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liuzhou

liuzhou

I was in the supermarket this morning and noticed that they had two varieties of the regular garlic.

 

The first was labelled 白蒜 (Mand: bái suàn; Cant: baak6 syun3 ), 'white garlic'.

 

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The second was 香蒜 (Mand: xiāng suàn; Cant: hoeng1 syun3), where 香 means 'fragrant; sweet-smelling; aromatic; scented; savoury; appetizing; perfume or spice' among others.

 

I had just bought a batch of the single headed variety in the farmer's market, so passed on these. I may do a taste test in the future to see what the difference is, if any.

 

taste garlic.jpg

liuzhou

liuzhou

I was in the supermarket this morning and noticed that they had two varieties of the regular garlic.

 

The first was labelled 白大蒜 (Mand: bái dà suàn; Cant: baak6 daai6 syun3 ), 'white garlic'.

 

500795434_whitegarlic.thumb.jpg.d041115b157e4bf97ff48eff57e52c55.jpg

 

The second was 香大蒜 (Mand: xiāng dà suàn; Cant: hoeng1 daai6 syun3), where 香 means 'fragrant; sweet-smelling; aromatic; scented; savoury; appetizing; perfume or spice' among others.

 

I had just bought a batch of the single headed variety in the farmer's market, so passed on these. I may do a taste test in the future to see what the difference is, if any.

 

taste garlic.jpg

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