What?!?! No Garlic?!?!?

[bughut]

I packed 2 kg of the stuff in my suitcase home from Portugal. Home grown purple,huge juicy bulbs...Anyone salivating yet?
Split 2 and put them in a med oven with 1kg of split organic cherry plum tomatoes and a good sprinkle of malden salt to roast. Basis for the most amazing spaghetti sauce.

[Luc_H]

Maybe it tastes bad or smells rotten but it's good for you:

BBC NEWS | Health | Why garlic is good for the heart

Luc H.

[shel]

Originally Posted by Luc_H

Maybe it tastes bad or smells rotten but it's good for you:
BBC NEWS | Health | Why garlic is good for the heart

Hi Luc,

As you know, I frequently visit the World's Healthiest Foods site and subscribe to their weekly newsletter. They have some good things to say about garlic as well, although with certain qualifications:

Numerous studies have demonstrated potential benefits of regular garlic
consumption on blood pressure, platelet aggregation, serum triglyceride level, and
cholesterol levels. Routine eating of garlic may also help stimulate the production of
nitric oxide in the lining of blood vessel walls, which may help to relax them. As a
result of these beneficial actions, garlic can be described as a food that may help
prevent atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease, as well as reducing the risk of
heart attack or stroke.

WHFoods: Garlic

Regardless of the qualifiers - which is understandable in this instance - I shall continue to eat and enjoy fresh garlic. Hardly a day goes by when I don't enjoy a clove or two in my food. I'll stay away from garlic supplements and capsules though. Natural garlic (and natural foods) have it all over processed foods and synthesized vitamins, etc.

shel

[Smylietron]

All well and good, but must it be raw? I much prefer roasted or sauteed garlic to a plain ol' diced clove!

[Marzoli]

Until we got the Food Network on cable, I scarcely ever used any form of garlic-maybe (shudder) garlic salt, rarely-and then I started watching FN and now I can't imagine not having garlic in the kitchen. It's like a whole other layer of flavor. And besides that, it may even be good for me. So . . . the vampires need to stay away from my house.

[Smylietron]

Mind you, if you invite them in, you lose all power over them. Do not trust Romanian royalty.