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akite ([personal profile] akite) wrote in [community profile] boilingwater2009-10-28 10:16 am
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Question about garlic

What exactly is a clove of fresh garlic? Is it the whole bunch or just one of the little heads inside the bunch? I've never cooked with fresh garlic before, always used garlic powder, but I want to branch out, and I'm a little confused by the terminology.

ETA: Thanks, everyone!
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[personal profile] princessofgeeks 2009-10-28 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It's one of the little buds.

The entire thing is called a head and the individual buds that grow and clump together are called cloves.