This means that even when your mother-in-law fries up some canned green beans with a bit of garlic when you go all the way out into the country for a visit, you still must compliment the garlic. (In southern France, where the soil is too poor to grow much of anything, garlic is the word.)
於是，每次下鄉探視公婆，就算婆婆用大蒜炒罐頭四季豆，都要適時美言道：「這大蒜好香啊！」（大蒜號稱南法味；其實是土地貧瘠沒有什麼菜色。）