1. Raw garlic is the most nutritious for you, but you can still get the goodness that garlic has to offer when it is cooked.
2. Raw garlic packs the biggest and strongest amount of flavor. When used raw, be aware that it will leave your guests with garlic breath.
3. The smaller the clove and the closer it is to the center of the garlic head, the stronger the flavor.
4. For just a hint of garlic flavor, try rubbing a garlic clove sliced in half onto baking dishes before adding other ingredients.
5. Remove garlic or onion smells from your hands by wiping them with fresh lemon juice.
Here is come great info that we’ve acquired from one place or another over the last eight months.
- Raw garlic is the most nutritious for you, but you can still get the goodness that garlic has to offer when it is eaten cooked (try it roasted!).
- Chew on fresh parsley after eating to help cure garlic breath. Is this parsley cure a possible reason for the ever-present sprig of parsley served as garnish at restaurants???).
- Raw garlic packs the biggest and strongest amount of flavor. When used raw, be aware that it will leave your guests with garlic breath (or at least have some fresh parsley close-at-hand to help ease the stench).
- The smaller the clove and the closer it is to the center of the garlic head, the stronger the flavor will be. This is exactly opposite of what I had once believed. I used to grab the biggest clove off the head that I could find. However, you can really taste the difference. Check it out!
- For just a hint of garlic flavor, try rubbing a garlic clove sliced in half onto baking dishes before adding other ingredients. We have often used this method when making gratin potatoes (I’ll post our recipe during the Holiday season). You wouldn’t think that it would do much but it really, really does!
