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How to get the best out of garlic
”Do you love garlic? Like, really love it? Do you see a recipe that calls for a few cloves and double the number? If so, you’re not alone. On average, we Brits include garlic in 40% of all the savoury dishes we cook and get through almost 250 cloves each per year. So it’s worth making the most of this aromatic little gem by tweaking its flavour to suit your supper.“
TOM SHINGLER, FOOD EDITOR
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Garlic is sold in shops on every continent and included in the dishes of every cuisine. The only exceptions I could find were for religious reasons (Jainists and some Buddhists avoid alliums such as onions and garlic), and I can’t say for sure whether visitors to Antarctica eat garlic – though if I was heading there I’d certainly smuggle in a bulb or two. (Just don’t ask me where!)