Garlic and fruit???!!!!

Quasar

Well we learn something every day. I was chatting to one of my neighbours this morning and I was saying that I bought a lot of organic apples as they were on BOGOF and now had two full fruitbowls, so I'd be eating mostly apples in the next few days as in this heat they may spoil soon.

She said, "Oh no they won't if you keep some garlic in the bowl with them". The she said that she always left a few cloves of garlic in her bowl and the fruit would remain fresh for much longer.

Has anyone else heard of this one? Needless to say there's a few plump garlic cloves with my apples now. I hope it works and she wasn't having me on... :rotfl:

frosty

I always keep our fruit in the fridge,it last for months(except Bananas)I would love to know if the garlic works,it would be useful if the fridge was full.

schiff

I've heard that putting bananas with under-ripe items (avocados are a good example) helps to bring them on. It's something the bananas emit apparently.

Whatever you do, consume the garlic in one form or another - it will help you to live a long life and keep ailments at bay! A French friend once told me about garlic - 'Never sick, never die'.

Sadly he died some years ago but that was whisky and red wine.

schiff

Penny-Wise_4

Won't apples pick up a garlicky flavour? I've found that if i put nectarines in the same bowl as apples the apples taste a bit of nectarine. Garlic flavoured apples?????????:eek:

Quasar

schiff wrote:

I've heard that putting bananas with under-ripe items (avocados are a good example) helps to bring them on. It's something the bananas emit apparently.

Whatever you do, consume the garlic in one form or another - it will help you to live a long life and keep ailments at bay! A French friend once told me about garlic - 'Never sick, never die'.

Sadly he died some years ago but that was whisky and red wine.

schiff

LOL thanks schiff! I'm Italian, and eating garlic is in my genes! I eat an average of two cloves per day, in the various sauces and stuff I cook. Oh, and sauteed with a bit of rosemary in extra virgin olive oil, it makes a fried steak a real treat!

Quasar

Penny-Wise wrote:

Won't apples pick up a garlicky flavour? I've found that if i put nectarines in the same bowl as apples the apples taste a bit of nectarine. Garlic flavoured apples?????????:eek:

No because the cloves are still in the skins. Well I hope not anyway....:o Watch this space folks! :rotfl:

Just_Looking_3

frosty wrote:

I always keep our fruit in the fridge,it last for months

Me as well.

Just_Looking_3

If you eat garlic and fruit together do you get the squits. :rolleyes:

schiff

Quasar wrote:

LOL thanks schiff! I'm Italian, and eating garlic is in my genes! I eat an average of two cloves per day, in the various sauces and stuff I cook. Oh, and sauteed with a bit of rosemary in extra virgin olive oil, it makes a fried steak a real treat!

I'd guess you were a very fit and healthy 93 year old then.

schiff :beer:

Quasar

schiff wrote:

I'd guess you were a very fit and healthy 93 year old then.

schiff :beer:

LOL I intend to be when I get there

By the way all is well and good. Still have lots of apples in the two bowls. No taste of garlic, apples firm and very tasty...:drool:

Ok 4 days ain't that long, so we'll see a bit later on.

comping_cat

Dont put bananas next to citrus fruits, it will make them rippen and go black a lot quicker!!!!