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Why do vampires hate garlic? Google has given several different theories but since you were probably alive when that myth started (I’m only guessing its younger than 2000 years I dont actually know)I figured you’d probably know the exact reasoning behind this… is it accurate to call it a myth? Thanks for your time!
It’s folklore.
It’s region specific. Meaning that it began only in the tiny little region in what is now Romania. It was informed by other similar traditions in other parts of Eastern Europe, but the garlic/ghoul/obour linkage happened there, to my remembrance. It is because members of the lily family, of which garlic and onions are members, have a sort of dual importance. On the scientific side, they are natural antimicrobial plants, due to the chemical that makes their smell, which is a sulfur based chemical. Even in the Middle Ages and before, they were used as medicine and this medicinal property was already linked to the pungent aroma. On the metaphysical or pseudoscience side, their familial link to lilies was somewhat important, as lilies were considered to be linked with death and omens and such like.
The point is, garlic was usually kept around, hanging in cellars and such. When people, usually infants, demonstrated any sort of wasting disease, garlic was hung in the vicinity to ward off bad humors and so on, as well as being drunk or used as poultices for medical treatments.
Eventually, when the myth of the ghoul came to Romania, or generated there, they thought garlic would ward it off. Ironically, it likely actually helped. For if they use the garlic as a rub, a broth, fed it to the person, etcetera, then they likely did actually help get the person well, though they presumed it had more to do with the pseudoscience.
And so the link takes place. If you have an infant who is wasting away, won’t eat, lay garlic around them to protect them. Feed a sick person garlic, rub them down with it, and they will be protected from the ghoul.
It’s also important to note that people usually believed the offending monster was a former member of the family. Probably due to the fact that plagues and sickness travel together, this bore out, as one member would die of the illness and transmit it to another, who became ill and so of course it was actually the dead person’s “fault”.
My Favorite Breakfast
I put bacon in the oven, sauteyed some diced white mushrooms, used the left over bacon fat as well as some vegetable oil to have enough to go around to fry potatoe pieces on low heat, and seasoned them with garlic powder and sea salt.
Then I shredded the bacon and mixed it with my mushrooms and set it aside. I whisked an egg with equal parts milk and poured it on what was left of the grease since it wasn’t burnt. With this much milk, as I hoped, the eggs swam to coat the bottom of my hot iron in a nice thin layer and were a perfect staple to fold my mushrooms and bacon into, as well as Italian and Monterey Jack cheese. Then I plopped the rest of the toppings on top because I made too much.
It’s brilliant and I’m proud it turned out so well. It goes really great with hot chocolate.
-submitted by @levinea-yuuki
Hi there. Hope you are having a good day/evening. What is the difference between a monster and a cryptid? Google isn’t being helpful
No difference. One is simply polite/scientific, and one has to do with human fears.
Cryptid just means a species that has not yet been identified but lives in lore. Or one that is extinct but thought to still be around.
Holiday contests
Normally this is the time of year for the BAD RECIPE CHALLENGE…
But this year, I reckon we ought to try something different.
What should it be?
Give me ideas.
“Worsts” are too easy. All you have to do is not try.
I want you to actually try.
I’d like to keep it in line with the holidays.
Also this blog has a bit of a theme, so can we keep it to food?
Most historically accurate holiday recipe. Or, oldest holiday recipe successfully completed as close as possible to the source material – copy of the recipe required.
Now that, I like very much.
Chrisrmas wreath challenge?
That’s an option for the people who aren’t really cooks, or don’t have access to a wide variety of supplies.
Let Me Respecify: Best Holiday Left Overs Recipe Contest (Think what to do with the leftover Christmas turkey or Hanukkah Latkes or w/e)
That’s a good idea, but there would have to be a criteria, in which you had to transform the items into a different dish. For instance you can’t just make a second plate of the same meal. You’d have to turn it into something, like turkey into turkey soup, or ham into a casserole or something
Holiday contests
Normally this is the time of year for the BAD RECIPE CHALLENGE…
But this year, I reckon we ought to try something different.
What should it be?
Give me ideas.
“Worsts” are too easy. All you have to do is not try.
I want you to actually try.
I’d like to keep it in line with the holidays.
Also this blog has a bit of a theme, so can we keep it to food?
Holiday contests
Normally this is the time of year for the BAD RECIPE CHALLENGE…
But this year, I reckon we ought to try something different.
What should it be?
Give me ideas.
“Worsts” are too easy. All you have to do is not try.
I want you to actually try.
I’d like to keep it in line with the holidays.
Holiday contests
Normally this is the time of year for the BAD RECIPE CHALLENGE…
But this year, I reckon we ought to try something different.
What should it be?
Give me ideas.
“Worsts” are too easy. All you have to do is not try.
I want you to actually try.
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