Abstract: A method of making a garlic paste comprising the steps of grinding at least one cleaned and dried clove of garlic to provide a pulp of garlic and garlic juice; mixing the garlic juice with the pulp to form a paste; adding to the garlic paste between ten and thirty grams of salt for each one hundred grams of garlic paste; adding between one gram and fifteen grams of editable oil to each one hundred grams of garlic paste until a desired consistency is obtained; and placing the mixture of garlic paste, salt and editable oil into a closable container and inserting the closed container into a freezer.

Abstract: A method for affording preferential status to selected suppliers each in a respective service industry category, the service industry category being included in a group of service industry categories. The method includes selecting at least one preferential status supplier each from a respective service industry category. The method also includes entering data corresponding to each selected preferential status supplier into a preferred suppliers database, and offering at least parts of the database for loading into a portable device. The portable device has a selector for selecting a desired service industry category for accessing the at least one preferential status supplier relating thereto.