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Aioli Platter Recipe

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Ingredients

1 Egg, lightly beaten
1 Juice of a lemon
1/4 c Olive oil
3 Potatoes, boiled, peeled and
6 Cloves of garlic, peeled
1/2 c Pine nuts

Directions

Step #1 mix the garlic & nuts in a mixer or food processor/blender and puree.
Step #2 Add the potatoes, & puree.
Step #3 Pour potato mixture into a bowl and, beat in the lemon juice, using a whisk, a bit at a time.
Step #4 slowly add the olive oil in a thin stream while continuing to beat so oil mixs with potato mixture.
Step #5 When oil has been absorbed, add the egg & beat well.
Step #6 Giovanni de Bourbon-Sicily, French Vogue Note: If you omit the raw egg, you still get a nice sauce.
Step #7 According to an ancient proverb, "Garlic is as good as 10 mothers.
Step #8 " If the latest flu bug has hit your house--and whose has escaped--you may be ready to test claims for garlic's medicinal powers.
Step #9 Since 1983, the National Library of Medicine has gathered 125 scientific papers on the therapeutic potential of garlic.
Step #10 They've found some interesting material.
Step #11 It's clear that allicin, the smelly comlb in garlic, is an antibiotic--but only if taken raw.
Step #12 Heat destroys the elements that have antibiotic properties.
Step #13 Raw or cooked, garlic can also work as a decongestant & expectorant for common colds & bronchitis.
Step #14 Regularly eating raw garlic seems to act as a deterrent for these ailments, according to Dr Irwin Ziment.
Step #15 A Dr Abdullah, who eats a couple of raw garlic cloves a day, claims he has not had a cold since 1973.
Step #16 Admittedly, a deodorized garlic comlb from Japan, eating raw garlic won't help your social life but Kyolic, may allow you to have good health & good friends.
Step #17 I've also heard of fresh garlic imported from Japan that supposedly is deodorized.
Step #18 If any of you have found it in local stores, let us know.
Step #19 It would be interesting to hear if it lives up to the claims made for it.
Step #20 Since having the flu is no fun, this may be a good time to take your chances & share some pungent garlic dishes with friends and family--for health's sake.
Step #21 It's easy to add minced fresh garlic to hummus or tabbouleh, Mid-Eastern dishes you can buy in many deli's & natural food stores.
Step #22 If you're brave, you can try my grandmother's cold cure.
Step #23 Spread a slice of black bread with butter, then layer thin slivers of raw garlic all over the bread.
Step #24 Eat this & it'll cure what ails you.
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Step #26 --.
Step #27 or keep everyone so far away that no germs will reach you! Aioli is a milder way to enjoy raw garlic.
Step #28 This French condiment, a sort of mayonnaise, boiled potatoes, is a puree of garlic, olive oil & egg.
Step #29 Serve it with chicken, grilled fish, dolloped into soup & on vegetables.
Step #30 --.
Enjoy the AIOLI PLATTER recipe