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PAGE 8A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7. 2021
Plants of the Southeast
Garlic chives, Allium tuberosum
Photo/Scott Zona
This Garlic chive is very attractive when it blooms in the
fall, also producing the smell/taste of the garlicky onion.
Restaurant Report
By John Nelson
University of
South Carolina
“...And, most dear actors,
eat no onions nor garlic, for
we are to utter sweet
breath. ”
Shakespeare,
‘A Midsummer Night s
Dream ’,
What would we do with
out the genus Allium? I am
convinced that our kitchens
and dinner tables (and litera
ture) would much duller in its
absence.
Allium is what we call a
‘‘genus”...which is to say, a
collective name for any num
ber of closely related species.
(The plural word for “genus”
is “genera”, and a number of
related genera will be placed
together within a given fam
ily.)
Allium is the genus that
gives us onions and all their
many relatives: there are hun
dreds of wild species, and of
course, several of them have
been cultivated and enjoyed
for thousands of years.
The thing about all of these
species is that almost invari
ably give off an oniony or
garlicky scent, and to me,
that is what makes them so
wonderful.
The scent comes from a
variety of volatile sulfur-con
taining organic compounds
which are released into the
air when the tissues of the
plant are wounded. By the
way, botanists have tradition
ally placed this genus within
the lily family (“Liliaceae”),
but more recent treatments
have it within its own family,
I. Leg shank
5. Away to recognize
II. “VeggieTales" character
12. Getting out of by cunning
16. Mythological mountain
17. Atomic #18
18. Viscous liquid
19. 2010 Denzel film
24.12th star in a constellation
25. Made better
26. Pouches
27. Nervous twitch
28. This (Spanish)
29. Tennis legend Bjorn
30. Hand (Spanish)
31. Afrikaans
33. Int'l interpreters organization
(abbr.)
34. Treated with kid gloves
38. Leaseholder
■ 1. A way to fit out
I 2. Football carries
■ 3. Force out
I 4. Maintaining equilibrium
. 5. Sealed with a kiss
| 6. Type of container
' 7. Hollywood
: 8. We
| 9. Small freshwater ducks
■ 10. Norse personification of old
I age
113. Says who you are
j 14. Candidate
115. Sugar found in honey and
■ sweet fruits
120. Defunct language (abbr.)
.21. Take too much
■ 22. Iranian province
123. Records electric currents
■ 27. _ and feathers
129. Beloved Mr. T character
. 30. More (Spanish)
■ 31. Beverage
132. Promotional material
’ 33. Green vegetable
134. National capital
. 35. To any further extent
136. Swollen, inflamed lymph node
137. Anger
I
the Alliaceae
What’s your favorite
species of Allium? How
about A. cepa, which gives us
the common kitchen onion,
as well as shallots and scal
lions, and of course, Vidalia
onions? Or maybe A.
sativum, famously known
worldwide as garlic.
Delicious and nutritious
leeks are a cultivar of A. am-
peloprasum. Ramps from the
Appalachians, with their
super-strong odor, is A. tric-
occum, and mild-mannered
chives are A. schoenopra-
sum.
39. Frogs, toads, tree toads
40. Popular dance
43. Sailing maneuver: tack & _
44. Indicates speed of rotation
(abbr.)
45. Mark
49. Health insurance
50. Custom clothing brand
51. One who makes suits
53. Execute or perform
54. Degree of pleasantness
when tasting
56. Equal to roughly 5.6 bushels
58. Blood group
59. Imaginary line
60. Hopeless
63. Darken
64. Spoke
65. Work units
38. Pound
40. Popular Yugo
41. Salt of acetic acid
42. Millihenry
44. Israeli city _ Aviv
45. Make wider
46. Drink containing medicine
47. Acknowledging
48. Private, romantic rendezvous
50. Calvary sword
51. Disease of the lungs
52. 2001 Spielberg film
54. Fleshy, watery fruit
55. In one’s chambers
57. Set of information (abbr.)
61. Dorm employee
62. Indicates position
By the way, there are also
plenty of attractive Allium
species known for their gar
den appeal...and there are
also a good many weeds: you
might have “wild onion” (A.
canadense) or “wild garlic”
(“A. vineale) in your front
yard. Or maybe both. These
weeds sometimes grow to
gether. Both have an oniony
smell.
Our plant this week Garlic
chives, Allium tuberosum, is
originally native to eastern
Asia, most likely China. It is
widespread now, easily culti
vated just about everywhere
in gardens.
Below the ground will be
narrow bulbs connected to
rhizomes. The leaves are all
basal, very smooth, hollow,
and somewhat flattened. The
flowering stalk is totally leaf
less (as with all the other Al
lium species), up to about 2
feet tall (maybe more) and
the flowers appears in a sin
gle cluster at the top of this
stalk.
Each flower is star
shaped, with 6 pointed tepals
and 6 stamens. The flowers
are mildly fragrant.
After blooming, each
ovary swells a bit into a 3-
compartmented capsule. The
seeds are black.
In our garden we have this
growing in an old planted.
Been there for years, and
mostly neglected. But each
early autumn it blooms like
crazy. Very attractive.
Now you might be think
ing that this essay and the
photo are all about regular
old chives, the kind that goes,
chopped up, on your baked
potato. Our plant does resem
ble chives, but each of its
flowers is on a longish, slen
der stalk. Even more distinc
tive is its odor: it has a very
distinctive garlic flavor. Try
some! ©JohnNelson2021
[John Nelson is the retired
curator of the A. C. Moore
Herbarium at the University of
South Carolina, in the Depart
ment of Biological Sciences, Co
lumbia SC 29208. As a public
service, the Herbarium offers
free plant identifications. For
more information, visit
www.herbarium.org or email
johnbnelson@sc. m com.]
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Inspected September 29
Quick Burger
3411 Hwy 53 East
Jasper
Current Score: 95
Previous Score: 92
Observed ice bin stored
uncovered while not in use.
Food shall be stored covered
to prevent overhead contam
ination. Corrected on site by
closing ice bin. New Viola
tion.
Observed mold on the
wall behind the three-com
partment sink. Must clean
the mold. New Violation.
Make sure to keep the
sanitizing solution away
from food and food contact
surfaces.
Must store the wet wip
ing cloths in the sanitizing
solution in between uses.
Steak cooked to medium
rare on special menu must
have consumer advisory.
Inspected: September 29
Sharptop Catering
140 Mark Whitfield St.
Ste. D
Jasper
Current Score: 100
Previous Score: 96
Remarks: Make sure to
discard the food if not
using. Otherwise store the
food accordingly - cold
hold below 41 degrees or
hot hold above 135 de
grees.
Inspected: September 29
Fatz
800 Noah Drive
Jasper
Current Score: 97
Previous Score: 92
Observed staff handling
food without hair restraint
and beard restraint. Cor
rected on site by wearing
hair and beard nets. New
Violation.
Inspected: September 13
Yahoo Farm
4729 Waleska Hwy
Jasper
Current Score: 100
Previous Score: 100
Inspected: September 10
Ably Asian Cuisine
744 Noah Drive Ste. 101
Current Score: 82
Previous Score: 86
Observed employee food
not segregated in properly
designated areas. Employees
shall consume food/drink
only in approved designated
areas separate from food
preparation and serving
areas, equipment or utensil
areas and food storage areas.
Corrected on site. New Vi
olation.
Observed time/tempera
ture control for safety (TCS)
foods not being cold-held at
41°F or below. TCS foods
like cooked pork egg rolls
and crab rangoons. Dis
cussed using egg rolls on
four-hour time ride but not
crab rangoons. These items
must be kept at 41°F or
below. Person in charge
(PIC) corrected on site by
placing items in cooler as
they had only been out since
11 a.m. New Violation.
Cooked brown rice [at]
46°F after cooling
overnight. All of these previ
ously cooked items were
discarded. Discussed cool
ing procedures with PIC and
manager. Time/Temp Con
trol for Safety(TCS) foods
must cool from 135-70 in
two hours and from 70-41 an
additional four hrs. Cor
rected on site. Discarded.
New Violation.
Observed ready-to-eat,
potentially hazardous food
in walk-in cooler (many
items) prepared on-site not
properly date marked. Mark
the date or day of prepara
tion, to discard the food on
or before the last date or day
by which the food must be
consumed on the premises,
sold, or discarded. Corrected
on site. Marked. New Vio
lation.
Observed mops improp
erly stored to facilitate air
drying. Hang mops in a
manner to facilitate air dry
ing over mop sink. New Vi
olation.
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Office 706-253-1188 Jasper, GA 30143
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