Great Ah,Scape(s)

As you may well know the Inglewood Community Garden in partnership with the Calgary Horticultural Society maintains one of the most representative plantings of garlic varieties to be found in one place anywhere in Alberta period.

You may also be familiar with the Garlic Scape … in which case you will likely to be anxious to come out tonight and help harvest some!

Janet Melrose of the Community Garden Resource Network (and some of her colleagues) will be on hand to share insight and experience … oh, yes, and garlic scapes.

For those of you, like myself, less familiar with this “culinary delicacy” allow me to save you the trouble of typing “garlic scape” into google and present you with a selection of results:

What are Garlic Scapes? : and what do you do with them?

The Great Garlic Scape: Don’t let those curly shoots go to waste!

Garlic Scape Recipes: Garlic makes it good

 “Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian;
Wine and tarragon make it French.
Sour cream makes it Russian;
Lemon and cinnamon make it Greek.
Soy sauce makes it Chinese;
Garlic makes it good.”

~Alice May Brock