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    GARLIC GUIDELINES

    Feb 09, 2021 2 minutes

    Don’t Buy Garlic That Smells Like Garlic

    head of fresh garlic should not have any aroma, since its characteristic pungency is produced only when the cloves’ cells are damaged. Strong-smelling garlic has likely been mishandled during transport or storage. To demonstrate this, we put a few heads of garlic in a plastic bag and whacked at them with a rolling

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