Can of coke for scale as I have larger than average hands.

Edit: It's elephant garlic. I am a stupid 🙃

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[–] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That's pretty good! I've used larger -- not counting elephant garlic -- but that one's up there among some of the greats!

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    That’s a big one. The largest I’ve seen is a bulb of garlic that was just one clove.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    You sure you didn't accidentally pick up some elephant garlic?

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Y'know I just went and looked at the package and that's exactly what happened lmao

    Reminds me of the person who bought a carton of double yolk eggs without realizing and thought they just kept getting lucky 😅

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    They should have "sideshow tents" at farmers markets that are just full of double yolked eggs & elephant garlic.. maybe a few giant gourds or a potato that looks like Bill Burr.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    That would actually make me more inclined to go to one.

    Despite being a professional cook my whole life I don't know near as much about vegetables as I should. I know the typical ones obviously but the fact I didn't even know elephant garlic was a thing makes me feel kinda uninformed

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Have you considered feeling recently informed? It’s a fun thing to know about! That’s for certain!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yeah but it just makes me realize how much I don't know and as a lifelong cook I should know.

    Problem is I can't learn by reading or videos I need to be shown first hand in person how to do things in order to actually retain the information.

    It's a special kind of hell 😭

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    I had this one this evening

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Oh yea? Once I found a clove of garlic thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis big!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I was a comin' to say ... looks like a pretty standard sized clove of elephant garlic. Your edit has ruined my sanctimony and robbed me of my sense of superiority over you.

    I like elephant garlic, but I don't like the price compared with plain ole run of the mill garlic. But this does give me an idea, maybe I should grow my own elephant garlic this year!

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  • In awre at the size of this lad

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    It's a little & fun unknown fact that garlic can eat garlic & become ultra-garlic

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Unfortunately I already minced it for my dinner 😅

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Not big enough. Add more cloves.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    It's like a megalodon tooth.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Never heard of "aglione"?

    Its an italian strain of garlic which is milder (so i think its similar to what you get can get in the USA)

    Its very good and much better for some preparations

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Wait... That's big? Most of the garlic I use is around this size. Bargain market sells it.

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