"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in
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> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
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>> "kilikini" > news:g86lnu$hhj$1
>> @news.datemas.de: in rec.food.cooking
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>> > That was my same feeling for a garlic press - cleaning out those little
>> > holes was a PITA! I'll just smack the garlic and dice it, thank you.
>>
>> Yep. Same here. I figure if I ever have something come up that I
> actually
>> need smooshed garlic I can use the trusty old mortar&pestle. Nothing like
>> that has happened in at least the last 20 years so I'll continue to smash
>> and chop. Just like Julia taught me to
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> Smoosh the cloves with a can of something, a small can of tomato sauce or
> such will usually do...


I see cloves squirting all over the place.

A thin cleaver (think thin slicing type) can smash multiple cloves at one
time. Lay the cleaver down on the cloves and strike with the heel of your
hand.

Don't make a fist and swing it like a gavel. Past injuries will make
themselves apparent at that point. <G>

Think karate.


TFM®