RE: O/T: Garlic

The Frugal Gourmet, Jeff Smith, made the garlic press and citrus reamer very popular with home cooks.

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------------------------------------------------------ The old smack the clove with the flat side of something has certainly been around forever; however, it has it's drawbacks.

Your fingers and the husks end up being sticky and the husks are scattered all over the cutting board.

The hot water technique while not the answer to a maiden's prayer, avoids those problems.

It worked for me, YMMV

Lew

Too much epoxy. :-)

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Dave Balderst> I don't smash the clove, I just push down on the flat of the knife > and

----------------------------------------------------- Mine are all in the 1 out of 10 group.

No class, just a mess.

Lew

Millions of people peeling garlic with the side of a knife for probably hundreds of years. My guess is the process is sound.

Maybe Lew needs a knife with a wider blade?

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Dave Balderst>> I don't smash the clove, I just push down on the flat of the knife >> and

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Lew Hodgett wrote:

-------------------------------------------------- DerbyDad03 wrote:

------------------------------------------------- "Bill" wrote:

------------------------------------------------ DerbyDad03 uses the same 5 Star, JA Henckels, 10" Chef Knife I do.

Lew