The theories I've heard is that it breaks down the garlic too much. But ATK love them for mincing garlic in a uniform fashion. I haven't been able to get over my garlic press suspicion enough to actually acquire and use one (as previously mentioned, it takes a while for us to do stuff like that), but I am intrigued. Because chopping garlic, though I do it almost every day, gets to be a pain in the ass, man.
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Nora Deirdre - Jan 05, 2007 9:44:02 am PST #407 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Sue - Jan 05, 2007 9:44:30 am PST #408 of 10001
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I think a good garlic press is great, but there are lots of shitty ones out there. Like the one I have that leave half the clove unpressed. I only use it when I'm lazy.
Kevin - Jan 05, 2007 9:45:42 am PST #409 of 10001
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Dana - Jan 05, 2007 9:46:01 am PST #410 of 10001
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We use something like this to chop garlic if we don't feel like doing it by hand. It's a lot more convenient than a full-size food processor, with the two of us.
§ ita § - Jan 05, 2007 9:46:59 am PST #411 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You probably have more of a freelance type job with them? No?
Works for me--I know not of the definitions. But I do earn an irregular amount from them each week.
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-t - Jan 05, 2007 9:47:09 am PST #412 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I love my garlic press - I don't even have to peel the garlic! I think it's a Zyliss.
Mincing is one of those things that I am terrible at. It's either whole cloves, large slices, or the press for my garlic.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 05, 2007 9:47:55 am PST #413 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I think it's a Zyliss.
I think Zyliss is the ATK recommended press.
sj - Jan 05, 2007 9:48:25 am PST #414 of 10001
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I use this chopper because I have terrible knife skills, and I can never get the garlic peices small enough.
Sean K - Jan 05, 2007 9:49:07 am PST #415 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I really enjoy chopping garlic (and veggies in general), and one of the reasons I bought us new kitchen knives for Christmas was to have much shrper knives and improve my technique.
SailAweigh - Jan 05, 2007 9:50:37 am PST #416 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I buy my garlic in a jar, minced. It might cost me a little more, but saves me from stinky hands.