Let's hear it for garlic!

[RagingInMiami]

Tonight I made a delicious plate of linguini tossed in olive oil and fresh garlic. I squeezed a little lemon on it, then sprinkled some freshly grated parmesan and added a little black pepper.
I then topped it with some chicken breast strips that I sauteed in white wine, olive oil, lemon juice and, of course, garlic.

Without garlic, the meal would have been decent, but because of the garlic, I'm still in ecstasy.

[Gothic Sponge]

1. Someone has bad breath

I love garlic.

[RagingInMiami]

3. I only kiss those that share my passion for garlic

[Xipe Totec]

2. You'll Love Gilroy CA Then

http://www.gilroygarlicfestival.com/

[AlCzervik]

7. been there and done that-good and smelly times

when you get within 10 miles of Gilroy, you know it.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Everything but the garlic wine is great

I'd rather have retsina than garlic wine, though that would be a tough choice. x(

[RagingInMiami]

15. Garlic wine? That sounds nasty.

It's about as appealing as a chili beer I had a few years back. I love chili peppers and I love beer, but that beer tasted like crap.

[AlCzervik]

17. I tried the garlic ice cream which was actually yummy

we may try and go to the aspargus festival this year for a change.

[maveric]

28. I've had garlic ice cream from Gilroy.

It was NASTY!

[Xipe Totec]

39. OK. Everything but the garlic wine and garlic ice cream is fine

Forgot about that grodity. x(

[fishwax]

33. It is a vague dream of mine to live halfway between

gilroy and salina, since gilroy is famous for garlic while salina has all that spinach, and I love them both so. :D

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. I LOVE garlic... :drool:

[Xipe Totec]

5. Wrap some garlic heads in foil, toss them in the oven

you can then squeeze the baked cloves onto French bread, as if it was butter.

I love the stuff!

You made me hungry! I think I'll go have some now.

:9

[Zomby Woof]

6. Garlic rules

No kitchen should be without it. No cook should prepare in its absence.

Sounds like a great meal.

[Az]

8. Blech!!!

It burns ussssss!!!

[miss_kitty]

9. I love garlic

but the feeling-not mutual.

[fluffernutter]

10. ooo baby, that sounds good!

is there anything you DON'T do well?

[RagingInMiami]

12. I have trouble focusing on my work

because I spend too much time on DU

[fluffernutter]

18. don't we all?

i wish we were all much closer, i'd bring the wine, your chicken pasta ala garlic sounds so damn good!

oh, and you were the one who makes a great New Mexican dish, weren't you?

[RagingInMiami]

34. Yes, I learned how to cook New Mexican during the 2 years I live there

And I learned to cook Italian at the various Italian restaurants I worked as a waiter while living in Europe.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. You can never have too much garlic

YUM!!

[Az]

14. Burning here!

Did I mention the burning!? Ow ow ow.

[Xipe Totec]

20. You gotta cook it

That takes the sting out.

Speaking of which, it's a good first aid for wasp stings and ant bites if you don't have cortisone handy.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. Burn baby burn!

Ooh ooh. Burn baby burn! Oooh ooh.

I'm on FIRE!!

Garlic makes you burn? I've never had a burning garlic sensation.

[meganmonkey]

16. Mmmm Garlic!

I love garlic!!!

I used to live in a house with two other girls and every cooking item we had just seeped garlic essence - the cutting boards, the skillets, we just couldn't avoid it. We were super broke and for a couple days we lived off a bag of buckwheat pancake mix and the pancakes were so dense and funky and garlic-infused we called them Garlic Shingles. One day we splurged and had Garlic-Blueberry Shingles. Yum.

[Amaya]

19. Yay!!!

That sounds delicious. But I bet ya can't out cook me, especially when it comes to Italian food. ;)

[RagingInMiami]

21. I smell a challenge in the air

[Amaya]

25. Come on over

I'll make you my famous meatballs :)

(does that sound funny?) :silly:

[RagingInMiami]

26. Sounds intriguing

I have a few personal recipes that I call "famous" because my friends and family rave about them, but I have yet to perfect meatballs.:9

[youngred]

22. I love garlic more than anything

and put it on most everything....mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Zomby Woof]

24. yeah

But PLEASE keep it off of my oatmeal. x(

[NightTrain]

27. As a Dago-American, I love garlic!

Yum, yum, yum! :9

[OldLeftieLawyer]

30. This fellow WOP agrees

If you can't eat garlic, and you want its remarkable health benefits - immune system stimulation, etc. - just cut it up and swallow it with water, as if it were a pill. You get no taste, no aftertaste, no garlic breath.

There's something that happens to my husband when he's really tired - he starts to smell like garlic. Do you know how marvellous that is?

[Left Is Write]

29. Yay garlic! I love garlic. Your supper sounds fantastic.

[sundog]

31. keeps the local vampyres away... eat it by the fistful

[mcscajun]

32. Garlic Shrimp Pizza

I generally think putting seafood on pizza is a BAD idea. I'm a traditionalist: just give me pepperoni and mushrooms on my pizza and no one will get hurt. :)

BUT. The Garlic Shrimp Pizza I had at Sammy's Woodfired Pizza in San Diego a few years back was SO intensely garlic I was begging them to air-ship 'em to NJ. No such luck.

So I determined to recreate it. Anything that gets you to roast garlic and experiment with it can't be bad. :P

My most recent experiment was promising...further research is needed. wanted. lusted after. :bounce:

[Hans Delbrook]

35. You go bulb! nt

[Kat45]

36. I am an Italian-American, and here's my opinion on garlic:

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[RagingInMiami]

37. Better not say that too loud

or you'll be sleeping with the fishes
}(

[HEyHEY]

38. oh yeah!

[Enraged_Ape]

40. Garlic is good

No doubt.