Lee Hobeck wrote:
> I live alone so I never cook my meals. A few months again I thought
I
> would try to cook some simple things. Recipe called for a stalk of
> celery. This seems like a lot of celery to go into a soup for 4
> people. When the recipe calls for a stalk, do they mean the whole
> stalk or just a piece? I looked at some other recipes calling for
> celery and saw the same thing.
> Lee

That's not a stupid question. A stalk is a branch, not the whole bunch.
Similarly, a clove of garlic is one of the smaller segments that make
up the coimplete head.

-bwg