My Garlic Turned Blue

The other day, Jonathan and I were making artichokes with a garlic butter sauce.
The strangest thing happened…
When we added the garlic to the melted butter, the garlic turned BLUE! Yes, blue. Blue garlic.
We’d never seen this before, and wondered if it was still safe to eat, or if we had just performed some sort of culinary magic trick.
So we Googled it.
We learned about blue garlic from Yahoo Answers:
Garlic contains sulfur compounds which can react with copper to form copper sulfate, a blue or blue-green compound. The amount of copper needed for this reaction is very small and is frequently found in normal water supplies. Raw garlic contains an enzyme that if not inactivated by heating reacts with sulfur (in the garlic) and copper (from water or utensils) to form blue copper sulfate. The garlic is still safe to eat.
Why does my garlic turn blue when heated in butter in the microwave?
I make a crab pasta dish that is to die for. I don’t cook the garlic, but put it directly into the butter. (garlic press) In the past I have melted the butter WITH the garlic in it in the microwave. The garlic pieces turn BLUE. I have the same thing happen when I melt the butter on the stove with the garlic.
Why did the garlic turn blue? I don’t mind the color, but is it OK to eat?
Yes, it’s safe to eat, and makes for an interesting conversation topic as well.
(Now I only add the garlic at the end.)

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Weird Hot Dog Spam

We live in an oddly connected world.
For whatever reason, I got an email about a hot dog steamer sent to me from Gaston Electric and Gaston Electric Factory in Foshan City, China.
This may be the best product in the world. I really don’t know.
But the picture definitely doesn’t do it justice, and gave me a good laugh.
Here’s what I received.

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