Skeptical me just had to test it. I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and shook like mad for about 10
seconds Wow - it works!!!!! Every bit of paper skin was removed and
no more sticky fingers. Best kitchen tip I've received in years.

Kalmia wrote:
> Skeptical me just had to test it. I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
> jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and shook like mad for about 10
> seconds Wow - it works!!!!! Every bit of paper skin was removed and
> no more sticky fingers. Best kitchen tip I've received in years.
>
Were they lead free?

On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 16:09:23 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> Skeptical me just had to test it. I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
> jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and shook like mad for about 10
> seconds Wow - it works!!!!! Every bit of paper skin was removed and
> no more sticky fingers. Best kitchen tip I've received in years.

Okay, I'm not cooking tonight... but I'll try it anyway. BRB.

Report: I'm not as impressed at you are, but I can see that it can be
useful for large batches of garlic. I shook my garlic with a few
aluminum pie weights in 10 second intervals and stopped at 60 seconds.
The skin was still around the garlic but it was loose enough to be
easily removed with my fingers. I guess the heavier weight of your
sinkers was the trick.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:33:00 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 16:09:23 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:
>
>> Skeptical me just had to test it. I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
>> jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and shook like mad for about 10
>> seconds Wow - it works!!!!! Every bit of paper skin was removed and
>> no more sticky fingers. Best kitchen tip I've received in years.
>
>Okay, I'm not cooking tonight... but I'll try it anyway. BRB.
>
>Report: I'm not as impressed at you are, but I can see that it can be
>useful for large batches of garlic. I shook my garlic with a few
>aluminum pie weights in 10 second intervals and stopped at 60 seconds.
>The skin was still around the garlic but it was loose enough to be
>easily removed with my fingers. I guess the heavier weight of your
>sinkers was the trick.

Yesterday I tried two little S/S bowls method with 8 cloves and it
worked just like the video.
Today I used a 250ml mason jar, put in three smaller cloves and no
added weights, closed the jar with a plastic storage lid and shook
vigorously for about 8-10 seconds. All cloves emerged totally naked.
Why didn't I learn this 50 years ago?

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:33:00 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 16:09:23 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:
>
>> Skeptical me just had to test it. I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
>> jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and shook like mad for about 10
>> seconds Wow - it works!!!!! Every bit of paper skin was removed and
>> no more sticky fingers. Best kitchen tip I've received in years.
>
>Okay, I'm not cooking tonight... but I'll try it anyway. BRB.
>
>Report: I'm not as impressed at you are, but I can see that it can be
>useful for large batches of garlic. I shook my garlic with a few
>aluminum pie weights in 10 second intervals and stopped at 60 seconds.
>The skin was still around the garlic but it was loose enough to be
>easily removed with my fingers. I guess the heavier weight of your
>sinkers was the trick.

Sounds like it would be handy for those times when you have to clean a
couple of heads of garlic.
Janet US

On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:40:02 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> Sounds like it would be handy for those times when you have to clean a
> couple of heads of garlic.

Yes, exactly. For me, that would be never, but it might come in handy
for someone else.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Kalmia wrote:
>
> Skeptical me just had to test it. I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
> jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and shook like mad for about 10
> seconds Wow - it works!!!!! Every bit of paper skin was removed and
> no more sticky fingers. Best kitchen tip I've received in years.

What's a *cubic* glass jar?
I hope those fishing sinkers weren't bare lead.

It's rare that I need to peel more than six cloves at once so this is
my usual method: "simply slice each garlic clove in half lengthwise,
from tip to root. This will also slice the skin, making it easy to
lift it off from each half. This method is good when you're going to
slice or mince the garlic."
Garlic 101:
http://www.thecitycook.com/cooking/advice/faq/000031
Then there are commercial garlic peeling machines:
http://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch...g-machine.html

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:40:02 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> > wrote:
>
>> Sounds like it would be handy for those times when you have to clean a
>> couple of heads of garlic.
>
> Yes, exactly. For me, that would be never, but it might come in handy
> for someone else.

I don't usually use so many at one time so MartyB's method is perfect for
me
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Shelley queried:

> What's a *cubic* glass jar?

Yes, tell us.

> I hope those fishing sinkers weren't bare lead.

Why not use glass marbles in a plastic container?

On Apr 8, 8:46*am, Brooklyn1 > wrote:
> What's a *cubic* glass jar?
> I hope those fishing sinkers weren't bare lead.

I just grabbed an old jar from Stonewall Kitchen which mustard came
in. I save those - perfect size for saving a bit of sauce, etc. and
they store better, packed tightly on my shelf. I guess a cylindrical
jar would work too but I didn't have a small, clean, empty one at the
moment.

I grabbed the sinkers as I couldn't think of anything else which would
give the weight I wanted. I didn't use the garlic - I thought about
lead contam too. Maybe I should sell the idea to some mystery
writer..........

On Apr 8, 12:18*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> Shelley queried:
>
> > What's a *cubic* glass jar?
>
> Yes, tell us.
>
> > I hope those fishing sinkers weren't bare lead.
>
> Why not use glass marbles in a plastic container?

I don't own any glass marbles.

I guess plastic would work too.

On Apr 7, 10:33*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2013 16:09:23 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
>
> > wrote:
> > Skeptical me just had to test it. *I put 4 cloves into a cubic glass
> > jar, added 2 fishing sinkers, and *shook like mad for about 10
> > seconds *Wow - it works!!!!! *Every bit of paper skin was removed and
> > no more sticky fingers. * *Best kitchen tip I've received in years.
>
> Okay, I'm not cooking tonight... but I'll try it anyway. *BRB.
>
> Report: *I'm not as impressed at you are, but I can see that it can be
> useful for large batches of garlic. I shook my garlic with a few
> aluminum pie weights in 10 second intervals and stopped at 60 seconds.
> The skin was still around the garlic but it was loose enough to be
> easily removed with my fingers. *I guess the heavier weight of your
> sinkers was the trick.
>
> --
> Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

Even peeling 4-5 cloves is a pain to me and I can't stand the paper
sticking to my fingers. So I will use the method - maybe even for a
clove!!

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 09:36:47 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> Even peeling 4-5 cloves is a pain to me and I can't stand the paper
> sticking to my fingers. So I will use the method - maybe even for a
> clove!!

Again, why peel? What on earth do you do with whole cloves? I crush
the garlic. Mainly, I squash them good and the paper comes right off
and it doesn't stick to my hands. If for some strange reason I want
to grate the garlic on the microplane - I just lightly tap it and
again... the paper comes off easily. Shaking in that jar took way too
long and I had to peel them anyway. Too much work for a couple cloves
of garlic, but I'd consider it if I needed to use an entire head of
individual raw cloves (otherwise, I'd just roast it and squeeze them
out).

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.