Nancy Young wrote on 20 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking

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> "Goomba38" > wrote
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> > I recently joined Sam's Club and saw restaurant sized jugs of peeled
> > whole garlic cloves for sale. How do they peel them on that scale??
> > I wondered how fresh or flavorful they remain and for how long?
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> My thoughts exactly. Never bought that for just those reasons.
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> > What can I say... I like to bang the flat blade of my knife on a
> > clove and peel each one as I use it. It only takes a second and I
> > feel virtuous, lol.
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> Heh. I don't feel virtuous (wouldn't that be a joke! laugh), but I
> like to peel my own garlic. I never got why it was such a big deal.
> Just me.
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> nancy
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I've even got one of those garlic peeling tubes...never use it...Seems I
like the skins sticking to my fingers when I bash a clove too hard and
release the sugary juices.