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Friday, April 07, 2006

Croutons

Garlic Croutons

You can never have enough Tabasco, 2 sprinkles? What the fuck?
I may as well dilute it with battery acid, you need a good 20-30 splashes of Tabasco for every 1 in a recipe;
If you have had a bottle of Tabasco in your cupboard for more than a month you are not worthy of its greatness, send it to me.

Tonight I had tomato soup with garlic croutons, and it kicked ass, but this time I followed the directions and used only 2 cloves of garlic, and it wasn’t as good as it could’ve been.

I have chicken breasts inside the fridge and I dunno how I should cook them; considering I have 3.18$ in my bank account, I’m pretty much limited to lettuce, capsicum, garlic, onion, pasta and tinned tomatoes. I think if I stick it all in a pot it’ll turn out great.

Only a few more days until I can once again eat shawarma...

3 comments:

Shaper85 said...

One thing that I always have near me when I'm in the kitchen is garlic salt - you should try that as an addition, or as an alternative to garlic cloves.

Anonymous said...

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a member of the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae), which also includes leeks, onions, and shallots. It is a perennial with an underground bulb (head) composed of pungent bulblets commonly called cloves. Approximately 90 percent of the garlic grown in the United States is grown in California. California Early and California Late are the two major commercial varieties. California Early has white skins and is planted in December for harvest in July and August. The largest garlic variety, Elephant Garlic, has a very mild-flavored clove and is a close relative of the leek.

The pungent flavor of garlic is caused by a chemical reaction that occurs when the garlic cells are broken. The flavor is most intense shortly after cutting or chopping. This chemical iakoubtchik reaction cannot occur after garlic is cooked, which is why roasted garlic is sweet rather than pungent.

bandicoot said...

anonymous, even in a blog, it's good to cite sources. Your info about garlic is lifted intact from www.4bfarms.com/facts.htm (the definition statement also appears in other sources). Or you could've just linked it; would've been better and easier!