In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Stop Buying Chinese Garlic [0:39 Video] , ransomnote wrote: Chinese garlic is grown in sewer water and then bleached to make it look white.
To tell the difference, Chinese garlic has no roots (I dunno - do they cut them off or do they rot off in the sewer?) and is bleach white, whereas normal garlic has dense little roots and has discolorations (not bleached)
Also, in tiny hard-to-read, almost impossible to read, text the garlic in the video has 'made in China' on the packaging.
At least the garlic icecream sold during the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California is homegrown....