"Gus" > wrote in message
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> "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.
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> I usually use my fingernail, and cut the rough end with a knife.

Yeah but I don't like garlic under my nails.