PENMART01 wrote:
>>Puester writes:
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>>>sf wrote:
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>>>>Puester wrote:
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>>>>I have begun almost exclusively to grate garlic with my
>>>>microplane grater. It's easier to clean than a press
>>>>and doesn't waste as much.
>>>
>>>
>>>How do you protect your fingers and use all of the garlic?
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>>
>>Work very carefully and even more carefully when you get near
>>the last 1/4 inch. When it gets too small to hold onto, throw
>>the rest away. The microplane makes a terrible nailfile.
>>Don't ask me how I kow....
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>
> Why can't yoose simply smack garlic with the side of a knife?!?!?
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I must be doing something wrong because when I smack it with the knife
the garlic just gets flattened, not minced.

gloria p