Minced, Chopped or Crushed, Magpie Tale #56

Magpie Tale # 56
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Rub garlic on yourself

when you go to battle

Devour it

for speed,strength,courage and endurance

For it is bound to Mars and fire

Carry it over water

you will not drown

Place it in doorways

to ward off illness

and evil,werewolves and vampires

Place it under the pillows of your children

to protect them while they sleep

It can be sweet or assertive

depends on how you cook it

which ever way you like it

or eat it raw

Buy it firm,plump

Choose heavy heads with tight unbroken papery skins

heavier is better

Avoid dried out ones, ones with soft spots or mold

Green shoots are a sign of age

Resist prechopped, it has lost much of its power

but rather seperate a clove

  break the skin by

placing it on a cutting board and covering it

with the flat side of a chef's knife

push with just enough pressure to split the skin

remove the germ,the sprout in the center

Crush it for raw or quickly cooked garlic

Mince for pasta sauce,sauteed vegetables

Roughly chop for long cooking stews

every which way for good health and family meals

But did you know-?

...Legend says that when Satan was expelled from Eden,

 garlic and onion appeared in his footsteps

...Allium Sativum & Allium Cepa...

Evil becoming good for us.