Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
ETA: Okay, some people would consider garlic a seasoning, and I guess if I had to pick one flavor that would seriously hamper my repertoire if it was missing, that would be it. But to me, garlic is a vegetable.

Well, true I forgot about garlic..same category as onion. Most definitely it is a 'spice'. I actually didn't start having garlic in home cooked dishes until I left home. My parents actually came from a garlic growing region of China but...they avoided using garlic at home.

I know this sounds abit wierd. But I was told in times of starvation, people ate garlic bulbs. Maybe that was the turn-off, raw garlic. Dunno.