Vampires keep out

Bear has decided he likes garlic.  DH is enjoying the fat cloves of garlic from the veggie box and the IKEA garlic crusher finally put to use and is encouraging bear to like garlic.  Garlic is being included in all sorts of meals.  DH added garlic to baked beans along with some paprika, which I quite enjoyed.  Bear was less enthusiastic but I suspect that was more to do with the beans than the garlic.

I am happy that bear likes garlic, it is tasty in a lot of things and it is a healthy thing to add to food.  However you can only imagine what the kitchen bin smells like after a few successive nights of garlic.

This actually wouldn't be so bad, as it is just a small amount of garlic and the scent soon fades.  However the local beck has swathes of wild garlic on its banks which are just coming into flower at the moment and their scent is wafting gently over Matalan and in through the ever open windows.

I keep comforting myself that at least it is keeping the vampires away.