Just to add to all this garlic stuff. I don't know about the rest of you but when I buy garlic buds, there are a lot of times I don't use it all and it will sit on the counter for weeks or more and when I go to use it, it has all dried out. I found a recipe for freezing it on the internet and it works like a charm.
I have a little mini chopper that I use that is electric but I also have one where you turn the handle and does the same job.
Clean all the skins off the buds and cut them into half or so, put them into the mini grinder and chop them until they are very small. Then add 3 tbs of olive oil to these and mix them up. Scoop them up in tsps sizes onto a piece of waxed paper on a tray and freeze until they are set, then put then into a tupperware or any kind of container with a lid. You can also use zipper bags.
When you are making your batches of spaghetti sauce or anything that requires garlic, just open the container and pop one or two into you sauce. This is the best way to save your garlic so you won't be throwing it away most of the time.
Here is a picture of mine that I just used this morning on my spaghetti batch.