Garlic eaters, check in! This thread is a big DU-FU to all those garlic eater haters out there.

[Bucky]

If Senator McCarthy was still around, he'd hound down them vampire fellow travelers

[dionysus]

1. i like garlic when i'm cooking some dishes.. that poster was foolish

[digonswine]

20. I think-

that the Japanese used to refer to the Koreans as "garlic-eaters." At least according to the book "Shogun." How could they not get the awesomeness of garlic?

[FrenchieCat]

2. Garlic lover......

Checking in!

[Habibi]

3. It is possible to eat too much garlic.

Just sayin'.

[dionysus]

7. just how possible is it?

[Habibi]

14. Enough to stink.

[JCMach1]

38. Yes, it is...

[texanwitch]

4. I like garlic.

You can't make a pot of pinto beans without garlic.

[Habibi]

16. I like garlic too!

But, I don't put it in *everything* I cook. Honestly, I've run into some folks that season all their dishes with garlic. Not necessary! And I've waited on garlic-hounds; oy, the stink is enough to make me pass out.

[texanwitch]

19. My Grandmother put garlic in everything.

Those old Czech farmers had great healthy hearts.

[Habibi]

25. My grandparents/parents were German/English.

Not much garlic in their cooking, so I didn't get used to the smell. Heh. And they died of heart problems on my dad's side!

Still, I like garlic. Just not a boatload.

[texanwitch]

26. I grew up with it,

I still need to add a little garlic to my food.

[patrice]

35. I love pinto beans! cooked with garlic & then green onions & cilantro on top.

[texanwitch]

36. Garlic is very important to pinto beans.

Also onions, and bacon or ham.

[AnnieBW]

5. Love garlic!

n/t

[HipChick]

6. I take Garlic supplements...

My cholesterol and blood pressure stay low..

[dionysus]

9. plus tastes good in pasta or potato dishes

[HipChick]

29. Elephant Garlic...Bake for 40 mins

and then spread on Bread...best Garlic bread I ever tasted

[pipi_k]

51. Mmmmm...mmmmm...!!!

Spaghetti with a mixture of olive oil, butter, and chopped raw garlic.

The best!!!


Ramen noodle soup with olive oil, rice wine, and raw chopped garlic...


Garlic and potatoes...

Garlic bread....


:)

[dionysus]

58. i lace my mashed potatoes with minced garklic

[cui bono]

8. When did garlic become so controversial it needs a support thread?

:shrug:

[dionysus]

10. a thread about a company not hiring smokers had someone bitching about garlic eating folks...

[Donnachaidh]

22. well then I guess the garlic eaters who smoke should expect a public stoning on DU?

Dear God -- these threads are subplots of idiocracy....

[patrice]

33. You know, maybe one's body adapts with regular use, I HAVE checked odor and I'm not sure it's agiven

[cui bono]

46. They should be happy, garlic keeps fleas away!

And more seriously, it's hardly a fair comparison. Never heard of second hand garlic odor cancer.

Edit to say, just reread your post and it said "not hiring". Okay, I agree that is wrong if it's about odor. Should be determined case by case for any foul odor. Not allowing smoking in the work place is fine imho.

[texanwitch]

12. Since it was attacked for no reason.

I am a Czech Texas, we live for garlic.

[Bucky]

13. Stop trying to muzzle my garlic breath! I will not knuckle under to your backhanded garlic bashing.

Garlic eaters have civil rights too. They're not special garlic rights, they're human rights.

[Heavy Metal Dude]

11. Love Garlic.

Never can add enough.

[Betsy Ross]

15. I like my garlic to bite back. n/t

[emilyg]

17. Like garlic.

[rhett o rick]

18. I like to pickle my own garlic. This year I got a good crop and pickled it.

I eat garlic every day and use is a lot in cooking. I like it and hope it's keeping the big C (cancer) away.

[seabeyond]

21. only on du.... thumbsup. nt

[veganlush]

23. fresh pressed

...garlic on much of my vegan diet...it tastes great and helps boost immunity and does other healthful things.

[patrice]

32. the best & I have heard to always let it sit a little because that improves something in it, I can't

remember what . . . , but it's something good in there that air improves more.

[ohheckyeah]

24. The smell of garlic makes my allergies act up.

You're right to stink of garlic should end at my right not to suffer from allergies. :-)

[fishwax]

27. yay garlic!

[Skip Intro]

28. Who could possibly hate garlic? I mean, it's almost an onion, and nobody hates onion. NT

[patrice]

30. Garlic is the food of the gods. Have loved it ever since I was little.

I almost never get colds and have never had the flu.

[jtuck004]

31. Bought "seed" garlic bulbs last year (one plants in September

in the North part of the country), from Fillaree Farms last year, (Territorial has organic also, and is advertised on DU) about 7 or 8 bulbs. Broke out the cloves planted them about 1" deep in my raised beds, about 6" apart, covered them with about 3-4" of straw for the winter. (Book called "Growing Great Garlic" has tips and some history, but you can find enough info on the web to do well). This let me get hardneck varieties. Stores mostly carry softnecks but these hardnecks seem tastier.

About June the garlic scapes appeared, cut those off and fried them, slightly garlicy/onion flaver.

Around the end of July and first part of August, after all but about 3-4 leaves had dried I harvested garlic bulbs. Probably wound up with 60 or so bulbs in total of the 3 varieties. Been taking that and other stuff from the garden to neighbors, took some to give to folks at the community garden, finding new recipes to try - such as sun pickles with little cukes from the market stand.

As if you can't tell, I really like my garlic, was a change from the carrots, tomatoes, onions, etc. Comparitively cheap entertainment, the garden. I recommend it highly.

Now I want a couple acres. At this rate I will need it for all my garlic in a couple years.

[patrice]

37. I've seen it up to .50 a bulb at the HyVee.

[jtuck004]

43. At the farmers markets it seems to be around $4/lb, usually 5-6 bulbs,

a couple people sell it for $7. I think there may be a program to double what people get with their EBT card as well.

The mail order seed bulbs sell for 7.50 to 8.50 - per quarter lb., but you wind up with 4-8 bulbs for each one, and the next year you save some good ones and off you go. ;)

This could turn into more if one were to grow enough to turn into other products. I ran into "the garlic lady" at a fair, she has a whole line of garlic salts, dips, etc, most made with garlic from her farm or people she contracts with.

My take on what is happening to the economy makes me think I need to pursue an acreage and this is one crop, along with cabbage and carrots, etc, that can be used to create other products in a small commercial kitchen, get me into producing something again. Better way to make a living, I think.

[Odin2005]

34. GAAAAHLIC!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

39. GILROY!!!

GARLIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, MOTHERF$&*%KERS!!!!!!

[Kalidurga]

40. There are ways to reduce the "offensive" garlic odor

1: Eat a lot of parsley it gets rid of garlic breath for sure and might help with the sweat problem....

2: Lemon juice cuts down on the garlic odor as well, lemon laundry detergent helps with any garlic smell that might have gotten on your clothes.

3. If garlic gets on your hands lemon juice helps with that.

There are a lot of other tips about reducing garlic odor on the web, those are just the ones off the top of my head.

Anyway I love garlic I just don't eat it enough, wish I did there is a rumor garlic eating can also reduce a person's chances of getting cancer.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

41. I love the stuff.

I have a lot of food allergies and there are a lot of spices I can't eat because they are hot.
I love garlic and sauteed onions in butter, and put them in lots of things.

[Fire Walk With Me]

42. Garlic haters? Pshaw, what an imagination you have.

[OnionPatch]

44. Wouldn't give up garlic for anyone.

Onions are pretty good, too. :) :)

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[cui bono]

47. Well I absolutely wouldn't date you, but we could be friends.

Had enough of kissing ashtrays. It always starts out fine but after a month or two the smoker gets lax and the smell alone is too much to take.

So it's now a deal breaker.

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[Recovered Repug]

48. If garlic is outlawed,

only outlaws will be safe from vampires.

[bengalherder]

49. I eat garlic.

Most everyone I know in my biz does too.

If everyone ate garlic there wouldn't be some pissy midwesterner (like my mom) who only takes salt and pepper on their fried or boiled food to complain about 'garlic breath'.

[boston bean]

50. You need to bone up on sarcasm.

I do not hate people who eat Garlic. I may hate the smell of people who eat garlic, but still I think they deserve to have a chance to be employed.

[rucky]

52. Who will speak for the asparagus eaters?

[pipi_k]

55. I will speak for them...

being an asparagus lover myself...

A couple of things I never knew before...

Not everyone has asparagus pee odor, and not everyone can smell asparagus pee odor.

Asparagus is good, properly cooked. Not gray-green and mushy. Still green and crisp...that's how it's the best.


BTW, my pee smells from it and I can smell it. Like 20 minutes after eating the stuff.

[Jello Biafra]

53. What a coincidence...

Garlic Festival in Hudson Valley this weekend...

http://www.hudsonvalleygarlic.com/

I heard the garlic ice cream is great....

[pipi_k]

54. Great in food, but I also drink garlic tea...

to ward off colds and bronchitis.

Crush garlic clove, steep in hot water about 5 minutes, drink warm.

Make sure to keep stirring those little bits up and swallow them, not just the juice.

That's for prevention.

If I already have a cold, I do two cloves a day. That, and nasal rinsing, cuts a head cold down by at least two days, and it's not as severe.

[Jello Biafra]

56. Garlic capsules are good for dogs....

to prevent ticks. They get a dosage everyday and its rare that they get any ticks on them...better than FrontLine.

[WinkyDink]

59. Garlic is not only an enhancement to food; it is extremely healthful.

[Edweird]

60. Garlic bread is good with spaghetti, but aside from that it's a bit much for me.

I don't 'hate' it, but I can't take much of it.

[one_voice]

61. Yummy...

I love garlic.

[AsahinaKimi]

62. I love garlic but this thread will end up in the lounge..

Just betcha!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

63. you ain't nothing til you eat ramps.