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	Garlic chives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Garlic chives (Simplified: 韭菜; Traditional: 韭菜; Hanyu Pinyin: jiu3cai4), also known as Chinese chives, Chinese leek, Ku chai or Nira is a relatively new vegetable in the English-speaking world.
		Both leaves and the stalks of the flowers are used as a flavoring similarly to chives, green onions or garlic and are used as a stir fry ingredient.
		Chives are rarely bothered by pests and some gardeners used them as companion plants for roses, and they are supposed to prevent beetles and fl spots on the roses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garlic_chives (644 words)

	Encyclopedia: Garlic chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae) grown for their leaves, which are used as an herb.
		Chives are chopped raw and typically used for seasoning salads and omelettes, or as a topping for baked potatoes.
		Garlic chives ({{zh-stps=韭菜t=韭菜p=jiu3cai4), also known as Chinese chives, Chinese leek, Ku chai or Nira is a relatively new vegetable in the English-speaking world.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Garlic-chives (1123 words)

	Chives and Garlic Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Chives will provide the cook with a source of a mild onion flavor; garlic chives will do likewise, but the flavor is garlic instead of onion.
		Chives and garlic chives are members of the onion family.
		As with chives, garlic chives are harvested by shearing the leaves at ground level.
	www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/factsheets2/herbs/sep88pr5.html (426 words)

	Chives
		Chives are under the dominion of Mars, and are hot and dry in the fourth degree.
		Chive butter may be made by mashing chopped fresh onion or garlic chives into softened butter, allowing to set in the refrigerator, then cutting into squares.
		Chives are excellent to use in dishes where the flavor of garlic gloves or onions themselves may be too strong and overpower the other subtle flavors of the dish.
	www.floridagardener.com /herbs/chives.htm (278 words)

	Greenhouse Production of Garlic Chives and Cilantro
		Garlic chives and cilantro were transplanted and grown from Oct. 1993 to May 1994 in polystyrene and polypropylene trays (Table 1).
		Garlic chives and cilantro were grown in greenhouses with ambient light levels and set points of 17°C night temperature and 23°C day temperature.
		Garlic chives and cilantro were easy to grow and produced high yields in bedding plant/vegetable transplant trays.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-594.html (1063 words)

	Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Garlic chives (A. tuberosum) are the other common garden chives and are similar in height to regular chives.
		But garlic chives are so pretty and long-lasting that they're often grown as garden ornamentals or for cut flowers rather than as a culinary ingredient.
		Chives forced to grow early indoors often do not bloom as enthusiastically after they go back outside as those allowed to follow their natural rhythms, but you need not worry about killing them.
	www.motherearthnews.com /library/2004_Febuary_March/Chives (1431 words)

	Garlic - Supplements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The chemical responsible for the pungent smell of garlic, allicin, is produced from alliin via the action of alliinase and is thought to contribute to many of the health effects associated with garlic supplements.
		This amount of garlic would be equivalent to approximately 18,000 mcg (18 mg) of alliin (9 mg of allicin) and 500 mcg of S-allyl cysteine.
		Low doses of diallyl disulfide, a compound derived from garlic, increase tissue activities of quinone reductase and glutathione transferase in the gastrointestinal tract of the rat.
	www.supplementwatch.com /supatoz/supplement.asp?supplementId=136 (995 words)

	GourmetSleuth - Garlic
		Garlic (Allium sativum common garlic) is part of the "lily" family and is closely related to shallots, garlic-chives, and leeks.
		Garlic at this growth stage looks like a scallion (green onion) and is very mild.
		Slightly submerge three or four garlic cloves in a pot containing soilless mix (such as vermiculite), and water lightly.
	www.gourmetsleuth.com /garlic.htm (1867 words)

	* Garlic - (Gastronomy): Definition
		Garlic Bread A type of bread prepared with Italian or French bread slices that have been spread on both sides with garlic butter and heated in the oven...
		Garlic, chives, caraway, mustard, and many herbs grow in temperate regions, and vanilla, allspice, and red pepper are indigenous to the West Indies and South America...
		Garlic is the dried root of Allium sativum, a member of the lily family.
	en.mimi.hu /gastronomy/garlic.html (1167 words)

	ONION
		Traditionally, early emerging garlic has cloves that are enclosed in white scales of the parent bulb while late garlic has cloves that are enclosed in pinkish scales of the parent bulb.
		Garlic bulbs are available fresh or dried and as cloves, powdered, crushed, dehydrated, or as an ingredient in table salt.
		Chinese chives, garlic chives, and oriental chives are Allium tuberosum Rottl.
	newcrop.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/med-aro/factsheets/ONION.html (754 words)

	botany/allium
		Chives and Garlic Chives (A. Schoenoprasum and A. tuberosum, respectively) - Chives are found wild in Europe and Asia and the variety, sibiricum, in North America.
		Garlic (A. sativum) - This plant has narrow foliage, 6-12 inches high, and is a native of southern Europe.
		Chives lose their flavor when dried, so they are usually frozen and reconstituted for use in cooking.
	www.botany.com /allium.html (2855 words)

	* Garlic chives - (Plants): Definition
		A hardy perennial plant, garlic chives (Chinese Chives, Nira) are commonly used as a herb in stir-fry cooking...
		Garlic chives is a clump-forming onion family member which may be grown for both culinary and ornamental purposes.
		Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are an indestructible favorite, and an excellent choice for a Louisiana garden because "just about every recipe here calls for garlic and onions...
	www.mimihu.com /plants/garlic_chives.html (143 words)

	Floridata: Allium tuberosum
		Garlic chives is an allium grown for its leaves, and not its little bulb.
		Garlic chives is a fast growing and fast spreading perennial that needs to be divided every 3-4 years.
		Garlic chives is equally at home in the herb garden, the vegetable garden, a flower bed, or as an edging along a mixed border or along a path.
	www.floridata.com /ref/A/alli_tub.cfm (616 words)

	Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Chives is a wild plant thought to have originated in Central Asia and now grown as a culinary herb in almost every country in the world.
		Chives is a word used to describe an herb, but is actually the smallest member of the Onion family.
		Chinese chives have a broader, flatter stalk that is grey-green in colour.
	www.innvista.com /HEALTH/foods/vegetables/chives.htm (314 words)

	Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Chives grow in clumps, with their round, hollow, grass-like leaves reaching a height of 9 inches or so.
		The easiest way to start chives is to dig a clump from an established patch to transplant into your garden.
		Chives are easier to snip with scissors than cut with a knife.
	www.gardenguides.com /herbs/chives.htm (400 words)

	Cooking Light - All About Onions and Family
		Garlic is the most pungent of all alliums, and the more it is chopped, the stronger it tastes.
		Both young garlic and elephant garlic can be baked whole in foil then squeezed out of their skins to yield a deeply flavored puree that's good in pasta sauces and dips, with goat cheeses, or spread on toasted sourdough.
		Chives are especially delicious with potatoes, eggs, rice, and smoked or pickled fish.
	www.cookinglight.com /cooking/cs/allabout/package/0,14343,443590,00.html (1153 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		Garlic chive or Chinese chive, with its delicate garlicky flavor, is the variety most commonly found here.
		Garlic chive leaves are flat and broader and come in green, yellow and flowering varieties.
		Yellow garlic chives are forced to grow in darkness and are a bit more fragile, while flowering garlic chives are stiffer, harvested at the bud stage.
	starbulletin.com /2002/06/26/features/ingredient.html (371 words)

	Hodge Podge Kitchen: Ingredient: Garlic Chives
		Garlic chives is one of those herb that we cook as vegetable as well.
		A common use for the garlic chives is in dumplings.
		The other dish I'm used to is a stir-fry of garlic chives and pig's blood.
	hodgepodgekitchen.blogspot.com /2005/08/ingredient-garlic-chives.html (222 words)

	Located in Milan
		In Chinese cooking, the flat leaves of garlic chives are often used the same way as we use regular chives in our cooking:., sprinkled over foods for extra fragrance and decoration.
		Garlic chives can be substituted by regular chives, but since regular chives have a weaker flavor, it is worthwhile to grow both so you will always have an ample supply of either one for what ever the recipe calls for.
		Chives can also self-sow, so unless you want volunteers sprouting up, be sure to dead head after blooms fade if they were not removed earlier.
	www.djroger.com /Chives.htm (514 words)

	MSN Encarta - Lily
		Several species are cultivated as food crops: onions and shallots, garlic, chives, and leeks.
		In the asparagus genus, the leaves are reduced to tiny scales, and the needlelike “leaves” are actually highly modified branches.
		Garlic is classified as Allium sativum, chives as Allium schoenoprasum, and leeks as Allium porrum.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761566601 (765 words)

	Spice Pages: Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In quite many languages, chives are denoted as a “grassy” variant of their larger relatives, leek, onion and garlic.
		Fresh chives, finely chopped, are frequently sprinkled over soups and vegetable stews, and several sauces, especially such based on egg or yoghurt, greatly profit from chives (see borage for an example).
		garlic, which would overpower chives' delicate aroma; much better suited is bear's garlic with its significantly less dominant fragrance; lovers of this herb might even try to use it instead of chives.
	www.uni-graz.at /~katzer/engl/Alli_sch.html (722 words)

	Garlic Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Garlic chives can be started from seed, but it does need to be fresh to germinate properly, so be sure to buy seeds from a reputable source or harvest your own.
		Garlic chives grow in a clump that is closer together than regular chives, and they grow much faster.
		Garlic chives are a fascinating, useful and ornamental herb to grow in your garden!
	www.chamomiletimes.com /articles/garlicchives.htm (790 words)

	Garlic Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		They are part of the same botanical family as garlic, onions, leeks and shallots and can be added to salads and other uncooked dishes that benefit from a garlicky taste.
		Garlic chives grows to a height of 6-10 in and will grow in ordinary garden soil.
		Chives grow in think clumps and can be used as edging plants.
	info-galaxy.com /Herbs/General_Index/Filter/Garlic_Chives/garlic_chives.html (132 words)

	Gardens: Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Garlic chives have a mild garlic flavor and are popular in Asian cooking.
		Garlic chives are evergreen in areas where winters are mild.
		Add chives to dishes at the end of the cooking process, as their mild flavor can be destroyed by heat.
	www.southernliving.com /southern/gardens/resources/article/0,13676,420927,00.html (715 words)

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		Garlic Chives are sometimes called Chinese or Oriental chives and have a gentle garlic flavor as well as the larger onion taste.
		A close relative to the chive (Allium schoenoprasum), the garlic chive (Allium tuberosum) seems to have originated in Asia where it is common element in the cuisines of many cultures.
		Strain out the garlic chives, let it cool and pour the oil into a bottle and store in the fridge.
	www.freshherbs.com /hints_and_tips/default.aspx?hid=8 (229 words)

	vegetable gardening in winter
		CHIVES Allium schoenoprasum Chives have a very very mild taste, they are easy to grow, relatively pest and disease free, take up very little space, are either universally liked or are so innocuous they are endured, and they have genuinely attractive little purple flowering heads.
		This shouldn't prevent you from growing garlic, be we do need to accept that we have to put extra effort into keeping the plants in best possible condition when they start growing, and accept that is very wet years we may lose the lot.
		Other garlics, such as 'Roja', are very similar to rocambole garlic, and are sometimes diferentiated from rocambole by being called 'hardnecked garlics'.
	www.naturalhub.com /vegetable_gardening_in_winter.htm (4484 words)

	Spice Pages: Garlic (Allium sativum, garlick) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Garlic contains a wealth of sulfur compounds; most important for the taste is allicin (diallyl disulphide oxide), which is produced enzymatically from alliin (S-2-propenyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide) if cells are damaged; its biological function is to repel herbivorous animals.
		Garlic is one of the most popular spices in the world, and wherever it was introduced to, it met enthusiastic approval.
		A mixture of finely chopped garlic and sesame oil (diluted with bland vegetable oil to taste) is often served as a dip on the table.
	www.uni-graz.at /~katzer/engl/Alli_sat.html (1827 words)

	Garlic Chives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Although garlic chives are resistant to subzero temperatures, you might like to transplant some to a pot during the colder months, to brighten your kitchen windowsill.
		If you want your potted garlic chives to sport abundant foliage, however, you'll need to keep them well supplied with food and drink: We fertilize our potherbs with fish oil emulsion and water them with homemade "manure tea".
		Garlic chives should be used immediately after pruning, since the pungent flavor disappears if the foliage is stored for even a few hours.
	www.motherearthnews.com /printable/1983_January_February/Garlic_Chives (656 words)

	Chives - Chinese Garlic
		The Chives Chinese Garlic, Jiu, Cai, Gau Choy, 'Allium tuberosum', has leaves, flower buds, and flowers that have a delightful mild garlic flavor.
		Chinese Garlic Chive plants are 18 inches tall have flat leaves, 1/4 inch wide, and 10 to 18 inches long.
		Chives foliage is used as garnish to compliment onions, potatoes, asparagus, cauliflower, corn, tomatoes, peas, carrots, spinach, poultry, fish, shell fish, creamy sauces, cheese and eggs.
	www.naturehills.com /new/product/Seeds_product_page.aspx?proid=1754 (200 words)

	Specialty Produce - Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Garlic chives are available during the summer months.
		Native to Southeast Asia, garlic chives have actually been regarded as a pesky and bothersome weed in some parts of Europe and North America.
		A member of the genus Allium tuberosum, garlic chives are also called Chinese leeks, Chinese chives and flat chives.
	www.specialtyproduce.com /spNetwork.ASP?Item=3127&WCI=Frameset&WCE=Main (158 words)

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