Removing garlic skins

Durgan · June 22, 2015

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?LUJRR 17 January 2015 Removing garlic skins
Garlic skins are removed by placing in a Folger coffee container and shaken for 30 seconds. This container is ideal since it has two protrusions into the cylinder which are perfect for bumping the clove and removing the skins. Removing skins with a smooth inside pot is relatively common, but this container is a major improvement on the method.

joseph · June 22, 2015

I've never had much success with this method. What varieties/types of garlic does this work with? How old/fresh does the garlic need to be?

feldon30 · June 22, 2015

Never found the "shake" method to work. This, however, does:

It's a silicone garlic peeler. You just roll vigorously and it slips the skin right off the garlic cloves. If you don't have one but you have a Silpat cookie sheet liner, that works well too. Basically any sheet of silicone you can roll up.

AlittleSalt · June 22, 2015

I learned from watching Martin Yan. I use a chef's knife but the action is the same.

flgatorguy87 · June 23, 2015

Smash it with my chefs knife as well. I use to peel and mince a mountain of it each night to prep my station.

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Sojourner · June 25, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I learned from watching Martin Yan. I use a chef's knife but the action is the same.

EGGSACKLY! Plus, its very good for stress relieving.

WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! All done!

Mike723 · June 25, 2015

same here.. I find it much faster to lay the chef's knife on top and give them a quick whack.. Plus it's fun! lol

feldon30 · June 25, 2015

I dislike the garlic smash for one reason. My hands are now sticky with garlic funk and my next step is to wash my hands with soap and water for a minute or two to get it off. That's 2 minutes I save by using the silicone peeler, and not having my hands vaguely smell of garlic. But the knife technique is fun.

Mike723 · June 25, 2015

that sounds exactly like my wife.. She HATES the smell of garlic, and will complain for at least the rest of the day, if not right on till the next morning haha.. I personally lovvvve the smell, and just give a quick rinse.. Must be the Italian in me? lol

Sojourner · June 27, 2015

You don't have to mash the garlic - just whack it gently. The skin will slip right off. Most of the time the clove doesn't even split a little. Maybe you just don't know your own strength!

Durgan · June 28, 2015

I used all the methods mentioned by posters to this thread. Those methods are all over the internet also. I considered all methods so so aamd made do.

Until I saw the Folgers coffee can with the internal ridge. The bumps on the inside of the can make the pot method work flawlessly. All the touted can methods use a smooth pot container, and do not work well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d3oc24fD-c The method that doesn't work.

June 29, 2015

I like the silicone tubes- they do a great job.

gvozdika · June 29, 2015

Also learned from Martin Yan. Plain and simple, no special tools needed

June 22, 2015	#1
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	Removing garlic skins http://www.durgan.org/URL/?LUJRR 17 January 2015 Removing garlic skins Garlic skins are removed by placing in a Folger coffee container and shaken for 30 seconds. This container is ideal since it has two protrusions into the cylinder which are perfect for bumping the clove and removing the skins. Removing skins with a smooth inside pot is relatively common, but this container is a major improvement on the method.

June 22, 2015	#3
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Never found the "shake" method to work. This, however, does: It's a silicone garlic peeler. You just roll vigorously and it slips the skin right off the garlic cloves. If you don't have one but you have a Silpat cookie sheet liner, that works well too. Basically any sheet of silicone you can roll up. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

June 25, 2015	#8
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I dislike the garlic smash for one reason. My hands are now sticky with garlic funk and my next step is to wash my hands with soap and water for a minute or two to get it off. That's 2 minutes I save by using the silicone peeler, and not having my hands vaguely smell of garlic. But the knife technique is fun. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

June 29, 2015	#13
gvozdika Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon Posts: 53	Also learned from Martin Yan. Plain and simple, no special tools needed __________________ There is no better soil analyst than the lowly earthworm. -- Albert Howard

June 22, 2015	#2
joseph Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cache Valley, N/E of The Great Salt Lake Posts: 1,244	I've never had much success with this method. What varieties/types of garlic does this work with? How old/fresh does the garlic need to be?

June 22, 2015	#4
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I learned from watching Martin Yan. I use a chef's knife but the action is the same.

June 23, 2015	#5
flgatorguy87 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: Pleasant View, TN Posts: 66	Smash it with my chefs knife as well. I use to peel and mince a mountain of it each night to prep my station. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

June 25, 2015	#7
Mike723 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: CT Posts: 290	same here.. I find it much faster to lay the chef's knife on top and give them a quick whack.. Plus it's fun! lol

June 27, 2015	#10
Sojourner Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Earth Posts: 27	You don't have to mash the garlic - just whack it gently. The skin will slip right off. Most of the time the clove doesn't even split a little. Maybe you just don't know your own strength!

June 28, 2015	#11
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	I used all the methods mentioned by posters to this thread. Those methods are all over the internet also. I considered all methods so so aamd made do. Until I saw the Folgers coffee can with the internal ridge. The bumps on the inside of the can make the pot method work flawlessly. All the touted can methods use a smooth pot container, and do not work well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d3oc24fD-c The method that doesn't work.

June 29, 2015	#12
JoParrott Guest Posts: n/a	I like the silicone tubes- they do a great job.