spamtrap1888 wrote:

> I love the garlic that is harvested in summer, but some times of the
> year the garlic we get is too harsh for my taste. I would rather use
> powdered garlic for those times of the year. Is good tasting garlic
> always available to you?

From march to november it's good, then I have to buy what I find. For some
reason, it seems that I can't get used to garlic flakes, they're still in
their package

> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.

Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
argentinian and italian and I took italian

ViLco wrote:

>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.
>
>Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
>argentinian and italian and I took italian

Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?

George M. Middius wrote:

>>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.

>> Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
>> argentinian and italian and I took italian

> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?

Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
infringements, are still among the worst on Earth

"ViLco" > wrote in :

> George M. Middius wrote:
>
>>>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.
>
>>> Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
>>> argentinian and italian and I took italian
>
>> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
>
> Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
> infringements, are still among the worst on Earth
>
>
>
>




George Muddled probably thinks Basa fish is a great deal and quite safe
too!!




--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

ViLco wrote:

>>>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.
>
>>> Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
>>> argentinian and italian and I took italian
>
>> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
>
>Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
>infringements, are still among the worst on Earth

So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
some specific event?

George M. Middius wrote:

>>> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?

>> Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties
>> for infringements, are still among the worst on Earth

> So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
> some specific event?

Where do you think my opinion about chinese food standards come from?

"George M. Middius" wrote:
>
> ViLco wrote:
>
> >>>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.
> >
> >>> Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
> >>> argentinian and italian and I took italian
> >
> >> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
> >
> >Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
> >infringements, are still among the worst on Earth
>
> So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
> some specific event?

They are driven by a great many specific events, just not one specific
to garlic. The recent Chinese milk and wheat gluten issues come to mind
as do their "gutter oil" problem, a case where more expensive glycerin
was substituted with a cheaper and toxic "look alike" chemical in a
shipment to a pharmaceutical company which resulted in a couple hundred
deaths, and many other "QC" issues.

Pete C. wrote:

>> >> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
>> >
>> >Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
>> >infringements, are still among the worst on Earth
>>
>> So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
>> some specific event?
>
>They are driven by a great many specific events, just not one specific
>to garlic. The recent Chinese milk and wheat gluten issues come to mind
>as do their "gutter oil" problem, a case where more expensive glycerin
>was substituted with a cheaper and toxic "look alike" chemical in a
>shipment to a pharmaceutical company which resulted in a couple hundred
>deaths, and many other "QC" issues.

I've heard of some of those events, but none of them is a simple
vegetable. All those examples went through processing. I don't know
how an agribiz company could produce garlic cheaper than by just
harvesting and packing it. Do you?

The reason I question dismissing Chinese garlic is because around
here, it's usually fresher than the Cal. garlic. Seems unlikely, but
it's true. Except today, when the domestic garlic at HT was both
cheaper and fresher-looking.

George M. Middius wrote:

> I've heard of some of those events, but none of them is a simple
> vegetable. All those examples went through processing. I don't know
> how an agribiz company could produce garlic cheaper than by just
> harvesting and packing it. Do you?

Pollution and water: if you give polluted water to your vegetables you'll
sell polluted vegetable. When it happens in Europe the incident gets handled
a-la European, when it happens in China it gets haldled a-la-Chinese, and
since the list of higiene and QC issues in China is so long I tend to think
they would just hang a couple of persons to a tree and let things going on
as they are.
That's why I do my best to keep far from anything chinese

On Mar 15, 7:14*am, George M. Middius > wrote:
> ViLco wrote:
> >>>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.
>
> >>> Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
> >>> argentinian and italian and I took italian
>
> >> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
>
> >Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
> >infringements, are still among the worst on Earth
>
> So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
> some specific event?

Even if the Chinese had no track record of poisoning their customers
without a qualm, Chinese garlic bulbs are all the same size -- sounds
like Frankenfood to me.

spamtrap1888 wrote:

>> >> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
>>
>> >Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
>> >infringements, are still among the worst on Earth
>>
>> So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
>> some specific event?
>
>Even if the Chinese had no track record of poisoning their customers
>without a qualm, Chinese garlic bulbs are all the same size -- sounds
>like Frankenfood to me.

I never thought of that. However, that suspicion has yet to be
ratified by our resident know-it-all.

Mary, what do you say? Genetically engineered, or just lucky?

Andy wrote:

> Getting out of the car I got a huge breath of garlic in the air. It
> was overwhelming.
>
> I thought, what the heck is McDonalds up to?!?
>
> The burger was OK. It was just my failure to observe the "Welcome to
> Gilroy! The Garlic Capital of the World" sign as I arrived. Peeyew!!!
>
> Garlic will always mean Gilroy, CA to me!!! LOL!

LOL, the best I can find here is the parking lot behind a store where they
also sell food cooked by themselves. Sometimes they are cooking metric tons
of onions, huge batches they must be, and then you see all the people
walking through the parking lot who start looking around freaked and
sniffing their armpits