When I was a young man first learning to cook for myself I thought clove of garlic meant head of garlic. This seemed like an acceptable amount of garlic flavor in the finished food to me so I stuck with it.
One day I cook for a new girlfriend and she corrected me. I did not marry her. I married the first woman who also loved garlic enough to eat my cooking my way.
This post may or may not be related to my previous post about body odor.