How to peel a head of garlic in less than ten seconds!!

[JckDanls 07]

I was thinking a couple of bed pans... :33:

 

[mdboatbum]

That is very cool. I usually just use an enameled steel cup I got with a pain killer at Pusser's restaurant in Annapolis. It has a wide, flat bottom, so I just break up the bulb, lightly crush the cloves and pick out the peeled cloves. This obviously wouldn't work with an application requiring whole cloves, but for anything requiring sliced, crushed or minced it's quick and easy. I also use latex gloves, as my hands tend to smell like garlic for a day or 2 if I don't.

 

[jrod62]

Thanks Craig.
can't wait to try this out Thumbs Up

 

[thunderdome]

@Scarbelly, I think it'll work w/ just about any large bowl(s), but for that "10 second peel" I think stainless is only way to go. W/ the glass bowls it took awhile. Some separated, some didnt

 

[boykjo]

Thanks Craig....... You make my life so much easier........................

Joe

 

[akdcwl]

I think this might be my new favorite trick!! 

 

[alelover]

I will be trying that. I have those same bowls. If it works that will be the coolest thing since sliced bread.

 

[africanmeat]

Wow it works with plastic bowls .

Thanks Craig

 

[raptor700]

Great video neighbor, I just happened to get three large SS bowls for the holidays

I've gotta give it a try.

 

[jared johnson]

Wow this is great. I have been cutting the root end off and smashing them with a knife then popping the clove out. That it pretty quick too but this looks really quick. 

 

[sierra]

Now I need to talk the wife into letting me buy new mixing bowls...
:cool:

 

[woundedyak]

Being a kitchen designer...That dude has about 100k in just appliance. Uses a fist and 2 dollars worth of bowls to peel garlic. Pricless

 

[DanMcG]

I'd rather do it by hand then clean two more bowls. But it is a cool trick.

 

[ac45acp]

kinda funny, i am getting ready to do a couple heads of garlic and thought i would post the same thing. i just use a plastic bowl with a lid.

 

[daveomak]

Craig..... thanks again for finding and sharing the video....   4#'s of garlic was peeled, sliced and put in the dehydrator yesterday in 1 hour....  Peeling the "old fashioned" way would have taken 4-5 hours.....   Dave

 

[fpnmf]

Craig..... thanks again for finding and sharing the video....   4#'s of garlic was peeled, sliced and put in the dehydrator yesterday in 1 hour....  Peeling the "old fashioned" way would have taken 4-5 hours.....   Dave

Glad to help ya Dave!!

Sooo ya vac pak the dried stuff...then what do you use it for???

 

[daveomak]

Grind or throw in smashed taters....   best darn garlic powder you ever tasted.... and best garlic taters too...    

 

[daveomak]

Here is what it looks like....  Sliced in the food processor using the "Thin" slices blade...  Put on parchment paper and into the "Sausage Maker" D-10 dehydrator at 110 deg for a day or two....  Really good stuff....  All that flavor packed into a little dry chip....  

Man is it powerful...    

Drying Slicing Garlic.jpg

• daveomak
• Aug 31, 2012

 

[fpnmf]

Real nice Dave..thanks!!

 

[dward51]

Why do I have this vision of two roommates in culinary school late on a friday night after a fairly liberal round of adult beverages coming up with this technique.  And somehow "hey watch this" had to be involved.

Pretty neat though.  Thanks for posting it (missed it earlier until the thread was brought back to life this week)