Keeping Garlic British

Keeping Garlic British It’s generally accepted that garlic comes from abroad when in fact, it has been grown in the UK since Roman times. The market in British garlic is steady, but it could be better so why don’t you look for the UK versions in the shops... More

Keeping Garlic British It’s generally accepted that garlic comes from abroad when in fact, it has been grown in the UK since Roman times. The market in British garlic is steady, but it could be better so why don’t you look for the UK versions in the shops and maybe, try growing your own. When Clarissa Dickson Wright was asked to contribute to the second series of the Great British Food Revival, she claimed to have approached the BBC with a request to feature garlic in the programme, only to be told that garlic isn’t British. While you could argue that the BBC should know better, this is a common misconception and when you consider that British soil provides perfect conditions for garlic growing as a whole, it’s a shame that British garlic isn’t more widely available. The BBC’s assertion backs up a commonly held belief that as garlic is associated with continental cuisine, the bulb itself must be exclusively grown on overseas shores. After all, who has ever heard of garlic being pr Less