave it out as an offering to their Gods. Greek military leaders gave garlic to their troops prior to a battle believing it would give them strength and ... Read the complete review

Garlic: Lovely when roasted (1155 words)
by - written on 24/02/07 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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Back again with probably one of the most used herbs in the cooking world – Garlic The amount of time I hear people say I hate Garlic and won’t cook with it, or I don’t like the smell of it. They are so ignorant they don’t even know it’s used in most everyday things ranging from peri-peri sauce to ready meals and in lots of tinned food like soups etc. How can you not love the smell of roasted garlic :) As you may be able to tell I love garlic and I must go through a clump a week, its great with a massive amount of different foods, just don’t use to much of it. This is where people probably make the mistake; too much Garlic can taint the ... Read the complete review