"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> Am going to try Martha Stewart's technique for getting the papery
> stuff off. She used two small metal mixing bowls of the same size.
> Put the garlic in one, turn the other upside down on top of it, hold
> the edges together with your hands and shake the hell of of them!
> Then if that doesn't work, I have a garlic peeler that I got from Sur
> La Table.

I usually use my fingernail, and cut the rough end with a knife.