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Author Content doccat5 Fredericksburg, VA (Zone 7b) June 11, 2008 03:04 PM Post #5087386 Darius, wonderful article!! You are a never ending source of great information!! Thanks for sharing, this looks so intriguing, I gotta try these. I love elephant ear garlic and have had modest success with it. Not so good on the regular kind, so I need to re think that. KyWoods Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a) June 12, 2008 12:53 AM Post #5090078 Funny I never heard of it, as I am Creole, from New Orleans! Thanks for the info and recipes. I hope I didn't have garlic breath when I got to hug you at the Roundup! LOL It was so nice of you to travel all that way, and it was great meeting you! Renee darius So.Appalachian Mtns, VA (Zone 5b) June 12, 2008 01:05 AM Post #5090157 Renee, I loved meeting you too! I'll try to do more ORV gatherings; my zone is more like yours than the Mid-Atlantic Forum and/or the Carolina Forum. Plus, I already knew so many folks from previous RU's... The Creole garlic comes from somewhere in the South of France where it grows well and is highly prized. I suspect the Cajuns will discover it soon enough... and probably even swear it originated in LA, LOL! Kathy, Thanks. You DO know elephant garlic is not a garlic at all? It's in the Leek family. I've never tasted any, but one head came last fall as a bonus in my garlic sampler pack so I have some growing now. KyWoods Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a) June 12, 2008 01:09 AM Post #5090174 Where does one get a "garlic sampler pack"? henryr10 Cincinnati, OH (Zone 6b) June 12, 2008 01:17 AM Post #5090210 As we Arcadians (Cajun's if they stayed in Louisianna) originally came from the South of France too that makes perfect sense. Thanks Darius! I've heard of it but never been able to run any down. It's on my 'to grow' list now! Ric KyWoods Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a) June 12, 2008 01:20 AM Post #5090230 I'll have to ask my relatives if they've heard of it--and if it's available there, maybe they can send some! darius So.Appalachian Mtns, VA (Zone 5b) June 12, 2008 01:51 AM Post #5090387 My sampler pack last year came from Southern Exposure Seeds. I noticed today that Hood River has some, and someone else mentioned ordering one last week from one of the links I listed near the end of the article. Actually, those links are on all my recent garlic articles... Ric, I thought it was "Acadia". I had to memorize the prelude to that poem (Evangeline) long ago, LOL. To this day I can still recite it... henryr10 Cincinnati, OH (Zone 6b) June 12, 2008 01:57 AM Post #5090422 WHOOPS! Typo! You are absolutely right. My GGGG-Grandfather was born in the Canary Islands after the expulsion from Canada. Came into Louisianna but moved quickly to KY at age 16... so I have Roots just not real Cajun ones... But I do love the Garlic and Snails! Ric KyWoods Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a) June 12, 2008 02:01 AM Post #5090451 Wow, Ric, we could be related! LOL ...but I don't do snails. Too rubbery. darius So.Appalachian Mtns, VA (Zone 5b) June 12, 2008 06:04 AM Post #5091459 You just had to mention escargot, didn't ya? Yum!!! Fitsy Hayesville, NC (Zone 7a) June 16, 2008 05:07 PM Post #5112067 I greatly appreciate this article! Thanks! KyWoods, Filaree Farms, on Darius's list, has sample packs. Fitsy KyWoods Melbourne, KY (Zone 6a) June 16, 2008 07:38 PM Post #5112681 Thanks, Fitsy!

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