Tuesday, June 24, 2008

T.M.I.

My cousin gave me three beautiful garlic bulbs of fresh garlic she'd grown in her garden. She recommended they be dried first before I used it. So I tied them up and hung them from a hook in my kitchen. They looked a little odd but I figured in a couple of weeks I could take them apart, peel the cloves and put them in a jar of virgin olive oil. Then... a few weeks more... I'd have me a jar of magic!

I hadn't counted on the boys. Charlie caught sight of the hanging garlic as soon as he entered the kitchen today. His face clouded. "What are you doing with those?" he demanded.

I explained about drying the cloves and then making my olive oil garlic.

"Whew!" he exclaimed, his face returning to happiness. "For a minute there, I thought maybe you were trying to scare away vampires!"

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