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hippywife

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14. Italian cooks don't load up recipes with garlic.

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 02:53 PM

Feb 2023

My grandfather hated it, so my grandmother didn't use it. I like garlic, but don't like food loaded with it, either.

In Italy, they use much less garlic than we do here. From what I've seen, it's purely an American thing to overload dishes with it; and from what I've read, the garlic used in Italy, and throughout the EU, is quite more pungent than the variety used in the U.S., so they definitely don't use it in the same gobs full that many here do.

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Your opinion about use of Olive Oil, do we really need to use it?" [View all] Paper Roses Feb 2023 OP

It's your kitchen, you get to cook what you want how you comradebillyboy Feb 2023 #1

Exactly! Rebl2 Feb 2023 #36

I don't bake or fry with olive oil, and it should be extra virgin olive oil bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #2

+1 2naSalit Feb 2023 #8

Since I don't use cooking oil up that fast, I just use canola oil for everything, and it's fine! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2023 #3

Thanks, I needed a little encouragement. I just bought Canola oil. Paper Roses Feb 2023 #10

Being healthier is one of the reasons I use Canola, too. And it's just so much cheaper. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2023 #13

I happen to love olive oil. And butter. And garlic, so I don't think I can help. niyad Feb 2023 #4

Me too. I sometimes double the garlic in a recipe. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #5

My thoughts on cooking with garlic... Probatim Feb 2023 #22

Chicken with 40 cloves if garlic, one of my favourites. niyad Feb 2023 #28

It's super simple... Probatim Feb 2023 #31

mmmmm. Thank you for both recipes. niyad Feb 2023 #32

I made that once Marthe48 Feb 2023 #39

Exactly. niyad Feb 2023 #40

I like making chicken vegetable soup Marthe48 Feb 2023 #42

As do I. Making some in a bit, for this cold and snowy day. With some habenero niyad Feb 2023 #44

You are my kind of cook! Marthe48 Feb 2023 #45

Yummmmm on the curried soup. I have some Penzey's hot curry powder. Have not niyad Feb 2023 #47

The three essential ingredients... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #9

I fry potato pancakes with safflower oil gab13by13 Feb 2023 #6

For me... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #7

mmmm mmmm garlic soup! Anti microbial as well. niyad Feb 2023 #29

A constant in my diet! 2naSalit Feb 2023 #43

Mom, is that you? Marthe48 Feb 2023 #38

I forgot to ask for the garlic soup that tastes like tomato recipe, please? niyad Feb 2023 #46

I named it... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #48

Oh, wow!! Thank you, sounds yummmmy. Tomatoes and garlic, sighhhh. niyad Feb 2023 #49

The flavor... 2naSalit Feb 2023 #50

Safflower oil is neutral and probably closest. But I'm tempted to shout: Blasphemy! LOL hlthe2b Feb 2023 #11

Italian cooks don't load up recipes with garlic. hippywife Feb 2023 #14

Maybe American-Italians--at least my extended family members. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #15

It's not a monolithic thing hippywife Feb 2023 #16

Fine. It was not nor do I intend to argue with you. I made an observation. YMMV. ENOUGH! hlthe2b Feb 2023 #17

Sorry, but you made an assertion that was patently incorrect. hippywife Feb 2023 #18

That is exactly what you are doing. And it is very inappropriate here. Take it elsewhere. This is hlthe2b Feb 2023 #19

Ignore. nt hippywife Feb 2023 #20

Thank you, Goddess. Back at ya. hlthe2b Feb 2023 #21

Olive oil is usually recommended as a replacement for fats... hippywife Feb 2023 #12

there are olive oils which are nearly tasteless yellowdogintexas Feb 2023 #23

I love our store! Darn!! Forgot the olio nuovo last year! niyad Feb 2023 #30

I started adding olive oil to baklava Marthe48 Feb 2023 #41

I use canola oil and also don't care for the taste of olive oil happybird Feb 2023 #24

I use mostly peanut oil. Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #25

I love olive oil IbogaProject Feb 2023 #26

Here is one study. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #27

My best advice is suit yourself. I like the flavor of olive oil Warpy Feb 2023 #33

No, you don't need to use olive oil. Or garlic. chowmama Feb 2023 #34

I have been using sesame oil for a long time now, for all kinds of dishes :) Penelope Joyce Feb 2023 #35

I gained weight using corn oil Marthe48 Feb 2023 #37