Don't want to mince or press garlic every time I cook - Page 2

[velochic]

Originally Posted by Magelet

if your hands smell like garlic, rub them on something stainless steel. it will take away the smell.

Yes, good tip! I just use my bathroom faucet (the one in the kitchen isn't SS).

[Arianwen1174]

Originally Posted by beckyand3littlemonsters

I'll have to see if you can get one of those in the uk. i usually just grate it on the smallest side of the cheese grater and have on more than one occasion caught my finger while doing this *ouch*

Ouch is right!

Originally Posted by Magelet

if your hands smell like garlic, rub them on something stainless steel. it will take away the smell.

I love this trick! It really does work.

[oiseau]

I'll also add a recommendation for the pampered chef garlic press! I love mine. It does great with the peels still on and it can handle pretty large cloves. Plus, the cleaner tool makes it super easy to clean. I've had mine for years and it's held up great. We definitely started using a lot more garlic in our cooking after I got it since it makes it so easy and less messy.

(I'm not a pampered chef seller or anything, I just really love that garlic press!)

[mamadelbosque]

Oooh, fancy smancy... that garlic press may just be another b-day present to myself... fancy smancy!! I have a 'sushi' garlic press that works pretty well, but that... well, that just looks *WONDERFUL*!! AND it does ginger!!! How freaking cool!!

[mtiger]

A lot of garlic presses have the cleaner as part of the press. If you have one close by, Le Gourmet Chef has a good selection at decent prices.

For peeling, lay the clove on the cutting board and smash it with the broad side of your knife. Skin pops right off.

[gini1313]

Originally Posted by mtiger

For peeling, lay the clove on the cutting board and smash it with the broad side of your knife. Skin pops right off.

That is what I do. I tried using my pampered chef garlic press without peeling yesterday, and I think it is easier to peel this way, then press. It was harder to press with the skin on, and I think there was more garlic still in the press when I was done...

[catnip]

I pre-peel garlic and keep it in a glass jar, but I don't press or mince it until I'm ready to use it.

[Arianwen1174]

Originally Posted by catnip

I pre-peel garlic and keep it in a glass jar, but I don't press or mince it until I'm ready to use it.

How long do you keep it? That sounds like something I might do until I get a better garlic press. Would definitely save time without compromising my garlic.

[Gingercat]

Dr Mercola recently stressed in one of his articles that we should crush or chop garlic just before consuming it otherwise the active compound in garlic loses potency rapidly and will all but disappear within about an hour of chopping!