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Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. Its close relatives inclue the onion, the shallot, and the leek. Garlic has been used throughout recorded history for both culinary and medicinal purposes. It has a characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens considerably with cooking.. A bulb of garlic, the most commonly used part of the plant, is divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves. The cloves are used as seed, for consumption (raw or cooked), and for medicinal purposes. The leaves, stems (scape) and flowers (bulbils) on the head (spathe) are also edible and most often consumed while immature and still tender. The papery, protective layers of 'skin' over various parts of the plant and the roots attached to the bulb are the only parts not considered palatable.

Trivia about garlic

  • Leaving the skin on a clove of this makes cleaning the press easier
  • Mince cloves of this into butter to prepare a yummy bread found in Italian restaurants
  • The allicin in cloves of this may help lower your blood cholesterol level
  • Proverbially, this pungent bulb "makes a man wink, drink & stink"
  • It not only may lower your blood pressure, it may stop blood loss by repelling vampires
  • In the Slavic countries, this pungent bulb was used to detect vampires as well as to prevent their attacks
  • Cloves of this are sometimes placed in a bridal bouquet for good luck
  • Devotees of this pungent member of the lily family have their own organization, Lovers of the Stinking Rose
  • Stock up on Breath Assure before heading to Gilroy, Calif., world capital of this pungent bulb
  • No vampires in Gilroy, California, the world capital of this, as a local farm ships 60 million pounds of it each year
  • This relative of the onion is rarely grown from seed; it's grown from parts of its bulbs called cloves
  • Puerto Ricans eat mofongo, a mashed plantain dish that gets its strong flavor from cloves of this
  • Aglio e olio, one of the simplest sauces, mainly consists of heated olive oil & this
  • Cloves of this strong-smelling herb are good for your heart but not so good for your breath
  • The bulb used in cooking rarely produces seeds; most people break it into cloves & plant them
  • You propagate this pungent plant by dividing the compound bulbs into individual cloves
  • Paula is famous for her butt massage (for pork butt, that is): it contains paprika, mild chilies & this pungent bulb
  • Even the Encyclopedia Britannica says that this bulb was carried in Medieval times as a charm against vampires
  • Clinical tests have shown this pungent bulb, allium sativum, can lower both cholesterol & blood pressure
  • Emeril's momma taught him that this pungent bulb is a beautiful thing; he drizzles it with olive oil & roasts it
  • Allium sativum, its pungent odor was said to give strength; Egyptians fed it to the slaves who built the pyramids
  • Raw cloves of this may slow the development of heart disease (& ward off vampires)
  • Selenium from this bulb, Allium sativum, can make you more clearheaded
  • Because of glandular secretions, the fire-bellied toad has an odor similar to this "stinking rose"
  • What's called elephant this is actually a leek relative

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