How to Properly Use Garlic

The truth is...  I adore garlic.  After mincing it up, my eyes may or may not roll to the back of my head as I inhale it's fragrance from my garlic-y hands before washing it off.  I think seven-eighths of my readers just fled in fear.  That might have been too much information.  I said may or may not, for heaven's sake.  Hang in there, because this is definitely not TMI for any true foodie:

How to Properly Use Garlic

• Add garlic required in your recipe at the end of preparing your dish.  If a recipe says to saute or boil the garlic, don't.  It easily burns and it's amazing flavor contribution is lost.  Add the garlic right before blending, baking, or in the last stirring.
• Seeding garlic will make it easier to digest, and it's a simple step that should be followed anytime you use it.  All you do is:

1. Slice cloves in half, length-wise.
2. Locate the seed in the center and pull it out.  There's something very satisfying about this procedure.  Just saying.  And there go the rest of my readers.

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