OAK SMOKED GARLIC... EXPLORED!
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Egyptian slaves were given a daily ration of garlic, as it was believed to ward off illness and to increase strength and endurance.
As indicated in ancient Egyptian records, the pyramid builders were given beer, flatbread, raw garlic and onions as their meagre food ration.
Upon threatening to abandon the pyramids leaving them unfinished, they were given more garlic.
It cost the Pharaoh today's equivalent of 2 million dollars to keep the Cheops pyramid builders supplied with garlic.
Although it may seem a new concept, garlic was in fact introduced to Britain by the Romans and has been a cook’s staple for millennia.
The bulbous vegetable was praised in ancient Sanskrit writings, the Egyptians buried it with their dead and by 1500BC it had spread across the world – it even turned up in the medieval court of Richard II.
But by the 19th century, Mrs Beeton was describing it as ‘offensive’ and for most of the 20th century you barely caught a whiff of it in the domestic kitchen.
Cheap flights and package holidays changed our perceptions, and Britain soon rediscovered garlic’s 'pungent' charms, using it in everything from curries to casseroles, stir-fries and soups.
Coupled with a renewed thirst for traceable, local produce, British-grown garlic is set to become a great household favourite.
I wish you all the very best and thanks for all your kind words, time, comments and faves.
Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
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allium, garlic, bulbs, plait, food, edible, black-background, design, studio, colour, square, "magda indigo"
OAK SMOKED GARLIC... EXPLORED!
#AbFav_PHOTOSTORY
Egyptian slaves were given a daily ration of garlic, as it was believed to ward off illness and to increase strength and endurance.
As indicated in ancient Egyptian records, the pyramid builders were given beer, flatbread, raw garlic and onions as their meagre food ration.
Upon threatening to abandon the pyramids leaving them unfinished, they were given more garlic.
It cost the Pharaoh today's equivalent of 2 million dollars to keep the Cheops pyramid builders supplied with garlic.
Although it may seem a new concept, garlic was in fact introduced to Britain by the Romans and has been a cook’s staple for millennia.
The bulbous vegetable was praised in ancient Sanskrit writings, the Egyptians buried it with their dead and by 1500BC it had spread across the world – it even turned up in the medieval court of Richard II.
But by the 19th century, Mrs Beeton was describing it as ‘offensive’ and for most of the 20th century you barely caught a whiff of it in the domestic kitchen.
Cheap flights and package holidays changed our perceptions, and Britain soon rediscovered garlic’s 'pungent' charms, using it in everything from curries to casseroles, stir-fries and soups.
Coupled with a renewed thirst for traceable, local produce, British-grown garlic is set to become a great household favourite.
I wish you all the very best and thanks for all your kind words, time, comments and faves.
Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
allium, garlic, bulbs, plait, food, edible, black-background, design, studio, colour, square, "magda indigo"