Garlic - love it or hate it?

[Charlotte ~08]

I have a friend coming round for a meal at the weekend and she hates it ...the majority of my meals have garlic in the ingredients, it gives the dish flavour.

 

[Kath2003]

I ADORE garlic. Nom nom nom!

 

[pixie dust 112]

LOVE IT!!!!

 

[kelleigh1]

I married an Italian - good thing since I already loved Garlic. If I don't have garlic in my house, I need to go grocery shopping.

 

[ead79]

Well, I don't hate it, but it hates me, LOL. I have irritable bowel syndrome, and garlic is my biggest trigger food. So I obviously avoid Italian food, but you'd be surprised how many meals have garlic in them. I miss it, but it's just not worth the pain!

 

[Brianne]

I love garlic, but garlic hates me.

I've had to cut it out of my diet recently and I hate it!

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I garlic. I feel about cilantro the way your friend feels about garlic.

 

[suzimar57]

love it - but hate how i "smell" for days afterward....

 

[HeyIt'sMe]

I love it - I just wish it didn't make me so stinky!

We are going to eat at Carrabba's for DH's b-day tonight so I will be partaking in my share of garlic tonight. Good thing I don't work tomorrow!

 

[Brit17]

seems like I'm in the minority ... I don't like garlic at all and never use it in anything I cook, even if the recipe calls for it ... it drives my DH crazy because he loves it ...

 

[Handbag Lady]

We have this restaurant out here called the Stinkin' Rose. I won a night in a fancy hotel because of a work thingie and the Stinkin' Rose was down the street. Good lord, was it good!


We now make something we found we love there. Take a whole garlic, coat in olive oil, then roast it on the grill. It just meeeeeellllllttttsss when you eat each clove.

 

[kimluvswdw]

Hate it and when my husband eats it he has to stay away from me. Yuck!

 

[D&DDisney]

LOVE IT!!!!!!
All my recipes include garlic. If they don't I just add it.

 

[Barbossa]

Garlic is the spice of the Gods

 

[not_minnie]

I hate garlic, garlic breath, garlic sweat... hate it. Very strange considering my Lebanese/Italian/Spanish background . I think I was switched at birth.

 

[MM27]

We have this restaurant out here called the Stinkin' Rose. I won a night in a fancy hotel because of a work thingie and the Stinkin' Rose was down the street. Good lord, was it good!


We now make something we found we love there. Take a whole garlic, coat in olive oil, then roast it on the grill. It just meeeeeellllllttttsss when you eat each clove.

There's a place here in NJ called The Garlic Rose and their whole menu has garlic items. They even have garlic ice cream.

I love garlic.

 

[beattyfamily]

Oh, how I LOVE garlic. I can eat it in anything but love it by itself, just roasted in the oven with some olive oil, salt and rosemary. But, alas, I hate how it makes me smell for two days and so does my husband. So I do not eat it by itself very often anymore. That's what I get for marrying a non-Italian!

I would love to have a restaurant that serves garlic in every dish. I've heard of them on the Food Network (and on this thread).

 

[Mish19]

I love garlic! I could eat all my meals with garlic in it. There's a pickle place in the lower east side of manhattan and they have pickled garlic, it's pretty good.
I feel the same way about parsley that your friend does....ick.

 

[kelleigh1]

There's a place here in NJ called The Garlic Rose and their whole menu has garlic items. They even have garlic ice cream.

I love garlic.

Where is this place? My in-laws live in NJ and I think I'd love to dine there (as would hubby) next time we visit.

 

[MushyMushy]

Well, I don't hate it, but it hates me, LOL. I have irritable bowel syndrome, and garlic is my biggest trigger food. So I obviously avoid Italian food, but you'd be surprised how many meals have garlic in them. I miss it, but it's just not worth the pain!

That really struck home with me! I was diagnosed with IBS several months ago, but I never made the connection. The past few times I've eaten garlic (practically overdosed on it) I've been in so much pain. I wonder if that's a common thing for people with IBS.

CRAP! (literally ). My family loves garlic and I can't imagine not cooking without it.