[Soilsniffer]

Taste test last evening. What a disappointment.

I removed a thin slice of a large clove (the 27g one), and the Mrs and I sampled it.

Flavor = yecch, heat = moderate.

We minced the clove. Aroma = yecch. We both agreed it smelled of weeds. Imagine a weed patch that was just cut by a lawn mower. The unpleasant, slightly bitter aroma of freshly cut weeds. We weren't gonna eat it raw. Last chance for salvation: saute, then add to smashed potatoes.

After sauteing, again, Yecch. Bitter. I'm not even sure there was any garlic flavor there. We mixed the potatoes with linguica instead, chucked the garlic.

I s'pose I'll still plant a few of these cloves this fall. Maybe I'll get an 8-oz head next year. Maybe the flavor will improve.

There's a question. Can flavor improve? Can lousy tasting Massachusetts-grown garlic taste better if grown in good Tennessee garden soil?

Bummed,
Jay