#2 2011-11-30 09:34:54
The wife got me a silicone tube about the size of a paper towel tube and half as long, just toss the cloves in it and roll it back and forth once on the cupboard and "bingo"..peeled garlic!
It takes less than 10 secs and way less effort and cleanup than 2 big bowls.
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#3 2011-11-30 10:04:00
insomniac wrote:
The wife got me a silicone tube about the size of a paper towel tube and half as long, just toss the cloves in it and roll it back and forth once on the cupboard and "bingo"..peeled garlic!
It takes less than 10 secs and way less effort and cleanup than 2 big bowls.
But I already have two big bowls (or a bowl with a lid), why do I need to buy some odd one-off gadget?
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#4 2011-11-30 10:15:13
Emmeran wrote:
insomniac wrote:
The wife got me a silicone tube about the size of a paper towel tube and half as long, just toss the cloves in it and roll it back and forth once on the cupboard and "bingo"..peeled garlic!
It takes less than 10 secs and way less effort and cleanup than 2 big bowls.But I already have two big bowls (or a bowl with a lid), why do I need to buy some odd one-off gadget?
I think it has to do with the concavity of the bowls /tube...a bowl with a lid may just result in partially minced garlic.
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#5 2011-11-30 10:57:12
I'm sure that dude's other "pain in the ass" will take longer than 10 seconds to remedy.
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#6 2011-11-30 14:09:07
Actually, that's great. In commercial kitchens, buying pre-peeled garlic is the norm because you could easily assign one person to just spend a few hours peeling and chopping garlic for his co-workers to use. In fact, at home Monday, I made a couple new batches of kimchi and spent probably 20 minutes just peeling the garlic I needed for that.
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#7 2011-11-30 18:26:22
I usually just buy those little jars of minced garlic; Because, I find pressing it to be even more of a hassle than peeling it.
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#8 2011-11-30 19:07:55
insomniac wrote:
The wife got me a silicone tube about the size of a paper towel tube and half as long, just toss the cloves in it and roll it back and forth once on the cupboard and "bingo"..peeled garlic!
It takes less than 10 secs and way less effort and cleanup than 2 big bowls.
Are you sure that is supposed to have garlic put into it? Did she give you some lube around the same time?
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#9 2011-11-30 19:40:33
Emmeran wrote:
insomniac wrote:
The wife got me a silicone tube about the size of a paper towel tube and half as long, just toss the cloves in it and roll it back and forth once on the cupboard and "bingo"..peeled garlic!
It takes less than 10 secs and way less effort and cleanup than 2 big bowls.But I already have two big bowls (or a bowl with a lid), why do I need to buy some odd one-off gadget?
I've never tried the silicone thingy; nice to know that it works. Presses don't work for shit unless you're trying for garlic juice. I tried three different types before I gave up in disgust.
The steel-bowl trick works--I've used a steel saucepan with a curved bottom (and lid), and although it doesn't work as quickly or as cleanly as the video, it beats the living fuck out of peeling the fucking stuff, which I truly hated doing. I might get me a silicone tube with some of my Christmas money and give that a try...
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#10 2011-11-30 20:05:24
Don't invest money until you try a freezer bag. I just drop in the cloves, seal in a little air space and beat them on a counter top. Through the transparent plastic you can monitor your progress. If after 8 or 10 licks they are not beginning to shed, bang them a little harder.
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#11 2011-11-30 21:35:58
George Orr wrote:
Emmeran wrote:
insomniac wrote:
The wife got me a silicone tube about the size of a paper towel tube and half as long, just toss the cloves in it and roll it back and forth once on the cupboard and "bingo"..peeled garlic!
It takes less than 10 secs and way less effort and cleanup than 2 big bowls.But I already have two big bowls (or a bowl with a lid), why do I need to buy some odd one-off gadget?
I've never tried the silicone thingy; nice to know that it works. Presses don't work for shit unless you're trying for garlic juice. I tried three different types before I gave up in disgust.
The steel-bowl trick works--I've used a steel saucepan with a curved bottom (and lid), and although it doesn't work as quickly or as cleanly as the video, it beats the living fuck out of peeling the fucking stuff, which I trul.y hated doing. I might get me a silicone tube with some of my Christmas money and give that a try...
Garlic presses are a waste of time and drawer space. They don't do anything I can't do all ready with a good knife. I haven't owned a press in more than a decade.
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#12 2011-11-30 22:07:24
Garlic presses are only good to give the kids to play with Play-Doh.
I'm with Decadence, I buy the quart jars of minced garlic. Open, shake some out, done. About the only thing I use whole cloves for any more is slicing and inserting into a lamb leg or baking the elephant cloves whole with some olive oil.
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#13 2011-11-30 23:18:19
I'm a big user of the pre-minced stuff myself while cooking...but when it comes to moose and deer sausage season I prefer the fresh stuff.
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#14 2011-12-01 15:47:24
Garlic presses = suckass.
My Shun Santuko knife and a good cutting board (minus a few fingers) is the right answer.
When I first got that knife, I learned the hard way you don''t try to wipe food particles off the knife with your finger...
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