> Puester writes:
>
>PENMART01 wrote:
>>>Puester writes:
>>>>sf wrote:
>>>>>Puester wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>
>>>
>>>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....
>>
>>
>> Why can't yoose simply smack garlic with the side of a knife?!?!?
>
>I must be doing something wrong because when I smack it with the knife
>the garlic just gets flattened, not minced.

You need to either use a heavier knife or lay the blade on the clove and rap
the flat of the blade with the heel of your hand.

Btw, garlic doesn't get minced with a press or plane either... you end up with
smushed, just like with the side of a knife.... "minced" requires slicing each
clove into many strips and then cutting cross wise, ending up with tiny
individual cube-like pieces, without any portion thereof smushed.

A garlic press is a completely useless gizmo... ownership thereof indicative of
those who for personal psychiatric reasons have an aversion to touching food,
meaning they can't/don't actually cook.



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