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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

sometimes you need an entire head of garlic

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

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

One.

At.

A.

Time...

Yep. Super effective. 😶

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cooking youtubers are great for tips like these. Can confirm works really well.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fun fact, it's literally how garlic cloves are peeled at the industrial scale. 🤪

[–] Tja@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

New perspective on those big-ass buckets of raw, whole-clove garlic, eh? 🤓

[–] joostjakob@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Waffle@infosec.pub 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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?

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I never tried this, but maybe cutting it up in a few pieces would help?

[–] joostjakob@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago

Yeah... Cook by "feeling", that'll go great.

You don't "code" by chance? 🥲

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago

Are you high? 🤢

[–] ShawiniganHandshake@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Put the clove under the flat side of a knife and press down with your palm until you hear a crunch. They're really easy to peel after that.

[–] inbeesee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'll literally smash the garlic with my open palm. That's just fun

[–] robador51@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

This is by far the easiest and fastest method.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

This boy helps with the bureaucracy in 80% of situations

Edit: typo

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's never as good as fresh tho.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

That's why you just add more lmao

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

For sure in situations where fresh matters

If you're cooking it for longer than 5 mins, chemically they're equivalent

[–] unknown@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Nah, the frozen cubes of minced garlic are where it's at.

That stuff in the tubes has added salt and oil and stuff and while yeah, it's delicious on toast with sliced tomatoes, it's crap for curry base and weird in hotpot.

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Could someone explain the joke to me? I guess somewhere the skin of garlic is called paper? Or is there another play on words?

The only thing I've found on the garlic Wikipedia is the description of its skin as papery but that's it...

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I think the skin is the paper, the work is peeling it off... So it's lots of paper work.

If you ask me onions are way worse, it's bad enough to make me cry.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hmm, maybe the info you're missing is that "paperwork" is a concrete thing?

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paperwork

Like, that's the whole joke, that the skin is papery and its removal is tedious, so you could also refer to the removal as "paperwork".

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Oh I'm aware of paper but didn't associate papery things with ... Well paper itself I guess that's the flaw. I wouldn't describe a tree as having a wooden expression either!

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

i cut the ends off, then make a slit going down one entire side. Then it just comes off

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

It's never as strong as fresh,and I use both.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Three words: Silicone Garlic Roller

Put a clove in. Roll it around. Peeled garlic comes out.
Best kitchen accessory ever.