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I'd so much love to grow garlic when I grow up ;-) The few I grew this year ended up small. Will try in earnest next year.

Enjoying this thread very much. I wonder what are some of the more interesting ways that people here eat garlic, especially raw (uncooked) which does more justice to the full flavor of this wonder.

Here's one of my favorite, it's a must have alongside grilled (a bit charred) chicken in middle eastern cuisine. Can be done with one of two bases: either labne (strained yogurt) or soft mashed potatoes.

Basically mash a few cloves of garlic very fine, then blend with 1 cup labne (or mashed spuds), oil and bit of salt, in a food processor until homogenized and fluffy light. It tastes heavenly by itself, on bread and of course grilled meats.