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In fact, garlic has no flavour until it's cut or crushed, which releases an enzyme (alliinase) and aprecursor, which have been isolated from one another in the garlic but which on cutting, slicing or crushing react to produce garlic's smell and flavour.
Food for Fort: Super-cheesy scones, cooker hoods and foul-tasting garlic 2010
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I prefer modern medicine - garlic's good stuff, but I don't want it there
How About Italian for Dinner 1 Dinosaur 2009
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If you are not a garlic lover, you can probably get many of garlic's benefits from a supplement.
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Chemists say that when garlic is crushed, chopped, or chewed, an enzyme is released that converts one of garlic's key sulfur compounds, called alliin, into allicin.
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Enteric-coated pills also reduce or eliminate garlic's unsociable odor.
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When garlic is cut, allicin, a sulfur-based compound, is released -- giving garlic its distinctive smell and believed to be garlic's defense against microbes, fungii and other natural enemies.
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I asked a garlic grower why not, and he told me that cool temperatures can increase the garlic's tendency to sprout.
The Perdue Chicken Cookbook Mitzi Perdue
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This herb's anti-cancer potential is attributed to its sulphur compounds, phytochemicals also responsible for garlic's smell.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LESLIE BECK 2011
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Many studies have revealed garlic's anti-cancer effects, most notably for digestive tract cancers.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed LESLIE BECK 2011
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When you smell garlic's lovely burst of perfume, throw in the rice and stir until it takes on a glossy, plumpy sheen.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com One For The Table 2010
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