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Perhaps THAT one/brand has problems. I don't know that brand, I don't have that brand. The one that I have has no way of flaking and doesn't have any of those problems. I'm sure that this is just a knock-off brand that I happened to link to. But the concept is flawless.
I do agree that there's nothing quite like freshly peeled garlic. I've tried the bowl technique and also the knife smashing. This works better for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B1OS1NC/
Just put the garlic clove on the cutting board or counter, put the knife's on top of the clove, and smack the side of the knife with your hand. That's all there is to it.
There you go:
There's no way I'm going to break my hand using the heel of it to bash a giant head of garlic, hoping it's not harder than my hand.
What I've recently discovered is that freezing garlic makes it really easy to peel. The ones I've frozen are not rock hard. I can easily cut off the ends, then just run my knife along an edge and the whole skin comes of in one peel. Then, I just stick them in my hand garlic press.
This works better for me than wacking a knife on a clove, too, as I don't want to hurt my hand wacking against a knife blade. Maybe that works when you're young and strong, but I'm old and don't want to hurt my hands wacking garlic.
Anyway, I'm sold on just freezing garlic now and just using my knife to cut off the ends and slice along one side to peel them.
There's no way I'm going to break my hand using the heel of it to bash a giant head of garlic, hoping it's not harder than my hand.
What I've recently discovered is that freezing garlic makes it really easy to peel. The ones I've frozen are not rock hard. I can easily cut off the ends, then just run my knife along an edge and the whole skin comes of in one peel. Then, I just stick them in my hand garlic press.
This works better for me than wacking a knife on a clove, too, as I don't want to hurt my hand wacking against a knife blade. Maybe that works when you're young and strong, but I'm old and don't want to hurt my hands wacking garlic.
Anyway, I'm sold on just freezing garlic now and just using my knife to cut off the ends and slice along one side to peel them.
Just carefully press the clove with the heel of your hand using the flat side of the knife. No pounding required. I wouldn't strike my hand on the knife either.
I buy a bag of peeled garlic cloves from Sam's. Then I use my small ninja food processer and grind/mince it up with olive oil. Then on to plastic wrap in a log shape, then freeze. When ever I need garlic I can easily cut off a half inch/1 inch/etc.
It really works great. If I need fresh cloves to grate/roast/etc then I'll buy a head of garlic. Our local groc. store doesn't carry good garlic, that's the main reason I freeze it. It's also so easy to cut off what I need and not get my hands and cutting board so "stinky".
Great idea. That is almost like I do pesto, but I never thought about just doing the OO and garlic. You have given me a perfect answer.
that is how my father did it but he had the strong hands and was a professional. He would smash the garlic with the back of his French knife than proceed to smash it with salt mixed in. He was so good and so fast but I just never totally got the swing of it.
I almost always use a crushed clove - it allows for greater flavor - so I whack them with the side of my chef knife and the peel comes off - easy peasy. Why dirty a jar?
Then, if I want the garlic chopped, it's already on the cutting board.
Perhaps THAT one/brand has problems. I don't know that brand, I don't have that brand. The one that I have has no way of flaking and doesn't have any of those problems. I'm sure that this is just a knock-off brand that I happened to link to. But the concept is flawless.
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