Hi, Good morning! :-) I know that you say a clove of garlic... but how do you call the whole thing? Is this called a head of garlic? We use a head of lettucce... Is there any other vegetable or thing we use with this expression "a head of.."? Thanks a lot in advance and have a beautiful day! Irma.
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english in [nq:1]Hi, Good morning!
:-) I know that you say a clove of garlic...
but how do you call the whole ...
use a head of lettucce...
[/nq] I found some "head of lettuce" and "head of cabbage" on the web.
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Irma > misc.education.language.english in [nq:1]Hi, Good morning! :-) I know that you say a clove of garlic... but how do you call the whole ... use a head of lettucce... Is there any other vegetable or thing we use with this expression "a head of.."?[/nq] I found some "head of lettuce" and "head of cabbage" on the web. A "head of cauliflower" too.
[nq:1]Irma > misc.education.language.english in[/nq] [nq:2]Hi, Good morning! :-) I know that you say a ... or thing we use with this expression "a head of.."?[/nq] [nq:1]I found some "head of lettuce" and "head of cabbage" on the web. A "head of cauliflower" too.[/nq] Thanks Enrico, I didn't have those examples. Irma.
[nq:1]Hi, Good morning! :-) I know that you say a clove of garlic... but how do you call the whole ... thing we use with this expression "a head of.."? Thanks a lot in advance and have a beautiful day! Irma.[/nq] Hi Irma (Not sure if this posted before). The whole thing is usually called a 'bulb' of garlic.
I have a French receipe book which includes a receipe for Chicken with
Django Cat > misc.education.language.english in < [nq:2]Hi, Good morning! :-) I know that you say a ... a lot in advance and have a beautiful day! Irma.[/nq] [nq:1]Hi Irma (Not sure if this posted before). The whole thing is usually called a 'bulb' of garlic. I have ... 'une gousse d'ail' is a bulb or a clove of garlic; I'd better check if I ever do the recipe![/nq] I would go w
[nq:1]I have a French receipe book which includes a receipe for Chicken with 40 'gousses' of garlic. Trouble is I can never remember if 'une gousse d'ail' is a bulb or a clove of garlic; I'd better check if I ever do the recipe![/nq] For French cooking, it shouldn't make a dif. The more garlic, the better. :-) In German we call the little bits of garlic 'toes' due to a certain resemblance.
Hi Django, Nice to read you. [nq:1](Not sure if this posted before).[/nq] I asked about it long ago in a cooking ng. A very nice cook helped me to translate all my Mexican recipes into English, but as I never use a bulb of garlic, I just asked about the name of the pieces (cloves). [nq:1]The whole thing is usually called a 'bulb' of garlic.[/nq] Thanks a lot I will add it to my
[nq:2]Hi, Good morning! :-) I know that you say a ... a lot in advance and have a beautiful day! Irma.[/nq] [nq:1]Hi Irma (Not sure if this posted before). The whole thing is usually called a 'bulb' of garlic. I have ... gousse d'ail' is a bulb or a clove of garlic; I'd better check if I ever do the recipe! Django[/nq] I have the recipe (It's great!) and it's "clove", trust me! (And your f
[nq:1]In German we call the little bits of garlic 'toes' due to a certain resemblance. If there was a lot ... it wasn't just a toe, it was the whole foot. But this is not the correct term of course. :-)[/nq] Hallo Chris, In Mexico we called them "tooth/teeth" of garlic. That's the reason it was so funny for me when I knew that you call them "toes". [nq:1]Grettings from Germany![/nq]
Christian Baer > misc.education.language.english in [nq:2]I have a French receipe book which includes a receipe ... garlic; I'd better check if I ever do the recipe![/nq] [nq:1]For French cooking, it shouldn't make a dif. The more garlic, the better. :-)[/nq] In that case, one could even use 40 strings of garlic ;-)