"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/19/2013 10:25 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:15:20 -0500, "Gus" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> 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!
>
> That's really stupid. Just smack the separted cloves of garlic with the
> flat side of a knife. Then remove the peel with your fingers. Throw away
> the papery outside and peel the husk. Then mince the cloves of garlic.
> Julie makes it sound so terribly difficult. It's really not.

It's the removing with my fingers that I don't like to do. I always wind up
getting injured when the tip of one clove pierces me under the nail, usually
the thumbnail. And I need to do two whole heads plus three cloves. Doing
what I said (if it works) will get it all done in less than 2 minutes.
Would take a lot longer to do what you said.
>
>>>> Then if that doesn't work,
>
> Why shouldn't it work? You don't need a special AS SEEN ON TV gadget for
> peeling garlic.
>
I don't have any such thing and don't know it it is maded.

> I have a garlic peeler that I got from Sur
>>>> La Table.
>
> I'll bet that cost a pretty online penny. I've no idea why.

I'll tell you why. They sent me gift cards after I bought that White Cat
popcorn that I didn't like. And it wasn't expensive at all. I got the
discontinued color, berry. I likely would have gotten that color anyway
because it is reddish but it was marked down. That wasn't the only thing I
got. Also got the tomatoes that I liked although they only had one color
left in stock, a small colander and a few other small things, but I can't
remember what.