• Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Kitchen trick:

    • Take the whole garlic head, and crumble it by hand over a sealable container to separate the cloves into.
    • Put the lid on tightly, then shake the everloving shit out of it.
    • Open the container, and voila! The meat is separated from the paper.
    • Enjoy!
    • Buffman@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Or just lightly press on the clove with the flat of a knife until it crushes slightly. Skin will come off easily after that.

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        4 months ago

        While that works on a per clove basis, sometimes you need an entire head of garlic, and the shake method is the best and fastest.

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          4 months ago

          sometimes you need an entire head of garlic

          I guess sometimes does technically cover everytime so you are technically correct

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      4 months ago

      If you just need pressed garlic, I was sceptical but learned that you can put them in a crusher without having to peel them first

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        4 months ago

        There’s no way this is real. I had an aunt recommend this and I felt like 60+% of the garlic was stuck in the skin in the press?? You had a different experience?

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          4 months ago

          Yeah, I do this. Sure, you have some loss but it didn’t feel like that much. Might depend on the consistency of the skin and the clove itself perhaps

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              2 months ago

              Just used this technique again, made me think back to this wonderful exchange. Looked at it carefully now. It’s basically lossless. Just have to empty the press after a few goes.

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                2 months ago

                I’ll surely notice the missing bits of your 320 kbps “basically lossless” garlic. Are you using wireless taste buds? /s