As noted in several recipes, we grow our own garlic. Dad took a start of elephant garlic from his grandmother’s garden in Waco before we closed down the old home place. As we traveled the oil patch growing up, the garlic followed us.
When we settled down, I got a start from him. Starting with nine cloves, I planted half and cooked with half. I continued that until I could no longer plant half because of the volume. Each fall, I plant about 300 cloves, and the rest goes to family and friends for cooking.
Therefore, I am continuing a family tradition that dates back to about 1885 or so. I very rarely use anything but fresh garlic. Occasionally I will use granulated garlic; however, I do not like garlic powder – or onion powder, for that matter.
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