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The taste so loud your whole apartment files a noise complaint by morning.
means Having the pungent taste or smell of garlic, often strongly enough to linger.
from From "garlic" plus the adjective-forming "-y." "Garlic" itself comes from Old English "garleac" — literally "spear-leek" (gar, a spear, plus leac, a leek), named for the plant's slender, blade-like leaves. So a garlicky dish is, etymologically, full of little spear-leeks.
- sulfur source
- Allicin forms only when garlic is crushed or cut.
- breath physics
- Garlic compounds exit via lungs, not just mouth.
- milk fix
- Fat in milk binds garlic's stink molecules.
- sock test
- Garlic on feet can be tasted hours later.
- ancient cure
- Egyptians fed it to pyramid builders for strength.
for instance
gilroy garlic festival — annual event in california drawing 100,000+ visitors each july to celebrate garlic
the stinking rose restaurant — san francisco restaurant using garlic in nearly every dish, from garlic ice cream to garlic chicken