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From: wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Pressing Garlic
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Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 20:44:14 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 13 20:44:14 1985
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Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA
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> I have a very simple way of pressing garlic. I peel the clove, lay it on
> my cutting board (the side labelled "G") and WHACK it with the side of my
> cleaver. Scares the cats, sometimes sprays garlic all over the kitchen,
> but always presses the clove as much as I want. This flattened clove can
> then be chopped into tiny pieces or thrown in as is.
> 
> This system is much cheaper than stainless steel Williams-Sonoma pressers,
> and relieves aggression at the same time.
> 
> 	-- Charles
> 

	You're working to hard. Don't peel the garlic just trim off
the stem end of the clove, lay it on the board, whack firmly with the
side of the cleaver, pick it up by the pointy end and shake the clove
out of the peel. Credit for this trick goes to Stephan Yan of the CBC
cooking show 'Wok with Yan'.

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William J. Richard @ Charles River Data Systems
983 Concord St. Framingham, MA 01701
Tel: (617) 626-1112
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