Advantages: Cheap and easy to grow Disadvantages: Smelly breath
The proper name for garlic is Allium sativum and it is part of the onion family. The word garlic comes from the old German word garlaeac, which means 'spear leek'. The gar means spear and refers to the pointy leaves and lic means leek, which is another member of the onion family. Garlic is a bulb which, when mature, has segments called cloves and these are held together with a white papery skin.
Garlic has been grown for centuries both for its culinary attributes and for its medicinal properties. It is thought to help prevent heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels, to have anti biotic properties and anti oxidant properties, i.e. protecting the body from those harmful free radicals. Some even claim that eating it raw is good for warding off mosquitoes, but it may also deter all but your best friends too. Garlic is truly ...
perfectlypolished 03.02.2007 (07.07.2007)
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Advantages: Great for gifts or yourself, quick, easy to use, reasonable prices Disadvantages: None that I've found
OVERVIEW:
'Cookingtime.co.uk' is the online version of the high street store 'Cooking Time', which can be found in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
The same products that are in the store can be found on the website, but anyone from around the UK can order from the site - it's not only for customers local to the store. The products are all kitchenware products.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE WEBSITE:
I originally came across this website because I was looking for a replacement mug for somebody, for one that was broken. I entered my search term into google and Cookingtime.co.uk was one of the first websites in the list.
On arriving at the homepage, I was immediately impressed by its professional feel - the homepage is tidy, not too cluttered and with very easy navigation. It can be daunting ordering products from an unknown website ...
Advantages: Very good for your health Disadvantages: Bad breath
Back again with probably one of the most used herbs in the cooking world - Garlic
The amount of time I hear people say I hate Garlic and won't cook with it, or I don't like the smell of it. They are so ignorant they don't even know it's used in most everyday things ranging from peri-peri sauce to ready meals and in lots of tinned food like soups etc.
How can you not love the smell of roasted garlic :)
As you may be able to tell I love garlic and I must go through a clump a week, its great with a massive amount of different foods, just don't use to much of it. This is where people probably make the mistake; too much Garlic can taint the food and kill the flavour of the meat.
Quite a bit of information about the Garlic coming up so hear goes.
Garlic - Allium sativum
***The Plant***
Garlic also goes by the names ...
the_enlightened_one 24.02.2007
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