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| Iv'e always been under the impression that it's at it's best when nice, white and tight. Owt else and it's seen better days. Iv'e always used that rule and never had a duff one! Steve, over to you...... |
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| All I look for is a good coverage outer skin, reasonable size (not too big or too small) and no evidence of green shoots...
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| Gelderdender wrote: | | ArmleyWhite wrote: | | Iv'e always been under the impression that it's at it's best when nice, white and tight. Owt else and it's seen better days. Iv'e always used that rule and never had a duff one! Steve, over to you...... |
You see Simon thats the bit that I can't get to grips with  |
Well, if it looks nice and white and is tight together and not falling apart and a funny brown colour, or as Steve says, green shoots then it's fine! Also, the smell is a lot to go on with a lot of foods. It should smell fresh and not be massivley overpowering. I was under the impression that if food smells strongly of the flavour then it's had it, or getting there. Fish, for example should smell of the sea and not overly "fishy"...
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Did you know that if you plant a garlic clove in the ground at this time of year, come the spring you'll have grown a garlic plant with plenty of fresh bulbs on for you to use?
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| Or, come spring, you can go to the woods, anywhere near a stream and pick your own wild garlic. Loverly it is!! |
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: | | Or, come spring, you can go to the woods, anywhere near a stream and pick your own wild garlic. Loverly it is!! |
the smell of wild garlic is certainly loverly, there is loads of it around here.
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ArmleyWhite
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| Gelderdender wrote: | | ArmleyWhite wrote: | | Or, come spring, you can go to the woods, anywhere near a stream and pick your own wild garlic. Loverly it is!! |
You and the woods  |
Do you remember me off to see the bluebells earlier this year, match day? I picked a load of wild garlic leaves that day!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: wild garlic |
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This is the plant that grows abundantly in any wood near water. Carpets the entire area during spring. All parts of this plant an be eaten and can be either very mild (the flowers) or massivley over powering in the roots. The leaves, chppoed and in salads or anything are fantastic!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: wild garlic |
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| ArmleyWhite wrote: | This is the plant that grows abundantly in any wood near water. Carpets the entire area during spring. All parts of this plant an be eaten and can be either very mild (the flowers) or massivley over powering in the roots. The leaves, chppoed and in salads or anything are fantastic!
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Try the roundabout at Junction 1 of the M621 (near the big B&Q). There is a strong whiff of wild garlic as you drive over the bridge...and as you rightly mention there is a stream under there... 
Do you eat any other foliage, or is it just garlic?  |
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