Best Garlic Press Ever Made

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The Rösle Garlic Press (Amazon link)It reliably crushes even two cloves at once. You don't have to keep cleaning it as you use it. And when you're done, you swing out the grate and put it under the tap and rinse it off, done. None of that "is all the garlic out yet?" stuff, and it doesn't have one of those plastic "cleaner" thingies that will

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[gcrumb]

I'm still convinced that the definitive way to prepare garlic is to smack it once or twice under the side of an 8" or better chef's knife, peel off the skin, lop off the bottom and then use said knife to mince it finely.

Admittedly, I've not used this particular press, but having prepared about 48,721[*] cloves of garlic on my 10 years of restaurant work, I never found a press that was more efficient or effective than a good chef's knife.

[*] Approximately

[mendel]

Ah, but you didn't have technology! I don't have a twistything yet, but our old reliable garlic press recently suffered catastrophic failure from metal fatigue, and I've heard very good things about these.

Mincing garlic is firmly in the category of things one should be able to do but then can freely avoid.

[gcrumb]

You mean sort of like doing that half-chinup gesture some guys do when they pass an overhead bar that is intended to suggest 'I could do twenty, but I'm a little busy right now...'? 8^)

IME, mincing garlic and dicing onions with a proper chef's knife is a *great* way to impress... those whom one wants to impress. Provided of course that one finishes with the same number of fingers as one started with.

It's true, actually. I'm a kitchen luddite.

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My coordination at the level for "chopping" sucks, and I do it poorly. Also, I am impatient. I use a variety of tools for chopping including a mandoline and a food processor.

Being a luddite is easier when you're good at the task with simple tools. Technology means anyone can do the job.

[rroseselavyoui]

You are becoming my Go-to Guy for Gormet Gadgetry!