The Measure of Garlic

After the Tango experiment yesterday, went to LK's place for dinner to celebrate his sister's successful completion of the Nike Women's Marathon.

The menu for the evening-
(1) Jambalaya
(2) Potatoes Two Ways: Garlic Mashed, and Garlic Herb Roasted.
(3) Grilled Lemon/Lime Chicken
(4) Margaritas!

That's just what we banded together to cook. Some friends brought asparagus, salad, desserts etc.

I had garlic duty and some potato cutting and just a little chicken grilling. We erroneously referred to a head of garlic as a clove of garlic. A clove is just one piece of the head, while about 10 cloves make up a head of garlic.

We put a head of garlic into the huge pot (~5 quarts?) of mashed potatoes. We had left over peeled and unpeeled raw potatoes, so we figured we'd roast them like at Crepevine- garlic herb style. More garlic! I minced an additional two heads of garlic for the roast potatoes, about 2 pans worth. I actually remarked that the mashed spuds may be able to take more garlic.

Anyways, it was all very pungent and delicious. My hands still smell of garlic today. Whew!