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A Few More Things About Garlic
Some fun facts about garlic:
- Vegetable or herb? It's both!
- 90% of the garlic grown in the United States is grown in California
- Garlic belongs to the onion family
- About 300 varieties of garlic are grown around the world
- People used to treat toothaches with garlic
- Garlic has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years
- China grows over 23 billion pounds of garlic! Yup, they're the largest producer in the world.
- Classified as Allium sativum
Parts and pieces of the garlic:
- a loose, crackly outer skin covers the entire bulb
- the bulb is made of several individual sections called cloves (unless it is a single clove variety)
- each clove is protected by a tight, oft-times difficult-to-remove sheath
- the leaves and flowers (bulbils) on the head (spathe) are also edible with a flavor milder than the bulbs and are usually consumed while young and tender
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Garlicky Recipes
Oh, jeez, garlic is so central to culinary art that it is hard to imagine not having it at our disposal all the time. And, it is also difficult to bring just a couple recipes to the table for this month of GARLIC! So, much to my Newsletter guru's frustration, I've included three, one of which can be used to compliment most any meal, as a condiment or side dish.
Our recipes are posted on our website where you can print them. Click the photos or recipe names to go to the recipes. Let us know what you think!
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Today is National Garlic Day! In some places known as "Don't even think about kissing me!" Day.
