Music

Music is one of the best-loved hardneck garlics available today. It came to the US via Canada, but originates in Italy — where garlic is of course a critical ingredient in so many dishes. Each bulb features just a few (4-8) enormous cloves, making it easy to use in the kitchen. Considered a porcelain-type, it is notable for producing tall, sturdy, delicious scapes (flower spikes) which emerge and grow into a tangle of coils before straightening out to flower. Music is spicy when raw, but mellows to a deep, rich, classic garlic flavor when cooked. Many chefs prefer Music over every other garlic variety. Some sources say its exceptional flavor is due to higher-than-usual concentrations of allicin, an organosulfur compound present in all garlics and believed to be responsible for many of garlic's health benefits. I got these from the Experimental Farm Network. These did get really big in rich soil with a lot of compost, the largest bulbs were around 6 oz. each. I got these from the EFN