Garlic

RiverOfLove

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

Ihatecuddles

He called my mam a c*nt!

shedweller

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

They never tried new foods when they were younger.

stefan idiot jones

Roasted garlic is one of the sweetest most delicious foods ever.

EuskalHerria

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

It's not P.C around vampires

MadsL

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

The tax dodging I expect...

WilyCoyote

MadsL wrote: »

The tax dodging I expect...

Hahahaha! You're on the ball there boyo! Tax dodging stinks!

WilyCoyote

MadsL wrote: »

The tax dodging I expect...

For the uninitiated:

http://news.yahoo.com/top-irish-food-producer-jailed-garlic-tax-scam-174709716.html

Lou.m

Actually in Asia continental Europe the Middle East and Africa they don't mind it and garlic is a staple cooking ingredient they have been using it for thousands of years especially in China and Japan and in Africa. Records of it in Egypt show that it was valued as early as 3000 B.C. Clay models of it were even found in the tomb of Tutankhamen. It was popular in India It was thought to be a strong stimulant, even an aphrodisiac. Garlic was brought to the New World by the Spanish and Portuguese, where it quickly became popular. Yet in Great Britain and its American colonies it was shunned because of the strong odor it produced on the breath. It would not become popular in the United States until the great migrations of the late 1800s.

It is only really the British and the Americans who think it smells bad as you get immune to the scent quite quickly if you cook regularly with it.

My Spanish neighbor used to eat it raw.

They say raw garlic prevents certain cancers like lung cancer. I could never eat it raw though!

zenno

Garlic is lovely. I always use it while coming up to a garda checkpoint. As soon as I see one, I pull over and swallow a chipper garlic tub and have it all over my face dripping off. My window down half way and when I'm asked a question, I just splutter it all over the place and am always told to carry on

Amirani

I cook with fresh garlic most days. It's fairly essential if you're making any Thai, Indian, Chinese meals. I'd also use it in most Italian meals I have.

Lou.m

zenno wrote: »

Garlic is lovely. I always use it while coming up to a garda checkpoint. As soon as I see one, I pull over and swallow a chipper garlic tub and have it all over my face dripping off. My window down half way and when I'm asked a question, I just splutter it all over the place and am always told to carry on

Okaaaaay

Starbordsie

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

I find that's a myth, most people from what I can see not only don't find it offensive, but love the stuff!

I love the smell of raw garlic on my hands.

zenno

I always liked the garlic. Those goodfella garlic bread pizza ones are very nice, but everyone runs away when I cook one, or they moan telling me to open all hatches and even then by the time it's done they complain like Vampires.

Luckily I didn't have a sharp stick on my person or there would be a Vampire massacre. I really can't understand why folk don't like garlic, because it goes so well with some foods as well. Superquinn years ago used to make those small 6 inch mozzarella cheese and garlic pizzas and they were the nicest I ever tried, but they stopped making them after time. Maybe because of all the Vampires complaining.

It is true though, I never trust a person that hates garlic. They are obviously Vampires of some kind.

J_E

NiallSparky wrote: »

I cook with fresh garlic most days. It's fairly essential if you're making any Thai, Indian, Chinese meals. I'd also use it in most Italian meals I have.

Yeah, that and ginger must have ingredients for any good Oriental dish.

fr336

GARLIC BREAD!

Annasopra

fr336 wrote: »

GARLIC BREAD!

People find garlic offensive because of garlic bread?

stefan idiot jones

fr336 wrote: »

GARLIC BREAD!

Garlic, on bread?

kneemos

People pretend to like it because it sounds sophisticated,when actually it's a manky horrible smelling substance.
Not suitable for Iris.

Davarus Walrus

I think it's one of those foods that we're told people don't like. But the reality is that most people think it's lovely.

The Backwards Man

kneemos wrote: »

People pretend to like it because it sounds sophisticated,when actually it's a manky horrible smelling substance.
Not suitable for Iris.

Who's Iris? Your gran?

Teyla Emmagan

shedweller wrote: »

They never tried new foods when they were younger.

This is why. If you didn't grow up eating it you seem to find it weird. Which I'd a terrible shame as it's one of the most delicious substances on earth. Life would be much poorer without garlic!!

Femme_Fatale

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

A lot of people find the smell of stale garlic off someone to be unpleasant.

I don't think many find garlic flavour in foods to be "offensive" though.

Garlic is delish.

whiskeyman

Garlic in food is delish.
Although can be a pain to cook with... my hands still reek of garlic after making lunch yesterday afternoon!!
And the bin stinks too...

Speedsie

stefan idiot jones wrote: »

Garlic, on bread?

"Garlic bread? It's the future, I've tasted it!!"

the groutch

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

Because they're vampires

Muise...

Cydoniac wrote: »

Yeah, that and ginger must have ingredients for any good Oriental dish.

+chili, that's the holy trinity.

biko

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Why do some people find garlic so offensive?

Do they? You know any?
Any stories to share?

artanevilla

It's a lovely taste when you first eat it. It's tasting it again for the rest of the day that's the problem.

jester77

artanevilla wrote: »

It's a lovely taste when you first eat it. It's tasting it again for the rest of the day that's the problem.

You're not meant to eat it raw :pac:

You can't beat fresh garlic, it adds so much to even the simplest of dishes. It's particularly great when you want to make a quick dish and don't have the time to marinate. Garlic, chilli, ginger and honey will make a simple asian dish fantastic.

Ray Palmer

It's not the taste it is smell off people from their breath and sweat. I like the stuff but people can pong from it. Still better than Lynx and perfumes if you ask me

branie

I absolutely detest garlic!

Aethan Dor

Garlic is great !

Though the wife insists I only eat it if she is eating it too or no smoochies

positron

Garlic is lovely, medicinal too. Lazy copy and paste:

Garlic has many healing properties, but the most research has been done on its potential to help reduce heart disease. Garlic has been intensively studied, and numerous large studies have shown that taking supplements that mimic fresh garlic can significantly lower LDL cholesterol levels without hurting beneficial HDL cholesterol levels. Garlic appears to act by blocking the liver from making too much LDL cholesterol.

There is also some evidence that garlic supplements can mildly lower blood pressure by dilating or expanding blood vessels. And garlic helps prevent blood clots -- and therefore reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke -- by decreasing the stickiness of platelets, which are tiny disk-shaped bodies in the blood that are necessary for blood clotting. When platelets are too sticky, they form clumps that can adhere to artery walls and contribute to clogged arteries.

Garlic has also been shown to reduce pain and other symptoms in people with rheumatoid arthritis. And it reduces the size of some cancerous tumors and helps prevent some cancers, particularly those in the intestines. However, the research on this is not nearly as far advanced as that for garlic and heart disease, so do not use garlic supplements without consulting with a natural health care professional.

One of the oldest uses of garlic, however, is as an antibiotic. Garlic kills a range of microbes, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, and can be effective against such conditions as athlete's foot, thrush (a fungal infection of the mouth), viral diarrhea, and the ulcer-causing bacteria Helicobacter pylori. Only fresh garlic or supplements that mimic it have these effects.

Wossack

I love garlic and usually double up any quantities needed in recipes

Foxhound38

I'd put garlic in almost every recipe - sure, I stink afterwards but you just can't beat the flavour!

e_e

Garlic lightly toasted in olive oil and then poured over spaghetti. Yum yum yum.

yeppydeppy

Anyone know where you can buy good garlic - that stuff from China that's in the supermarkets is crap? I love garlic and put it in most things I cook but I'd like to be able to buy good strong garlic.
I tried growing it once. My brother-in-law, who's green fingered said it was difficult - he was right. They didn't grow at all, maybe I'll try again...

yeppydeppy

e_e wrote: »

Garlic lightly toasted in olive oil and then poured over spaghetti. Yum yum yum.

Try that with a couple of chopped up chilli's and you're in for a real treat! Leave the seeds in.

murphym7

WilyCoyote wrote: »

Hahahaha! You're on the ball there boyo! Tax dodging stinks!

http://www.thejournal.ie/man-given-six-year-sentence-for-garlic-tax-scam-379395-Mar2012/

Not the smell.

Sir Arthur Daley

A Garlic Cheese Chips be nice now.

rtron

kneemos wrote: »

People pretend to like it because it sounds sophisticated,when actually it's a manky horrible smelling substance.
Not suitable for Iris.

Totally Agree:

Some people who say "I love Garlic" about their meals with Garlic in it, are the very same people that say "You can't even Taste the Garlic in it" with a happy voice.

If you love it so much and don't want to taste it why put it in???

Pretzill

Garlic is great it can elevate a simple bit of crusty bread to a delicious level. Great if you and all who you come in contact with have consumed it too - otherwise the most detesable reek to get off someone, especially firsr thing.

Garlic doesn't smell as tasty once its been consumed I guess.