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unusual facts about Garlic


Tourism in Tarn

The Pink Garlic of Lautrec comes in the form of a bulb with cloves (or bulblets) of a beautiful pink color.


A. nigrum

Allium nigrum, the black garlic, broadleaf garlic, an ornamental plant species

Ajo Peak

Ajo, Arizona in the central-east of the mountains-(Spanish for garlic), is the access point for the entire central areas of the Little Ajo Mountains, including Ajo Peak.

Alliaria petiolata

In Europe as many as 69 species of insects and seven species of fungus utilize Garlic Mustard as a food plant, including the larvae of some Lepidoptera species such as the Garden Carpet moth.

Allyl

In 1844, Theodor Wertheim isolated an allyl derivative from garlic oil and named it "Schwefelallyl".

Arequipan cuisine

Chairo is a beef broth marinated with yellow hot pepper, garlic, onion, spices, black chuño (a root), pieces of cured meat, tongue of lamb and patasca (a pork and corn stew).

Bak kut teh

The name literally translates as "meat bone tea", and at its simplest, consists of meaty pork ribs simmered in a complex broth of herbs and spices (including star anise, cinnamon, cloves, dang gui, fennel seeds and garlic) for hours.

Bibim guksu

What makes this dish so distinct from other cold noodle dishes from different cultures is the strong spicy flavor produced from the combination of red pepper powder, gochujang, and minced garlic, along with a sweet-and-sour flavor created by vinegar and sugar.

Chili oil

(Warning: if garlic is used, the shelf life is significantly shortened because the anaerobic conditions in the oil can lead to germination of Clostridium botulinum, found naturally in soil, which could then lead to botulism in the consumers of the chili oil.)

Chorizo

Among others, Lucban longaniza is known for its garlic profile, and Guagua for its salty, almost sour, longanizas.

Chreese

There are currently four different styles of Chreese powder mixes with a modified version for children: "Cheddar Style" and gluten-free cheddar style (used in grilled cheese sandwiches), "Mozzarella Style" (used on pizza), "Gluten Free Alfredo Style", and "KIDz Chreese" (less garlic and bright orange color).

Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger

First launched in January 2014, the Ciabatta Bacon Cheeseburger is made with a quarter-pound beef patty, aged Asiago cheese, thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, rosemary garlic aïoli, and oven-roasted tomatoes.

Dried shrimp

Dried shrimp are also used in Korean cuisine, where they are soaked briefly to reconstitute them, and are then stir-fried with seasonings—typically garlic, ginger, scallions, soy sauce, sugar, and hot peppers—and served as a side dish.

Family names in North Karnataka

Surnames drawn from Food Items are Balikai (Banana), Bendikai (Okra), Bellolli (Garlic), ULLagaDDi (Onion), MeNasinakai (Chilli), Tenginakai (Coconut), Byali (Pulse/Dal), Tuppa (Ghee), Palle (Vegetable), Guggari (Boiled Food grains), Churamari (Bhel), Sajji (A type of Food grain), Akki (Rice), Jola (Jawar)

Gardening in restricted spaces

The University of Maryland Cooperative Extension recommends media depth of four to six inches for things like leaf greens, Asian greens, mustards, garlic, radish, basil, cilantro, thyme, mint, and marjoram.

Garlic allergy

These chemicals occur in oils of plants of the genus Allium, including garlic, onion and leek.

Garlic ice cream

In accordance with a stereotype that Jews tend to add garlic to most of their food, a novel by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz depicted Polish Jews eating garlic ice cream.

Gilroy Garlic Festival

Attendees also enjoy three stages full of musical entertainment, a Great Garlic Cook-off, celebrity cooking demonstrations, a garlic braiding workshop, a children's area, arts and crafts, and many interactive displays.

Havarti

Flavored variants of Havarti are also available, such as cranberry, garlic, caraway, dill, basil, coconut, sour cream & chives, red pepper and jalapeño.

Htamin jin

The dish consists of either fresh or fermented rice, kneaded with boiled fish (usually caught from the Inle Lake, such as nga gyin), fresh tomato paste, mashed boiled potatoes and garlic garnish.

Hushpuppy

Typical hushpuppy ingredients include cornmeal, wheat flour, eggs, salt, baking soda, milk or buttermilk, and water, and may include onion, spring onion (scallion), garlic, whole kernel corn, and peppers.

Malone Road

Epipactis helleborine (Broad-leaved Hellborine) was spreading up New Forge Lane and Allium triquetrum (Three-cornered Garlic) was recorded from Cranmore.

Matapa

Matapa is a typical Mozambican dish, prepared with young cassava leaves piled with garlic and flour extracted from the tubers, cooked with crab or shrimp.

Peter J. Cutino

Leon Panetta, the former congressman and White House chief of staff, grew up, like Cutino, in the section of Monterey between Calle Principal and the Presidio, the neighborhood Cutino wrote about in his memoir Monterey: A View from Garlic Hill, a book on the local Italian-American community.

Pissaladière

The dough is usually a bread dough thicker than that of the classic Italian pizza, and the traditional topping consists of caramelised (almost pureed) onions, olives, garlic and anchovies (either whole or in the form of pissalat, a type of anchovy paste).

Puchero

In Philippine cuisine, pochero is composed of the following ingredients: 1/2 kilo chicken, cut into parts, 1/2 kilo pork, cut into cubes, 1/2 kilo beef for stewing, cut into chunk cubes, 8 cups water 6 minced cloves garlic minced, 5 pieces Saba banana, 5 pieces boiled potatoes, quartered, 5 pieces boiled sweet potatoes, quartered, 4 pieces chorizo bilbao, 2 tablespoons oil,1 teaspoon salt, 1 bundle onion leeks,1 cup chickpeas, 1 sliced bundle cabbage and a Pinch salt & pepper.

Rafik Schami

The story "Vampire lieben Knoblauch" ("Vampires Love Garlic") in Das Letzte Wort der Wanderratte tells how Günter with his crucifix and Ali with his crescent are equally helpless victims of the predator, Dracula; it is a mistake to seek anti-German polemic in Schami's writing.

Ratatouille

Some cooks, including Julia Child, insist on a layering approach, where the aubergine and the courgette are sautéed separately, while the tomatoes, onion, garlic and bell peppers are made into a sauce.

Sambal

;Sambal taliwang: This variant is native to Taliwang, a village near Mataram, Lombok Island, and is made from naga jolokia pepper grown specially in Lombok, garlic and Lombok shrimp paste.

Sompura Salat

The community is vegetarian in diet and also avoid eating onions, garlic, white cucumber and lentils.

The 100-Mile Diet

Their dinner of Dolly Varden trout, wild mushrooms, dandelion leaves, apples, sour cherries, and rose hips, along with potatoes and garlic from the garden, so impressed the couple that once back home, in their Kitsilano apartment in Vancouver, they pursued the idea of eating only local food.

The Vampire Tapestry

He is unlike other vampires in that he does not fear garlic, take the form of a bat, sleep in a coffin, convert victims into vampires through feeding practices, or possess long canine teeth fangs.

Tim Cain

He enjoys cooking, particularly Japanese and Chinese cuisine, and his favorite dishes are garlic chicken fried rice and chicken karaage.

Toom

Toum, a garlic sauce from Lebanon (alternative spelling)

Tri-tip

Shortly thereafter, it became a local specialty in Santa Maria, California, rubbed with salt, pepper, fresh garlic, and other seasonings, grilled directly over red oak wood to medium-rare.

Valencian cuisine

a signature dish for the area around Valencia city and immediately to the south, containing peppers, garlic and potatoes with eels.

XO sauce

Developed in the 1980s in Hong Kong for Cantonese cuisine, XO sauce is made of roughly chopped dried seafoods, including scallops, dried fish and shrimp, and subsequently cooked with chili peppers, onions, and garlic.

Yuxiang

The technique of sauteeing the combined base ingredients of garlic, scallions and ginger is sometimes compared with the French mirepoix.


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