Garlic is garlic, but there are dozens of different kinds of it, which fall into two broad classes: hard neck and soft neck. Most garlic that the average person is familiar with is white, softneck, supermarket garlic. It is pungent, and keeps extremely well. There are several cultivars of it. Hard neck garlics are the more "gourmet" varieties. Generally somewhat less pungent, and keep only moderately well.
Some garlic has a pink colour, some is white.
There are several types of wild garlic. Garlic typically grows in places that have a wet soil. The flowers are often white or purple and grow in bunches.
No. But if you are going out on a date or to a party you might want to skip it until you get home. A good solution at a party is to serve everyone food with garlic. No one will complain about anyone's 'garlic breath'. There is no dietary advantage to eating green minced garlic over regular white garlic.
A clove of garlic is a single "wedge-shaped" section of the entire white "bulb" of the garlic.
yes, garlic is a member of the onion family (Alium) and produce flowering umbles
It glows in the dark, colorless, red, silver, white, tasteless, garlic like odor.
A cross and a string of garlic.
The collective nouns for garlic are a bulb of garlic or a rope of garlic.
Garlic bread and garlic naan (or nan or non) are not the same. Garlic bread is sliced bread with butter and garlic on the top. Garlic naan is a round flatbread with garlic baked into it.
A common dish for garlic is a bowl full of garlic. A common dish for garlic is a bowl full of garlic.
Garlic is a herb. The culinary part of garlic is the bulb which is divided in cloves. Garlic can be minced for inclusion in recipes such as garlic butter. Garlic can be minced by dicing it with a knife, or by using a garlic press.
Chopped garlic is garlic cloves that have been peeled and chopped.
1 clove of garlic is equivalent to 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic is equivalent to one-half teaspoon of minced garlic. So, one-half teaspoon of (drained) jarred minced garlic is equivalent to a garlic clove. Here are some other useful conversions: 1 garlic bulb = about 10 cloves of garlic. 1 clove of garlic = 1 teaspoon chopped garlic 1 clove of garlic = 1/2 teaspoon of minced garlic 1/8 teaspoon of garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon of garlic flakes 1/4 teaspoon of granulated garlic 1/2 teaspoon of garlic juice