This Halloween, add garlic to your costume: According to European folklore, adorning your neck with a wreath of garlic (Allium sativum) protects against the "evil eye," wards off snakes' fangs and scorpion stingers, and makes witches and vampires disappear on sight. Not bad for a bulb. Test your garlic "breadth" with this quick quiz:
As recently as 1918, Americans wore garlic garlands in public to protect against:
a) warts b) industrial pollutants c) leprosy d) influenza
Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly ate three chocolate-covered garlic cloves daily to improve her:
a) memory b) muscle tone c) eyesight d) skin quality
Last year, Americans consumed garlic in the amount of:
a) 300 thousand pounds b) 30 million pounds c) 300 million pounds d) 3 billion pounds
Modern medicine lauds garlic for:
a) lowering cholesterol b) warding off certain cancers c) reducing heart-disease risk d) all of the above
To reduce garlic breath, try chewing on:
a) sprigs of parsley b) apple slices c) sugarless gum d) fresh mint leaves
Fresh garlic is best stored:
a) in the refrigerator b) in a plastic bag c) in terra cotta pots or mesh bags d) in an airtight container
Garlic is a good source of:
a) vitamin B1 b) vitamin C c) selenium d) all of the above
According to a Yiddish saying, "A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you ..."
a) thrown off b) a seat c) a free ride d) a date
