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the bulb that flavors empires and repels both vampires and admirers alike
means A pungent bulb of the onion family, made up of separable cloves, used worldwide to flavor food and long valued in folk medicine.
from From Old English 'garleac,' a tidy compound of 'gar' (spear) and 'leac' (leek) — literally 'spear-leek,' named for the slim, pointed shape of its green shoots. The 'leac' half is the same word that gives us 'leek' and lingers in old place-names; its 'gar' cousin once meant a literal spear, the very weapon a 'garfish' is named for. So the smelly bulb is, etymologically, a spear among leeks.
- vampire myth
- Folk belief used it against blood-drinking, plague-spreading creatures
- sprout test
- Green center means it'll taste harsher and bitter
- egyptian wages
- Pyramid builders were partly paid in garlic
- breath chemistry
- Its odor escapes through your lungs, not just mouth
- olympic doping
- Ancient Greek athletes ate it as a stimulant
gilroy garlic festival — annual event in california drawing 100,000+ visitors since 1979
transylvania garlic production — romania produces 30% of europe's garlic supply
korean black garlic — fermented garlic specialty from south korea commanding premium prices