Or is it? A spice that is. My west coast brother informed me that today is "National Garlic Day." I do like garlic, a quick and easy add on to supper at our house is often bread toasted, buttered and sprinkled with garlic salt.
As I write this, my wonder spouse is on his way to do some quick hardware shopping and then bring home supper from our favorite pizza place. We won't have garlic toast with soft crust pizza. That seems a little redundant. But I'm guessing that there will be garlic in the pizza sauce and possibly in the salad dressing.
All this thinking about food got me wondering what exactly is garlic? Oh, I know it can be purchased as a bulb which can be broken apart into cloves, which, by the way can be planted to grow more garlic. Or the cloves can be chopped up and use to season all kinds of sauces. Or you can buy garlic powder and save yourself a lot of chopping.
Garlic is botanically classified as a vegetable. It's a member of the onion family. Now there's a family reunion that could be a little overwhelming. That answered my question about what garlic is, it's a vegetable. However, garlic is commonly treated as an herb or spice. So there you are. Call it an herb, spice or vegetable. It doesn't matter. Just be sure to remember to add it to your next homemade spaghetti sauce.
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