How Can Anyone Not Like Garlic?

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Annie, No l couldn’t but l have seen a hypnotised person eating an onion like an apple.
I only like onion raw if it’s finely sliced… but as l said above, l couldn’t do the same with raw garlic.

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Maree , daft question but why use the spaghetti water , it doesn’t have a taste , just wondering

I’m going to try this

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They usually recommend using spaghetti water because the residual starch adds a special consistency to a sauce. Saves using flour.

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Some things you might not have known about garlic…

  • Garlic helped build the pyramids of Egypt. …
  • Garlic is a natural bug repellent. …
  • Stainless steel wards off the smell of garlic. …
  • The Windy City owes its name to garlic. …
  • Some people are deathly afraid of garlic. …
  • Before Gatorade, garlic was the go-to performance enhancing food

It is more beneficial to you eaten raw, than cooked.

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…not to mention it keeps away vampires.

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Incidentally, I think that I read somewhere that pasta water can be saved and is beneficial when it comes to watering house plants, I’m not sure about the sodium content though.

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They get in anyway, they always do!
Vampires weren’t born yesterday :wink:

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I think it’s because the starch from the pasta goes in the water. It sort of emulsifies withe the oil and garlic and makes it creamier

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There’s a highly effective home made cough / chest remedy where you mix minced garlic with honey. Due to the large number of cloves needed it absolutely stinks though.

This one is a variation where you just pour the honey over the cloves - you have to “burp” it every few days

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Apparently this only works if you boil your pasta without salt/seasoning, otherwise bye bye plant.

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Exactly, unless you’re lucky enough to have garden very, very close to a beach or estuary.
Sea samphire springs to mind… delicious!

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Wild garlic pesto, swimming in extra virgin olive oil.

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Give me the jar, a spoon, and I’ll just be in the corner over there. I’ll update you when its finished. :joy:

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You’d be more than welcome, it’s all gone now alas, it doesn’t stay fresh for long, not even in the fridge, no chemicals or preservatives :wink:

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No, definitely ponk!

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I won’t buy Chinese garlic. Today, l bought a three pack garlic in M&S for 60p. It is from Spain

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I only buy good Australian garlic , grown in Australia for Australian families, none of that foreign rubbish here. Spain? Pah! It’s had their nasty EU hands all over it and now you are going to eat it? You must have a death wish :wink:

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Are you trying to worry me? :laughing: