There is a saying called "Endina garlic". Why can't you put garlic when cooking fish?

I think this proverb should be a unique expression somewhere. After all, every place tastes different. Basically, many people in Guangdong don't eat garlic and pepper. Garlic is one of the most common condiments, which is mainly used to enrich the taste and remove the fishy smell when cooking. Many people may think that garlic tastes heavy and unpleasant, but northerners don't think so. They all eat garlic directly, and the taste of raw garlic is heavier. If you talk to others after eating garlic, you can smell garlic a few meters away.

On the other hand, southerners seldom eat garlic raw. Generally, garlic is put in some dishes as seasoning and cooked together, which may make the taste more fragrant. I've heard people say that you can't put leeks in beef and star anise in mutton. I want to eat them, but this is the opposite of this statement. Moreover, in jiaozi, where you can eat leek and beef stuffing in some dumpling houses in the north, you usually eat mutton soup in the south, and basically all kinds of seasonings will be put in, including star anise and cinnamon. Only by putting these different flavors of spices can we cover up the fishy smell of mutton.

But the title says fish don't eat garlic, which means you can't use garlic when cooking fish. I feel that this statement is absolutely untenable here. Anyway, garlic is basically an indispensable condiment in our daily life. Of course, garlic depends on how the fish is cooked. If it is steamed or boiled, no one will put garlic in the soup. However, if it is braised fish, garlic is an essential seasoning. I often see that some people in Guangdong province often don't even put Chili and garlic in braised fish, but I don't think we will do this here, because it will have no taste without Chili and garlic, so it depends entirely on the tastes of different places, not absolutely.

Therefore, whether garlic can be put in boiled fish cannot be generalized. It is certain that garlic can be put in boiled fish. It's just that some people don't like the taste of garlic, so they don't like garlic in any cooking. If there is garlic, they don't like it If this is our hometown in rural Jiangxi, no matter how to cook fish, garlic is absolutely necessary, and Jiangxi dishes are generally heavy in taste. Ginger and garlic are necessary things, as well as peppers. I think as long as all the ingredients are put together, they will not produce substances harmful to the human body, so there will be no problem in any case. The key still depends on personal taste. Just as northerners like to eat garlic, one garlic is enough when drinking. However, for southerners, it is unthinkable to make a good plan for life and death. After all, garlic tastes spicy and smells strong raw. After eating, the breath is so heavy that many people can't accept it. Do you think this is the truth?