Garlic Reviews

...although it probably won't improve your pulling chances! ;-) Garlic is actually a type of herb, and is related to the onion (as you can guess from the strong odours that both contain!) Although Garlic is usually used in cooking for added flavour, its health benefits are plentiful. I only started researching Garlic after getting fed ...  Read the complete review

I wrote an opinion on "mint" a while ago expecting it to be dull and boring and finding it to be anything but. Its strange how these common herbs and plants have such lively histories, how something we keep lying around our fridges, gardens or turn up our noses at in the supermarket were once so revered by our ancestors. Mint has a ...  Read the complete review

GARLIC THE SACRED (MAGICAL?) HERB Being of Italian extraction the use of garlic doesn't hold any fears for me in cooking, in fact you could say I was brought up on the stuff but in this country the use of garlic still manages to divide people, some being virtually addicted to it others avoiding it vampire like! There are up ...  Read the complete review

When the word Garlic is mentioned ones mind usually wanders to the pungent and unpleasant aroma associated with it. This is not necessarily true and we should instead look at the enormous benefits associated with Garlic and how we could all take full advantage of its medicinal values. The old sayings of “Garlic is good for ...  Read the complete review

So versatile and yet so smelly!! Good old garlic is used in so many recipes and I am no stranger to it myself. I use it in all sorts of food but I find that the best way is to roast it. One of the best presents that I ever received was a small terracotta garlic roaster. Obviously, you do not need one of these to roast it – a ...  Read the complete review

(Allium Sativum) A garlic bulb is made up of multiple cloves around a small stalk. There are two varieties – regular (which can be white or purple) and elephant (which are slightly milder but twice the size). To plant, pull apart the bulb and pop the cloves 3-4 inches apart (or 6 for the elephant variety) and 2½-3 inches down, you ...  Read the complete review

It is claimed that garlic keeps away the devil but the smell that lingers after eating can also have a similar effect on loved ones! Going to bed with a garlic lover is not exactly compatible with romance. Let's take a look at what this plant is all about. HISTORY Garlic (Allium sativa) has been used for generations for cooking ...  Read the complete review

People either love Garlic or hate it, me I love it. Garlic is one of the oldest cultivated plants in existence and its been flavouring our food and curing our ills from mythological times. Garlic is a perennial herb and its bulb possesses anti bacterial properties. The bulb, which develops beneath the surface of the soil, consists of ...  Read the complete review