Do you like garlic in your pico de gallo?

[Mosca]

I like garlic as much as the next guy, but I've got one son in law who gobbles up onions and garlic, or at least used to. And that "reek" Purc mentioned he might have had from the restaurant in Chattanooga - it's a real thing. For a long time after he was dating my daughter, I thought the boy just didn't know what deodorant was at times, until I realized what was going on, and saw him eating a bunch of raw onion on a plate with tomatoes and cucumbers.

My son in law is in business selling insurance, and I finally talked to him about it once, just to make him aware he might want to tame it down for business purposes if nothing else. It's not just your breath - he would literally at times have an unappealing aroma within a few feet of him. The sulfur from onions and garlic sweats out of your pores. And it's like the smoke from our BBQ - you become desensitized to it if you are the one putting off the "aroma" I think. It's why the ribs and pulled pork for the one smoking it taste smokier the next day - you just can't smell/taste it if exposed to it constantly.

I'll follow a recipe on garlic, but I'm not going to double or triple what it calls for.

Oh - and I've not smelled the "reek" in quite a while, haha....

I used to work with a guy who was just a regular dude, everyone liked him, and then he got into a bad car accident, with multiple broken bones and fractured skull and mild brain injury. When he got back to work, he was still competent, and still capable, but he had changed from a personable guy to someone who was short with people, and almost unreasonably irritable. And he ate raw garlic constantly, for the specific purpose of warding people away. It worked. He smelled awful. Fortunately our work was outside, and he did most of his job away from everyone anyhow. He was still likable enough in that he said hello and goodbye, and would discuss work, but pleasantries and small talk were beyond him.

[jfmorris]

Sad story there. Brain injuries can really change someone.

My son in law is very much a people person, just has no clue much of the time, including about the "aroma" which he himself could not smell. He still goes for the raw veggies, but I think has tempered it somewhat thank goodness.

I love salsa at the Mexican restaurants, and one in particular uses apparently a lot of garlic and onion in theirs - enough to where if I eat lunch there, my wife knows when I walk in the door that evening...

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

Oops...




seriously a whole head disappears just fine

[Mosca]

🤣😂🤣😂

[bbqLuv]

Garlic is great in the background.

[bbqLuv]

Yes I like Garlic in pico de garlico 😁

[Andrrr]

26-2 in favor!

[SheilaAnn]

OMG, I am so the minority here! Tomato, onion, chile, lime, salt, cilantro. Period.

I use pico as a garnish and I add to mashed avocado for MY guacamole.

[Mosca]

That’s how I make guac too, sometimes! But I put garlic in my guac. My simplest guac is avocado, garlic, and lime juice.

[bbqLuv]

Ditto. Add Pico de Gallo to mashed avocado for guacamole.

[surfdog]

Like I said, I don’t generally add it…but won’t lose my mind if it’s in there…or just want to change things up a bit. But overall, I don’t think it needs it.

[Draznnl]

I’m not a big fan of raw tomato, so my pico is onion forward. No garlic needed. Onion, tomato, cilantro, and salt. It’s probably the only thing I don’t put garlic in.

[wrgilb]

Since SheilaAnn brought up guac. here's my recipe for that. Sometimes, I'll add some of my Pico mix to this.

Guacamole Ingredients

3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
1 lime, juiced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/2 medium onion, diced
2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
1 clove garlic, minced
Directions
In a large bowl place the scooped avocado pulp and lime juice, toss to coat. Drain, and reserve the lime juice, after all of the avocados have been coated. Using a potato masher add the salt, cumin, and cayenne and mash. Then, fold in the onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and garlic. Add 1 tablespoon of the reserved lime juice. Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour.

[Panhead John]

I like everything about this recipe!

[barelfly]

Nice guacamole recipe right here!

[58limited]

Garlic in pico - yes. Now, add some fire roasted corn and you have an over the top taco topping.

[barelfly]

I voted garlic is ok in pico, but……I don’t normally use garlic in my pico. I’m really just an onion, tomato, jalapeno and cilantro pico kind of guy. Add in the lime, salt and pepper and that’s my pico. But, I can see how garlic can be useful for specific types of meals, specially a beef or chicken meal/taco.

I will say, at times I’ll add some garlic powder, a touch rather than raw garlic, for that garlic flavor.

[hoovarmin]

I would like it after it spent 24 hours in the lime juice, but not as soon as it is prepared.

[fzxdoc]

I like garlic as much as the next guy, but I've got one son in law who gobbles up onions and garlic, or at least used to. And that "reek" Purc mentioned he might have had from the restaurant in Chattanooga - it's a real thing. For a long time after he was dating my daughter, I thought the boy just didn't know what deodorant was at times, until I realized what was going on, and saw him eating a bunch of raw onion on a plate with tomatoes and cucumbers.

My son in law is in business selling insurance, and I finally talked to him about it once, just to make him aware he might want to tame it down for business purposes if nothing else. It's not just your breath - he would literally at times have an unappealing aroma within a few feet of him. The sulfur from onions and garlic sweats out of your pores...

Many years ago, my husband had the same problem after eating a garlic-heavy condiment like toum (Middle Eastern condiment) or the roasted garlic head appetizer that Purc refers to. He solved that problem by getting parsley oil pills. Take two of them after a garlicy meal and voila! no garlic smell, then or the next day. It always worked like a charm.

Nowadays, many years later, my husband can eat as much garlic as he likes and not have garlic breath or garlic odor from his pores. His basic body biochemistry (with respect to garlic) must have changed over the years.

He used to take Breath Assure, but I think that product is no longer made. There are other parsley oil pill brands out there, some with the parsley oil mixed with mint. The oil carrier of the parsley seed oil ingredient is often sunflower oil.

Kathryn