Garlic - Garlic - and More Garlic …Oh my!
Did you Know ?
It may be said that Garlic caused the first ever labor strike known in history...
More than 5,000 years ago in Egypt, slaves were regularly given garlic to go with their food ration. It is thought that the ruling class decided to stop giving garlic to the slaves. The slaves then went on strike. Making this the earliest labor strike we know about and it happened because of garlic.
Garlic grown in China is a Massive Global Product
The United States produces about 4.2 million cwt (hundred pounds) per year. Most of that garlic is grown in California. Egypt to this day still produces garlic, at about the same pace as the United States. China on the other hand is far, far ahead in the garlic industry. They produce an incredible 280 million cwt per year. That’s about 65 times more garlic than the United States!
You Consume 2.3 Pounds of Garlic Per Year
The average American consumes about 2.3 pounds of garlic per year. One garlic clove weighs about 6 grams. That means that throughout the course of the year, you’ll consume about 170 cloves of garlic.
Allicin is the active sulfur compound in garlic ~
To help minimize your garlic aroma – (should you eat a lot of garlic)
· Eat more garlic – it seems the more we eat the better our bodies metabolize it
· Chew a roasted coffee bean
· Chew parsley leaves
· Eat a few lemon slices to help neutralize the garlic aroma
April 19th is National Garlic Day ~
It may be said that Garlic caused the first ever labor strike known in history...
More than 5,000 years ago in Egypt, slaves were regularly given garlic to go with their food ration. It is thought that the ruling class decided to stop giving garlic to the slaves. The slaves then went on strike. Making this the earliest labor strike we know about and it happened because of garlic.
Garlic grown in China is a Massive Global Product
The United States produces about 4.2 million cwt (hundred pounds) per year. Most of that garlic is grown in California. Egypt to this day still produces garlic, at about the same pace as the United States. China on the other hand is far, far ahead in the garlic industry. They produce an incredible 280 million cwt per year. That’s about 65 times more garlic than the United States!
You Consume 2.3 Pounds of Garlic Per Year
The average American consumes about 2.3 pounds of garlic per year. One garlic clove weighs about 6 grams. That means that throughout the course of the year, you’ll consume about 170 cloves of garlic.
Allicin is the active sulfur compound in garlic ~
To help minimize your garlic aroma – (should you eat a lot of garlic)
· Eat more garlic – it seems the more we eat the better our bodies metabolize it
· Chew a roasted coffee bean
· Chew parsley leaves
· Eat a few lemon slices to help neutralize the garlic aroma
April 19th is National Garlic Day ~
