The food the Egyptians liked so much belongs to the lily family. It is a bulb made up of small cloves. The cloves are shaped like narrow spoons. They may be white, green or pale purple. Their thin skins give no hint of the strength inside. Garlic is not as mild as its cousins, the onion and the leek. It has one of the strongest flavors known to man. 3 From times man has used garlic