Garlic

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Garlic is a great food for many things. It seasons, warms you up, and does much more.

"Garlic - the stinking rose - is a bulbous plant of the genus allium."
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"Of all garlic's reputed medicinal benefits, perhaps the most well known is its use as an antibiotic. There are even stories of garlic being used to ward off the plague. It's not known how effective this was, however there is some evidence that anthrax is sensitive to garlic." Ibid.

"When buying garlic, make sure the heads are dry with plenty of paper covering. If you can see green shoots then the garlic is probably too old and/or wasn't dried properly. Garlic that is far too old will crumple under the slightest pressure from the fingers.

Garlic grows under the ground in large, slightly off-white bulbs which are covered by a papery skin. Inside each bulb is anything from ten to twenty individual cloves which themselves have a pinkish skin. It's important not to confuse bulbs and cloves when cooking!" Ibid.

Interested in how to prepare garlic? Take a look here.

Interested in some vegan recipes with garlic in them?