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Garlic
« on: 20 March, 2020, 08:14:50 pm »
I have seen different recipes suggesting chopped or crushed. Today's was a new one on me: minced garlic.

Does anyone with a garlic crusher ever do anything to garlic other than crush it or bung the cloves in whole?

If so, what difference does it make?
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #1 on: 20 March, 2020, 08:26:48 pm »
I just bash them, then chop one way and the other. I presume that's minced. I don't own a garlic press (I probably do, but I'm sure they're a faff, and I got a big chopper and I know how to use it).

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« Reply #4 on: 20 March, 2020, 09:30:29 pm »
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« Reply #5 on: 20 March, 2020, 09:44:42 pm »
I've got a couple of garlic presses, but they are a pain to clean & stink the place out if you don't.  Bash it with the flat of the knife, get the peel off & chop finely .


A couple of jars of the "very lazy garlic" (and ginger) for emergencies. 


I _like_ garlic & have 2-3 cloves in a dish for a single person........     could the singleness be related  ???
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #6 on: 20 March, 2020, 10:37:18 pm »
Minced, I feel is easily done as you crush the garlic with a fork after chopping it up a bit.

I've got a couple of garlic presses, but they are a pain to clean & stink the place out if you don't.  Bash it with the flat of the knife, get the peel off & chop finely .


A couple of jars of the "very lazy garlic" (and ginger) for emergencies. 


I _like_ garlic & have 2-3 cloves in a dish for a single person........     could the singleness be related  ???


I like more garlic than that..

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Re: Garlic
« Reply #7 on: 21 March, 2020, 07:23:06 am »
Bash it with the flat of the knife, get the peel off & chop finely .

^This.

I'm of the school of thought that nearly all jobs in the kitchen can be achieved with a proper chef's knife. I don't need no stinkin' garlic press.

I find the biggest faff with garlic is getting the skins off, but blanching the cloves for a minute in boiling water makes this very easy. Also has the added bonus of taking the harsh edge off the flavour if you're using it raw.
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #8 on: 21 March, 2020, 07:28:00 am »
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Nothing wrong with that - especially when you have legitimate reasons for not wanting the faff of chopping. Also minimises waste.

We have the same bags of frozen chopped garlic and ginger in our freezer, which my wife finds a godsend - she is a bit cackhanded when it comes to chopping stuff finely (more a proprioception thing than a motor control thing).
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #9 on: 21 March, 2020, 08:14:29 am »
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We slice, chop or press as needed, but we also have a jar of dried garlic with a grinder built into the cap.  Not as good as fresh but excellent for those "oh shit I forgot to do the garlic" moments.

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« Reply #10 on: 21 March, 2020, 08:18:21 am »
Have a garlic press and it's a decent one, heavy and solid bought from the Russians (probably Belarussians) in the market, back when and where that used to be a thing. But I find I normally just chop it instead.
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« Reply #11 on: 21 March, 2020, 08:23:43 am »
Bash it with the flat of the knife, get the peel off & chop finely .

^This.

I'm of the school of thought that nearly all jobs in the kitchen can be achieved with a proper chef's knife. I don't need no stinkin' garlic press.

I find the biggest faff with garlic is getting the skins off, but blanching the cloves for a minute in boiling water makes this very easy. Also has the added bonus of taking the harsh edge off the flavour if you're using it raw.
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« Reply #12 on: 21 March, 2020, 08:58:28 am »
Mostly. I just chop garlic
I hated my garlic press - difficult to clean, and not good with arthritic hands.
Now I have a garlic grater - a little porcelain saucer with spikes. It's very effficient and only needs a rinse under the tap, or chuck it in the dishwasher. Cheap to buy.
Works well for ginger too.
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #13 on: 21 March, 2020, 09:07:44 am »
Bash it with the flat of the knife, get the peel off & chop finely .

^This.

I'm of the school of thought that nearly all jobs in the kitchen can be achieved with a proper chef's knife. I don't need no stinkin' garlic press.

I find the biggest faff with garlic is getting the skins off, but blanching the cloves for a minute in boiling water makes this very easy. Also has the added bonus of taking the harsh edge off the flavour if you're using it raw.
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Interesting. Might try that next time...
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« Reply #14 on: 21 March, 2020, 09:12:38 am »
Bash it with the flat of the knife, get the peel off & chop finely .

^This.

I'm of the school of thought that nearly all jobs in the kitchen can be achieved with a proper chef's knife. I don't need no stinkin' garlic press.

I find the biggest faff with garlic is getting the skins off, but blanching the cloves for a minute in boiling water makes this very easy. Also has the added bonus of taking the harsh edge off the flavour if you're using it raw.
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwiDnNqZkavoAhWDQEEAHd_sAxoQtwIwAHoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDc7w_PGSt9Y&usg=AOvVaw2zlmecTI0PuMRjvQJ6MUjS


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Interesting. Might try that next time...

Depends on how fresh the garlic is.  First time I tried it, it worked like a dream.  Second time, months later, bleh.
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« Reply #15 on: 22 March, 2020, 04:00:40 pm »
I get the skin off then grate it. I have an old-fashioned box grater with different hole-sizes on different sides. I use the small holes for grating garlic.

Is quick, easy, effective and much easier to clean than a garlic press.

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« Reply #16 on: 22 March, 2020, 04:58:39 pm »
I generally smash and slice or chop. Occasionally - for garlic bread or mash - I’ll then put some coarse salt on it and grind it with flat of a knife to a paste.

As all 50 of my cloves germinated I’ll e looking out for green garlic recipes soon! 
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #17 on: 05 April, 2020, 12:28:30 am »
Microwave the garlic for 15 seconds, makes it super easy to peel and mash up.
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #18 on: 05 April, 2020, 09:31:24 am »
Nattering with a neighbour up the back of the village yesterday. He's p'd off because the flics and the forestry bods have blocked off access to the forest so that he can't get up there to collect wild garlic - called ail doux here - to make omelettes.  I wish we had a gardenful.
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« Reply #19 on: 05 April, 2020, 10:43:01 am »
Nattering with a neighbour up the back of the village yesterday. He's p'd off because the flics and the forestry bods have blocked off access to the forest so that he can't get up there to collect wild garlic - called ail doux here - to make omelettes.  I wish we had a gardenful.
That reminds me, must take tools to dig a bit up on our walk today...
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #20 on: 05 April, 2020, 12:47:18 pm »
Tried the baked garlic with a knob of butter pushed in, as recommended by T42 I think, last week. It was good.
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Re: Garlic
« Reply #21 on: 05 April, 2020, 01:35:53 pm »
Tried the baked garlic with a knob of butter pushed in, as recommended by T42 I think, last week. It was good.

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Haven't done it for years myself. Must try it again.  I originally saw the idea in a US programme called "Garlic is worth 10 mothers".
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« Reply #22 on: 05 April, 2020, 01:44:22 pm »
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« Reply #23 on: 05 April, 2020, 02:50:49 pm »
I think they meant when it comes to cooking.
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« Reply #24 on: 05 April, 2020, 04:35:54 pm »
Nattering with a neighbour up the back of the village yesterday. He's p'd off because the flics and the forestry bods have blocked off access to the forest so that he can't get up there to collect wild garlic - called ail doux here - to make omelettes.  I wish we had a gardenful.
That reminds me, must take tools to dig a bit up on our walk today...

Mission accomplished. They were surprisingly difficult to dig up. The handle on my trowel is at a funny angle now.
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