It is also frequently used in salads and many Mexican dishes.
Garlic salt is made from pulverized, dehydrated garlic cloves.
In some countries, the green tops as well as the bulbs are used. Garlic does not produce true seed but is propagated by planting cloves which are the small bulblets or segments making up the garlic bulb. Garlic in Texas should be planted in the late fall. The plant is extremely frost hardy, and if planted in October, may have tops showing above the soil and be well rooted by November. The crop matures in June.