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Default green garlic or something else?

Gloria P wrote:
> rox wrote:
>> Greetings. Do any of you smart cooks know what this is? At the produce
>> market they told me it was garlic, but when I google "Green Garlic" I
>> get things which look more like scallions. This may just be a less
>> mature versionof green garlic, but I'm trying to figure out what to do
>> with it. Thanks for any insight.
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>> http://tinyurl.com/qo4jla

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> It looks like garlic or garlic chives. The bulb at the top will
> (or would have) eventually opened as a flower.
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> Taste it and use as you would either garlic or chives, depending
> on the flavor you discover.
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> gloria p

My garlic chives have never bloomed. They propagate by sending out
roots. Can be invasive if you're not careful. Planted some ten years ago
or more and they're still hanging around. Onion chives will bloom and
set seed but I've never seen that on garlic chives.