# How do I fix too much garlic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468 "2006-11-15T00:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/1 "2006-11-15T00:24:52Z")
I never thought I’d say this, but I actually added too much garlic to something. I made 3 turkeyburgers last night, thinking that I’d have one last night, one tonight and one tomorrow night. When I make turkeyburgers, I usually put in some olive oil, hot red pepper, garlic, basil, and oregeno. Last night I put more garlic in that usual, and it’s REALLY garlicky. For me to think there’s too much garlic, it’s a LOT. ``` Is there any way to fix them and still have them as burgers? I might wind up putting them in spaghetti or chili. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/2 "2006-11-15T01:10:15Z")
I can hardly imagine a way to fix them or the concept of too much garlic 😉 I susspect the use in spaghetti sauce will work very well, maybe even consider remaking them as meatballs, as fixing them would be difficult. Also consider frying up with potatoes (but I guess you are on some evil diet to be making burgers out of turkey to begin with). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/3 "2006-11-15T01:38:52Z")
Brain-freeze. There is **no such thing** as too much garlic. But you’d be better served mixing them with some starchy dish to lessen the goodness of the cloves. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/4 "2006-11-15T02:00:48Z")
Eat them with A LOT of onion. And beer. ---
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/5 "2006-11-15T04:22:15Z")
Gotta agree with the above sentiments about too much garlic. HUH?!?! That said, I’ve noticed cream sauces tend to lighten the flavor of garlic more than tomato-based concoctions. The acidity of the tomatoes seems only to strengthen the flavor. How you would use turkey burgers with a cream sauce, I leave up to you. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/6 "2006-11-15T04:22:50Z")
Parsley can help ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/7 "2006-11-15T04:40:51Z")
I recall in college finding out that an intelligent person who knows his way around a kitchen can still have reached his twenties without learning what exactly the difference between a bulb of garlic and a clove of garlic is. The ensuing garlic bread arguably did indeed have a bit too much garlic. I mean, the stuff was pretty much heaped on top of the bread. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/8 "2006-11-15T04:41:50Z")
And your point is…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/9 "2006-11-15T05:36:19Z")
Too much garlic? What is this strange phrase you are using? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/10 "2006-11-15T16:14:26Z")
[QUOTE=Agnostic Pagan] How you would use turkey burgers with a cream sauce, I leave up to you. [/QUOTE] Turkey Burger a la king? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/11 "2006-11-15T16:35:27Z")
I’m late to the party, but I also must comment that the only place where one will find something with ‘too much garlic’, one will also find unicorns, elves, the Loch Ness monster, and Bigfoot playing Texas Hold’Em. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/12 "2006-11-15T16:54:18Z")
Well, what’s the culinary backwards of garlic? Peppermint oil? Cloves? Brown sugar? ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/13 "2006-11-15T18:36:00Z")
The sugar in ketchup might help lighten the garlic taste. ---
**Author:** ![Wensleydale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@Wensleydale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wensleydale)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/14 "2006-11-15T18:52:07Z")
Too much garlic? No such thing, sometimes I will eat spoons of crushed garlic out of a jar but I digress. Fry up some onions and slice some cheese and then overdose the burger with a chillie or peri-peri sauce so that you will be complaining about too much chillie sauce, it will take your mind off the garlic. Sorry guess I was not too much help there. Oh well just enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/15 "2006-11-15T19:34:41Z")
another vote for “no such thing.” I love cooking chicken adobo, which needs an entire bulb of garlic… and I’ve been known to throw in another half bulb! ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/16 "2006-11-15T21:31:08Z")
Sometimes there’s definitely “too much garlic” in food. I really hate it when the amount of garlic in one item drowns out the garlic in another one. Then you have to add even more garlic to the 2nd item, which makes the 3rd item inedible, since you’ve run out of garlic to add. Plus, it’s really difficult getting laid after surpassing the garlic threshold. Plus, it’s really annoying when someone who’s eaten garlic tries to kiss you. I don’t mind garlic on my own breath, but it’s a different story on others’ breath. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/17 "2006-11-15T23:06:09Z")
Another person checking in who doesn’t understand the premise of the OP. I understand the individual words “too,” “much,” and “garlic,” but not when you string them together like that. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/18 "2006-11-15T23:42:19Z")
Ingredients: 1/2 pound pasta 1/4 cup Parmesan or Romano cheese, grated 24 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed Olive oil to taste Cook pasta till tender. Drain and sauté in pan of olive oil. Add garlic. Stir thoroughly. Top with grated cheese and serve. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/19 "2006-11-15T23:50:31Z")
Garlic will mellow when cooked. If you just grill a garlic meat patty quickly the garlic will still be raw-ish. But if you cook it for a longer time the garlic will smooth out. So making turkey meatballs in tomato sauce is definately a good idea if you simmer the meatballs in the sauce for 30 minutes or so. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468/20 "2006-11-16T00:20:52Z")
[QUOTE=Wensleydale] Too much garlic? No such thing, sometimes I will eat spoons of crushed garlic out of a jar but I digress. Fry up some onions and slice some cheese and then overdose the burger with a chillie or peri-peri sauce so that you will be complaining about too much chillie sauce, it will take your mind off the garlic. Sorry guess I was not too much help there. Oh well just enjoy it. [/QUOTE] Aw, do I miss the peri-peri/piri-piri/peli-peli I’ve had in South Africa. As to the OP, I _love_ garlic, but I do believe there’s such a thing as too much garlic. Balance, people, balance! Flavors should work in harmony, not overpower one another. Have garlic bread or (my favorite), roasted/oven baked head of garlic with some fresh, crusty bread if you like garlic so much. The best idea, I think, is _Lemur_’s suggestion of letting some of the raw flavor cook out in a sauce. Otherwise, I really can’t think of anything you can do. Perhaps make double turkeyburgers, and use one garlicky patty, and one bland turkey patty? Or some variation of this idea? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-fix-too-much-garlic/380468.md?page=2)