Garlic is very low in calories-about one or two calories per clove. It’s an excellent substitution for salt in low-sodium diets.
To get garlic odor off your hands, rub them with lemon or lime juice, then put salt in your hands and rub vigorously. This also works for getting stains and old coffee flavors out of a glass pot.
Garlic Breath – The best method for controlling this dilemma is still good old-fashioned fresh parsley. Chew three or four sprigs and you are on your way to fresher breath. Sucking on a lemon wedge may help, if you’re brave enough.
Everyone knows that cleaning a garlic press can be tiresome and most chefs won’t even use one because of this fact. Try pressing the cloves through your garlic press unpeeled. You will get a finer profile, but just reach in and pull out the husk and see if that doesn’t change your mind about the garlic press.
Today, Americans alone consume more than 250 million pounds of garlic annually.
In the United States, Gilroy, California promotes itself as “Garlic Capital of the World,” and hosts the Gilroy Garlic Festival every summer.
In 2005, a poll of 2,000 people voted garlic Britain’s 6th favorite culinary vegetable.
According to Ron Engeland, author of Growing Great Garlic, there may be moe than 450 identifiable strains of garlic.
The longest continuous string of garlic is 123 feet. It is found in Catsfield, England.
