Massachusetts Garlic Festival Stinks, Of Fun and Yum
Phew! This Massachusetts Garlic Festival stinks. Only in New England can you find an actual event centered around an herb. Oh wait…is it a spice? Or is it a medicine? Or is it a weapon used to kill vampires?
The History Of Garlic
Greyduckgarlic.com says:
Garlic is believed to be a native of central Asia, South Asia or southwestern Siberia. There is some debate over the origin of this herb. It is one of the world’s oldest cultivated crops. Garlic lovers carried the pungent herb into Egypt, Pakistan, India and China.
But garlics delicious flavor in our pasta sauce, chili sauce, and in our burger mix is not the only use as history tells us.
According to the National Library of Medicine:
In the past, garlic has been utilized as a remedy during the various epidemics such as typhus, dysentery, cholera, influenza, and whenever an epidemic has emerged, garlic has been the first preventive and curative remedy.In the ancient and middle centuries and a long time during the modern period, garlic has been appreciated as a remedy by physicians from different nations.
Maybe that’s why feel GREAT while eating it.
Can Garlic Protect Us From Vampires?
A quick Google search says we’re good with garlic against the blood suckers:
Some medieval Europeans believed that vampires, the fictional blood-drinkers that have come to dominate the horror genre, were created by a blood disease, so people carried garlic thinking it was a strong antibiotic that could kill the monsters.
Massachusetts Garlic Festival
If your nose is pointing you to North Central Massachusetts, it could be for the Massachusetts Garlic Festival. According to Northcentral.com:
Yes, folks, it’s time to follow your nose to Forster’s Farm on Chestnut Hill Road in Orange, where garlic reigns over a weekend of food, fun, art and environmental awareness. The North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival, celebrating a quarter century of aromatic enjoyment this year, is a staple of autumn in North Central Massachusetts.
Visit the website for the smelly, yummy details.
This Massachusetts Garlic Festival stinks. But it’s delicious, this weekend.