“And, most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlick, for we are to utter sweet breath” Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act IV, scene II
Originating somewhere in central Asia garlic, like many other members of its odiferous onion relations, must have been easily recognized and relished by primitive humans. Ever since, Allium sativum has been both celebrated and cursed for its pervasive effluvia.