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Nature's way of making your fridge smell like a decision you'll regret.
means The whole bundle of garlic—a papery-skinned head made up of individual cloves packed together around a central stem.
from From Old English 'gārlēac,' a compound of 'gār' (spear) and 'lēac' (leek or edible bulb plant) — so literally a 'spear-leek,' naming the plant for the spear-shaped leaves jutting from each clove. The leek part also lives on in words like 'chives,' a linguistic cousin from the same old onion-and-allium family tree.
- clove count
- 10 to 20 cloves per bulb, each a seed
- odor chemistry
- crushing releases allyl sulfur compounds, not the clove itself
- storage rule
- room temperature dark spot, never the fridge
- ancient use
- egyptian laborers were paid in garlic, not coin