[CH] Blue garlic

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This is from Epicurious. Go ahead and eat your blue garlic!

> Garlic contains anthocyanins,
> water-soluble pigments that turn blue or
> purple in an acid solution. While this
> color transformation tends to occur more
> often with immature garlic, it can differ
> among cloves within the same head of
> garlic.
> 
> The bad news is that the acid-soaked
> garlic looks like something a Smurf might
> serve at their dinner table. The good news
> is that the garlic flavor remains
> unchanged (except for the flavor of the
> acid) and is totally edible without bodily
> harm.

BTW, anthocyanin is an antioxidant, so not only will it not hurt you, it
might even help!

Alex

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