Garlic and onions.
By Bouta
@Babino (5761)
Morocco
December 8, 2021 7:14pm CST
It is known here that eating garlic and onions makes you smell. Yet, our most famous and consumed dish which is Tajine contains both garlic and onions. The ingredients may vary inside the Tajine but those too are always there.
I don't like to smell so I always avoid those two ingredients, but to be honest, my cooking isn't the best. I'm hesitant to start using garlic and onions in my recipes.
Do you use garlic and onions very often ? To you think they can make you smell ?
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16 responses
@sabtraversa (12914)
• Italy
9 Dec 21
Yes, they don't just give bad breath but the smell transpires/perspires from the skin. 
I'm sure it happens with garlic, less sure it does with onions.
I love both and will eat them regardless of "side effects". 
I'm sure it happens with garlic, less sure it does with onions.
I love both and will eat them regardless of "side effects". 2 people like this
@sabtraversa (12914)
• Italy
9 Dec 21
@Babino Good mints and a good deodorant should make it more tolerable though. 
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And that's what makes me think maybe I'll be smelly too if I eat them. 
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Dec 21
I love to cook with both of these. Love sweet onions, not the purple ones.
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@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Dec 21
@Babino ......The purple ones are harsh and the yellow and white ones have a sweeter flavor.
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@Babino (5761)
• Morocco
13 Dec 21
@celticeagle Oooh !! That's good to know thank you. 
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@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
9 Dec 21
Yes I used them just now in home made soup
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@RebeccasFarm (86732)
• United States
9 Dec 21
@Babino Oh yes it did..I also put ginger and lemon in the fresh home made chicken soup
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@Edsamacos (557)
• Philippines
9 Dec 21
It is not my favorite but I am fine eating these two on food.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
9 Dec 21
I use garlic and onions a lot.
Used correctly they shouldn't cause a person to smell.
Might get a hint of Garlic on the breath, and pass an Oniony and Garlic fart now and then, but hey ho there you go.
You will only become.a better cook by cooking more often..
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
9 Dec 21
I use garlic and onions more often because they spice up my dishes. Garlic also has a natural antibacterial property that could help in your defence mechanism, and this I experience, first-hand.
Sometimes, your breath could smell if you haven't brush after eating garlic or onions, but it doesn't stay long once you brush.
Also, people who often smelled eat tons of these ingredients, anything taken in excess is bad. But with proper intake, you shouldn't smell.
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@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
9 Dec 21
I hardly eat food with garlic, but I don't think you can avoid onions in sauce
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@Orson_Kart (6109)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 21
I use garlic and onions in most of my cooking. You can’t make a decent sauce without onions. Onions linger on your clothes, so if you are the cook, it’s best to change afterwards. Garlic lingers on your body so not much you can do about it, but it’s good for you.
We tend to spell it ‘Tagine’ with a ‘g’. As it’s a Moroccan dish I guess we are wrong. I wonder why we changed it? Anyway, I love a Moroccan stew. Very tasty! 
@Orson_Kart (6109)
• United Kingdom
10 Dec 21
@Babino Cool, that’s good to know I won’t offend you by saying tagine. 
You must be one of those modern women. Once upon a time all women knew how to cook and I thought Morocco would still be one of those countries. How are you going to make a good wife? 
I grew up with just salt and pepper to add taste to meals. Once I was introduced to spices the world became my oyster. I use Ras El Hanout when I make a Moroccan stew. I don’t know if it’s authentic or just a British concoction. It’s got lots of spices in a blend and quite fragrant. Lovely!
You must be one of those modern women. Once upon a time all women knew how to cook and I thought Morocco would still be one of those countries. How are you going to make a good wife?
I grew up with just salt and pepper to add taste to meals. Once I was introduced to spices the world became my oyster. I use Ras El Hanout when I make a Moroccan stew. I don’t know if it’s authentic or just a British concoction. It’s got lots of spices in a blend and quite fragrant. Lovely!1 person likes this
@Babino (5761)
• Morocco
10 Dec 21
@Orson_Kart it's kind of hard to offend me don't worry about it.
Do I really have to be a good cook to be a good wife ? Who said that ? 
Woaah you're familiar with rass lhanut ?? Cuz I'm not I just hear about it here and there never cared to look into it. You're more Moroccan than I am
Do I really have to be a good cook to be a good wife ? Who said that ?
Woaah you're familiar with rass lhanut ?? Cuz I'm not I just hear about it here and there never cared to look into it. You're more Moroccan than I am 1 person likes this
@Babino (5761)
• Morocco
10 Dec 21
Tajine or tagine it's the same we are not too strict about it.
I don't know much about sauces. I don't know much about cooking in general. I should good this Italian sauce I'm sure it's tasty.
Yeah Moroccan food it very tasty because we tend to use a lot of spices.
I don't know much about sauces. I don't know much about cooking in general. I should good this Italian sauce I'm sure it's tasty.
Yeah Moroccan food it very tasty because we tend to use a lot of spices. 1 person likes this
@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
10 Dec 21
I often use these 2 and no they don't make you smell. I eat pickled garlic cloves, no smell. 
