Garlic is Banished & Now I Lack Protection from Vampires

I've been told that it is impossible to consume garlic and not smell offensive to some folks, even if it's hours later. Support for this line of thinking is offered here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink ... -away.html.

Suggestions?

Right now, all of the garlic has been tossed into the garbage and while I can see a life, maybe, without sugary desserts, cooking & eating savory food without garlic is enough to turn me into a puddle of tears.

Hi,

The problem is the people you live with. Get rid of them, dig the garlic back out of the garbage and have a happy life.

What I have always loved about garlic is its presence lingers. I love it. I rarely make a Yugoslavian dish using seven ounces of minced garlic. Anywhere you go that evening, non-consumers want nothing to do with me.

Regards,

Hi- Have you tried chewing parsley? That is supposed to work. You can either use fresh or dried parsley. I could not see cooking without garlic. Cooking garlic also tones down the smell. I would not eat a lot of raw garlic. Hope this helps, Nancy

Whatevs; light a scented candle and enjoy your food. Other people's discomfort is their problem - speaking as someone who is discomfited by other people's routine and inoffensive behavior.

April Fool!

Geo

Geo wrote:April Fool!

Geo

I realized that many would think so, but no! I'm serious.

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

The problem is the people you live with. Get rid of them, dig the garlic back out of the garbage and have a happy life.

Too late...I already went dumpster-diving in Pair's backyard and made myself a bouquet of stinkin' roses.

Maybe you could make some Korean friends...they eat garlic like there's no tomorrow. My (Korean) physician tells me that when his family mingles among non-Koreans, they cut down on the amount of garlic they chomp so as not to fog up everyone's glasses. I said, "Doctor, you're my paisan--eat all the garlic you like as long as you share with me!"

If you stick with Mediterranean and Asian people, it won't make any difference....

Do you work in some meet-the-public job Pairs? or are you doing this just because of a general desire not to offend some (unknown random) person?

I'm really puzzled by this. But then I'm a philosopher and we're easy to puzzle.

Geo

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

The problem is the people you live with. Get rid of them, dig the garlic back out of the garbage and have a happy life.


Regards,

Darn it all Cathy,

I Thought you were an advocate for marriage.

Given the choice, I'd probably choose garlic over most of my friends.

The hubster should be eating garlic too.

pairs4life wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

The problem is the people you live with. Get rid of them, dig the garlic back out of the garbage and have a happy life.


Regards,

Darn it all Cathy,

I Thought you were an advocate for marriage.

Actually I thought it might be your Mum-in-law.

I am for family peace, though giving up garlic would be tough.

Regards,

bjackson <kisses wife>
Mrs. Jackson: Eww, your kisses taste like onions and garlic
bjackson: Isn't it AWESOME? You could work on it!

Sometimes I wonder why she keeps me around?

Geo wrote:If you stick with Mediterranean and Asian people, it won't make any difference....

Do you work in some meet-the-public job Pairs? or are you doing this just because of a general desire not to offend some (unknown random) person?

I'm really puzzled by this. But then I'm a philosopher and we're easy to puzzle.

Geo

Husband is a Brit by birth. And I'm a litigator by trade.

Haven't you heard of the curiously strong mints??? Try one of those. Also Scope does the trick.

pairs4life wrote:

Geo wrote:Do you work in some meet-the-public job Pairs? or are you doing this just because of a general desire not to offend some (unknown random) person?

I'm really puzzled by this. But then I'm a philosopher and we're easy to puzzle.

I'm a litigator by trade.

I thought you all had tables and things... Do you have to kiss the judges? Opposing counsel?

As far as I am concerned, garlic is more important than +1, and we have been married for 33 years.

When +1's sister and brother-in-law are over for dinner, I cannot use any garlic or onions in the meal. If I were her brother-in-law and couldn't eat garlic or onions, I would feel - why bother eating?

P4L, you need to tell your Brit that he should quite living in the past, and get modern! Contemporary, even. I just spent two months teaching in London, living in a nice flat 200m from the Ken High tube station. Within a half mile radius there must have been a dozen Italian restos, including a Carluccio's less than a stone's throw from my flat. I'm here to tell you that all these restos use a traditional amount of garlic (indeed, I gloried in the aromas wafting down the block), and the locals gobble it down. In other words, Londoners have Gotten Over It, and now know how to eat like good, adult, eaters. Tell him he needs to Get Over It, too!!

Make the table distance between you and your clients a bit more, and carry on with it.

Sheesh, no garlic? Why bother to eat at all? Or, I suppose, you could stick to oatmeal...

ewwwwww.

Geo

Well, there are people with garlic allergies and garlic sensitivities, so sometimes it's not as easy as just telling them to get with the times.

However, that said, if it is simply a matter of preference, and no health issues are involved, sneak a little garlic into things where it won't be noticed -- on a steak, for instance. Because you can't smell garlic on someone else if you've had some.

The solution is in the article--indeed, in the title.

Dlongs wrote:Given the choice, I'd probably choose garlic over most of my friends.

Hear hear.

It's a shame no one is concerned with your vulnerability to vampires...I think that would be a strong enough argument to keep eating it. They'll all be sorry when you're turned into a sparkly immortal.

Cynthia wrote:Well, there are people with garlic allergies and garlic sensitivities, so sometimes it's not as easy as just telling them to get with the times.

My partners boss is allergic to garlic so my partner has to not have garlic for a few days before they have a one on one meeting. Fortunately boss is in another building and these meetings are few and far in between because we love garlic!

LikestoEatout wrote:

Cynthia wrote:Well, there are people with garlic allergies and garlic sensitivities, so sometimes it's not as easy as just telling them to get with the times.

My partners boss is allergic to garlic so my partner has to not have garlic for a few days before they have a one on one meeting. Fortunately boss is in another building and these meetings are few and far in between because we love garlic!

I call bullsh*t. (Not on you, on the boss.) If one is so allergic to garlic that one's allergies can be set of by another person who has consumed garlic several days earlier, then how does one survive except to live in a plastic bubble?

A friend of mine has parents who are both "allergic" to garlic & onions. I periodically remark (to my friend, not the parents) that the odds of finding someone else who shares identical obscure allergies must be one-in-a-billion and they're lucky to have found each other (in the same tiny midwest town, to boot!). [/snark]

Hi,

Some years ago, I read an article on why you smell of garlic after ingesting it sometime earlier.

I could not find the precise article, though I found an explanation affirming this information: http://www.breathmd.com/garlic-breath.php

The second way garlic affects your breath is through your lungs. There was an interesting study(link to the study) done in 1936 where two doctors fed garlic soup to a patient who suffered from cancer of the esophagus. Due to the cancer, the patient was fed through a tube that entered the stomach through the abdominal wall, completely bypassing the mouth. They noticed that although garlic did not enter the patients mouth, they still detected garlic in his breath 3 hours later. This old study supports other studies that have been carried out recently.

The compound that causes the breath that comes from the lungs to smell like garlic is allyl methyl sulfide (AMS). AMS is a gas which is absorbed into the blood during the metabolism of garlic. From the blood it is transferred to the lungs where it is then exhaled. Some of this AMS is even excreted from the pores of the skin. This is why garlic breath is so hard to get rid of at times. No matter how much you clean and brush your mouth, the garlic odor will still be in the air you exhale because it comes from the lungs.

Regards,

At best I'm only safe from vampires part-time, had to make sure they are aware that I may have some protection from them. I need a fanged emoticon.

pairs4life wrote:At best I'm only safe from vampires part-time, had to make sure they are aware that I may have some protection from them. I need a fanged emoticon.

I hear vampires don't like steaks, or something like that.

I am late to this conversation but not to the topic. After reading the thread and the attaché article link, I think there is an obvious solution. No need to give up garlic. You just need to eat more ice cream!

Cathy2- The garlic/lungs thing is the real deal. I make a dip that contains powder garlic -(it is a 1950s recipe and fresh garlic is not a suitable substitute). After consuming the dip within 6 hours and lasting up to nearly 24 hours, you breath garlic. And no amount of mouth wash, Altoids or oral care will make it dissipate. I find this also true after I consume gyros -especially is the taziki sauce contains garlic. My fave gyro is from The Works in Morton Grove ( near Niles border) and its sauce is to die for. But if extra sauce is ordered and consumed...watch out. Both foodstuffs seem to emit garlic out of my pores.

Elfin wrote:Cathy2- The garlic/lungs thing is the real deal.

I agree. It is one of the reasons why I love Korean food, because I get to experience dinner over and over again.

Regards,
Cathy2

How about asafetida (asafoetida, hing) -- used in a lot of Indian food, especially by Jains, who can't eat garlic or onion. It has a vaguely garlicky/oniony taste. It needs to be well packaged, as it can smell fairly strong, but cooking it in a little butter or ghee tones that down. Cooking it also makes it edible, as it's pretty unpleasant raw and undiluted. Used in ayurvedic medicine, as well as in food.

That said, while I don't believe it lingers on the breath, and it's even used as a cure for bad breath, if it's the spouse that is averse, bringing it into the house might be an issue.