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• Garlic is a member of the lily family and is related to onions, leeks, scallions, and chives. According to the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service, Americans consume about 3 of garlic per person, with much of it flavoring prepared foods. This is still far below the average of folks of various Asian nations where they eat an average of eight cloves per day, or 40 to 50 pounds per year. However, U.S. consumption is rising at the rate of about 10 percent per year.

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• The lion's share of the garlic produced in this country is ground up and processed for use in ketchup, mustard, sausage, pickles, and even pet food. Some of it is made into powders and salts. Less still is used in tablets and oil capsules, and only 1/6th of the total output is sold raw.

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• Garlic and onions are among the oldest cultivated food plants. Garlic has been domesticated for over 7,000 years. The garlic we are familiar with is native to Siberia. Siberians valued it so highly that they paid their taxes in garlic up till the middle of the 1700s: Every man owed 15 bulbs, every woman 10, and every child 5. • When the pyramids were being built, 15 lbs. of garlic could buy a healthy male slave. • The ancient Egyptians felt that onions, garlic, and radishes would give them magical medicinal powers that would bestow stamina and strength necessary for the heavy labor involved in building pyramids. When the supply of garlic ran out, the laborers went on strike. • The tomb at El Mahasna, Egypt, built in 3750 B.C. and discovered in 1911, contained models of garlic bulbs made of clay. They were placed there presumably to ward off evil or help the deceased find his way to eternity. • King Tut reigned about 2,000 years afterwards and when his tomb was opened, archaeologists found six perfectly preserved bulbs buried with him.

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• The Bible mentions that the Israelites, while wandering the desert, greatly missed the garlic that they used to enjoy in Egypt. • Five of Shakespeare's plays mention garlic, mostly in a disdainful way: “And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.” From “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” • In 1368, King Alphonso of Castile (a small Spanish kingdom) assembled a new Order of Knights and instituted the new rule that any of them who had eaten garlic were not allowed into his presence for a month. • In Medieval times, people often walked around with garlic in their pocket in order to ward off the plague. (It didn’t work.) • It is said that in the French court of King Louis XIV, the chef would chew a clove of raw garlic and then breathe on the King's salad in order to import the essence of the herb without causing the king the embarrassment of having garlic breath.

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• On April 12, 1861, the bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate shore batteries under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay. Four years later, the Confederacy was defeated at a cost of 620,000 Union and Confederate soldiers dead. • On April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada, two hours after hitting an iceberg. With 16 watertight compartments, the Titanic was considered unsinkable. • On April 16, 1947, multimillionaire Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, a war without fighting or bloodshed, but a battle nonetheless. The phrase became a mainstay in the language of American diplomacy.

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• On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang is officially unveiled at the World's Fair in New York. Named for a World War II fighter plane, the Mustang was the first "pony car," an affordable, compact sporty vehicle. • On April 14, 1975, the U.S. airlift of Vietnamese orphans ends after 2,600 children are transported to America for adoption. Operation Baby Lift lasted 10 days and was carried out during the final, desperate phase of the war, only 16 days before the fall of Saigon. • On April 18, 1989, thousands of Chinese students continue to take to the streets in Beijing to protest government policies and issue a call for greater democracy, resulting in the Tiananmen Square Massacre and thousands of protestors dead. Fear that a severe U.S. reaction to the massacre might result in a diplomatic rupture limited the official U.S. response. • On April 13, 1997, Tiger Woods wins the prestigious Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, by a record 12 strokes. It was Woods' first victory in one of golf's four major championships. He was 21 years old. © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• Garlic should never be stored in the fridge, where the cold temperature encourages sprouting. A basement is better - cool and dark but also fairly humid. Don't store garlic in plastic bags which cause it to sweat and mold. Mesh bags are better, or a clay pot, cardboard egg carton, paper bag, or wire basket. The head needs to breathe. If shoots appear at the end of the clove, it's an indication that they need to be used right away because the flavor will begin to deteriorate at this point. • The flavor in garlic is best the first few months after it is harvested. It tends to get hotter in taste as it ages on the shelf. A whole clove of garlic doesn't have much of a smell, but the more it's cut and crushed, the sharper the flavor is. Slice a clove the long way for mildness and for longcooking dishes. Mince or chop the clove for pungency or fast cooking. Pressed garlic is stronger in flavor than chopped or minced garlic. Minced garlic will hold its flavor for only a few hours. It's best to cook garlic slowly at low heats; cooking it quickly at high heats destroys the flavor. • Garlic will keep longer if the tops remain attached.

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• Garlic cloves, when distilled with water, yield an oil which is necessary to create olefins. Olefins are complex molecules used widely in the manufacturing of lubricants, sealants, and binders. The sticky juice within the bulb cloves is used as an adhesive in mending glass and porcelain in China.

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• Garlic juice can be lethal to mosquitoes and is an effective repellent. It can also work wonders in the garden. Here is a recipe for an insect repellant: Take three oz. chopped garlic and let soak in two tsp. mineral oil for 24 hours. Slowly add a pint of water in which 1/4 ounce of oilbased soap has been dissolved, such as Palmolive. Stir well. Strain through fine gauze, and store in china or glass container to prevent reaction with metals. Dilute one part garlic solution to 20 parts water to begin with, then maintain with one part garlic solution to 100 parts water. Apply to plants as a spray. This is an effective spray against mosquitoes, houseflies, roaches, earwigs, cabbage moths and june bugs. It is not, however, effective against grasshoppers or red ants. An English researcher found that a spray of garlic killed 87 percent of fireworms, 91 percent of mole crickets, 82 percent of gray field slugs, 95 percent of onion fly larvae, 98 percent of cabbage white caterpillars, and 87 percent of pea weevils. Garlic plants in the garden are thought to repel rabbits and moles.

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• One researcher theorized that the hereditary disease called porphyria is responsible for the creation of the vampire myth. Porphyria causes the body to fail to produce one of the enzymes needed to make the “heme” of hemoglobin in blood. One of the symptoms is extreme sensitivity to light. Another symptom is that the gums and lips are drawn tight, making the teeth stand out. Eating garlic stimulates production of heme, which worsens the disease. The lack of heme in their blood perhaps caused a craving for animal blood. Local in-breeding may have produced pockets of the disease in places like Transylvania, where legends of light-avoiding, fang-bearing, garlic-hating, blood-drinking vampires arose. Locally Owned

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