Post by ferdzy on Aug 19, 2016 20:40:16 GMT -5
I know it's a long shot...
The garlic partially peeled to show the characteristic "spiral" arrangement of the cloves.
I have not been able to find out anything about this garlic. I found it growing in a ditch near an old farmhouse that must have burnt down decades ago. Further looking shows that the ditches of Meaford are FULL of feral garlic. It's been a garlic growing centre for many years, but nobody seems to know anything about it. They just grow it. Strangely, this is a community that had a lot of settlers from England. (Strange because the English don't have a reputation as traditionally being lovers of garlic.) An awful lot of Canadians think "we were settled by the English" but it would be far more accurate to say the Irish, Scottish, and Germans in most places. Those groups would be represented here to be sure, and really, the garlic could have come in from anywhere.
It's a nice, balanced mid-range garlic in terms of flavour. Fresh, it has low pungency and an even, balanced yet lingering aftertaste. Cooked, it is mild yet rich and nutty and still maintains a trace of pungency.
The cloves tend to grown almost in a spiral, which is one of its more distinctive features. I do have a little trouble planting a big clove and having it come up as "twins" sometimes.
Anybody?
The garlic partially peeled to show the characteristic "spiral" arrangement of the cloves.
I have not been able to find out anything about this garlic. I found it growing in a ditch near an old farmhouse that must have burnt down decades ago. Further looking shows that the ditches of Meaford are FULL of feral garlic. It's been a garlic growing centre for many years, but nobody seems to know anything about it. They just grow it. Strangely, this is a community that had a lot of settlers from England. (Strange because the English don't have a reputation as traditionally being lovers of garlic.) An awful lot of Canadians think "we were settled by the English" but it would be far more accurate to say the Irish, Scottish, and Germans in most places. Those groups would be represented here to be sure, and really, the garlic could have come in from anywhere.
It's a nice, balanced mid-range garlic in terms of flavour. Fresh, it has low pungency and an even, balanced yet lingering aftertaste. Cooked, it is mild yet rich and nutty and still maintains a trace of pungency.
The cloves tend to grown almost in a spiral, which is one of its more distinctive features. I do have a little trouble planting a big clove and having it come up as "twins" sometimes.
Anybody?
Nice find and story to go with it! 
