The moment I stopped buying this from the supermarket and started growing it myself, I genuinely couldn't go back 🌿 The flavor difference is so dramatic it almost feels like a different plant entirely. If you've never grown your own garlic, this season is the one to start. Save this!
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Growing Garlic Changed the Way I Cook Forever — Here's Everything You Need to Know
Garlic from a supermarket and garlic pulled fresh from your own garden are related in the same way that a photograph of a place and the place itself are related. One is a representation.
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Fresh homegrown garlic has a complexity and intensity that commercially grown, cured, and stored garlic cannot match. The outer layers peel away to reveal cloves that are firm, juicy, and aromatic in a way that makes cooking with them feel genuinely different — more flavorful at lower quantities, more fragrant when cooked, and entirely without the slight mustiness that develops in garlic stored for months in a warehouse.
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