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Garlic Peeling Genius

Posted Sep 28 2011 12:00am

Sep 28, 2011 Posted by Mel on Sep 28, 2011 in Blog, Recipes, Seasonings | 9 comments

A brilliant idea from Saveur…

How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo.

UPDATE 09/29/11: I tried this trick last night, and I’m sad to say that it didn’t work. But that’s very likely a fault of equipment.

First, I couldn’t smash the head of garlic hard enough with my hand, so I put it between to bamboo cutting boards and gave it a good whack. That worked like a charm! The head came about very easily in a nanosecond. I’m adding this technique to my permanent bag of tricks.

I don’t have metal mixing bowls, so I plopped the cloves into two ceramic bowls and, as instructed, shook like the “dickens.” Nothing! Nothing happened, except my arms got a little tired.

Anyone else make it work?!

Ellen says:

September 28, 2011 at 4:09 pm

ha ha ha, it works!!! LOVE IT!

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Carrey Bull says:

September 28, 2011 at 6:30 pm

Amazing!!! Can’t wait to try it!

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Laurie D. says:

September 28, 2011 at 6:32 pm

Going to have to try that next time I make roast chicken stuffed with garlic.

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Martin says:

September 28, 2011 at 9:09 pm

That looks like magic. I won’t believe it until I try it myself.

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Lydia says:

September 29, 2011 at 8:33 am

OMG it’s MAGIC!!!

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Svend says:

September 29, 2011 at 11:12 am

This is great. Thanks for sharing.

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Jen says:

September 29, 2011 at 12:08 pm

OMG! Too funny! I’ll give it a try.

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Linda Sand says:

September 29, 2011 at 1:26 pm

I have not tried it yet but I think the shape of his bowls might have been more important than the material. The shape would cause the shaken garlic to roll around a lot which would, I think, help peel it.

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Amy says:

September 29, 2011 at 1:49 pm

I saw this on the kitchn.com first and tried it immediately. it worked for me and I’m THRILLED! When I think of the hours and hours I’ve spent peeling garlic… Wish I’d learned this sooner!

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