It's sulfur with notes of heat degraded rubber or scorched oil. Heated, it loses the pungent odor and has a flavor like mild, mellow onion with garlic, but not

It's sulfur with notes of heat degraded rubber or scorched oil. Heated, it loses the pungent odor and has a flavor like mild, mellow onion with garlic, but not as distinctive as shallot. Everyone around you not enjoying it will still assume by smell that you're eating a bag of farts, but it's pretty good. I wouldn't rush out to replace the garlic and onion powders in your dry rubs with it or anything.