"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "Corey Richardson" > wrote in message
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>> If anyone's looking for a replacement Garlic press, I can thoroughly
>> recommend a Zyliss. In the past I've bought cheap ones and they've
>> lasted at most a year, but the Zyliss is still going strong over 10
>> years later.
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> I've not touched a garlic press since I found out how easy it is to just
> smash and chop. IMO, it gives better flavor than the stuff through a
> press. Faster too, once you learn how.

I use a large meat tenderizer, mallet-style. I use the flat side and crush
then dice finely. Someone gave me a garlic press and I used it once, which
is as many times as I ever want to clean a garlic press.