gar~YICK!

I made homemade spaghetti sauce last night and I really enjoy making it partly because we love it and partly because I love the smell of it in the house! I remember when my MIL first signed me up for "Taste of Home" I was like Betty Crocker on Red Bull! I decided I would make the spag. sauce. I knew absolutely nothing about fresh garlic so when I went to the store I picked up a box with 2 bulbs in it. I asked the man in produce if that was a clove or a bulb and he looked at me like I was stupid and informed me that it was a clove so I had 2 cloves. Cool, that meant I could have enough garlic for 2 dishes because my sauce only called for 1 clove. I made that sauce for quite a while. Then I decided to try garlic chicken and biscuits~that recipe called for 3 cloves so I bought 2 boxes and had a leftover clove for spaghetti! A couple days after I made the chicken I was at the neighbors and she asked what I had fed the boys because she said it smelled like they had been eating plain garlic. No, I told her they hadn't and in fact had not had anything containing garlic for a couple days. Really? Wow! I told her that it only had 3 cloves in it. She was quite surprised that I could buy 1 or 2 cloves at a time. I said, yes, all I did was bash open the cloves and take out the bulbs. She began to laugh hyserically and informed me of the correct way of using garlic! I was so mad because I was left to wonder if that guy was as stupid as I was or if he had told me wrong to be a jerk. I suppose my 3 bulbs would explain the burning of our eyes when I had the chicken. I have learned alot since then about the whole cooking thing and I never give advice that I have not tested!