In article >, "cybercat" >
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> "zxcvbob" > wrote
> >
> > When I buy whole garlic, the cloves dry out before I use them all. :-(
>
> Bob! THIS IS IMPORTANT!
>
> You are not using nearly enough garlic.
>
> Did you know that when they put cancer cells in a petri
> dish with fresh garlic juice they die?
>
> Also, it is delish ... but you know that.
>
> >
> > I used to buy jars of chopped garlic at Sam's, but the last couple of
> > times I bought it, it had very little flavor. So no matter how much I
> > used, I had to adjust at the end with garlic powder. I should try using
> > the Chile Garlic Paste from the Vietnamese market and see how that works.
> >
> > (I wonder if you can peel and freeze garlic cloves?)
> >
> > Bob
>
> Make the dishes/sauces and freeze them!
>
> More chili, more taco meat, more spaghetti sauce! ( I often use
> jarred sauce and add garlic. I smash it flat with the side of my
> meat tenderizer then chop it finely) Between the lycopene in the
> cooked tomatoes and all the other vegetables, you can't go
> wrong, healthwise. You can't beat delicious stuff that is also
> good for you.

I use a garlic press.

I do so agree with CC. One thing I learned quite some time back.
Cooking for nutrition AND flavor is not only possible, it's rather easy.

>
> Maybe make your shredded taco/burrito meat, assemble the meat
> and cheese and freeze them?
>
> Other uses for garlic--I love it on pasta that just has a bit of butter
> and some parm cheese, maybe some spinach. Mixed into hamburgers,
> rubbed all over or stuck into pork roasts, tucked under the skin of
> chicken. In Chinese and Szechuan dishes with ginger! In marinades
> with soy and ginger! In black beans for burritos, or black bean soup!
>
> And if everyone smells like garlic, nobody minds.
>
> Just more stinky loved ones who might live longer or better
> or both due to the good stuff garlic does for you!
>
> (Not to mention, the vampire thing ... )

It's also supposed to repel mosquitos.
I need to eat more garlic. I'm a darned mosquito magnet!
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