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Beginners Guide => Hints, Tips, Methods and so on.. => All Other Hints N Tips => Topic started by: Martinwhynot on December 30, 2012, 08:11 PM
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Tried this one last night to outrageous success ;D
Place the unpeeled garlic bulbs into a largeish container with a lid on. You then vigorously shake the container about like it's a cocktail shaker for around a minute. I did 250gms of bulbs last night in seconds. The result is that the skins get rubbed off by the friction inside the container - simply pick out the skins from the bulbs, voila!
Enjoy, no more using the side of a knife and pressing down, etc, etc.
Martin
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Nice tip. Thanks
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This works! Which is surprising, because it can be a booger to peel. Nice one Martin.
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Pleasure's all mine!
I haven't posted here for a while but got such a lot from Panpot's contributions; this is a tiny input by me but more to follow...curries with alcohol added! Big in my local BIR in Central Scotland.
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Mmmmmm. Tried this the other day and nothing happened. Perhaps wrong type of containers or I didn't shake long or hard enough >:(
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It is hard work! But easier than peeling them individually.
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I assume you separated the cloves first?
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Yessir, just split them up into individual bulbs. I found that a tall plastic tumbler thingy from Tupperware worked well as it allowed for lots of up and down movement as I shook like CRAZY!
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Ive tried this method a few times but it never really worked for me.
It could be down to the size of the bowl(s) used.
http://sciencefare.org/2011/11/16/for-love-of-garlic/ (http://sciencefare.org/2011/11/16/for-love-of-garlic/)
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theres a vid on it here
http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,6128.0.html (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php/topic,6128.0.html)
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Just checked out the video. For the record I'm splitting open the head then separating the bulbs into the bowl/dish. I'm not cracking or bashing any of the cloves. It's a workout but it is much quicker,lol!
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Pleasure's all mine!
I haven't posted here for a while but got such a lot from Panpot's contributions; this is a tiny input by me but more to follow...curries with alcohol added! Big in my local BIR in Central Scotland.
Hi Martin, that would be great stuff...Nashedar?
I saw the garlic peeling on yahoo a while back & thought it was a **** take :)
Regards
ELW
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Hi Guys
Ive not posted for a while but ive been an avid reader :D , i find this method works even better if you place a few powerballs inside the container and then shake like bloomin crazy , maybe to the the tune of IRON MAIDENS "Phantom of the opera" the old lucozade advert lol .
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Power balls? You mean those super doper high bouncing hobbies? :o
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Thats right RoobyDoo i pinch them off my son :D the smallish ones around 1" in diameter, i suppose i pinched the idea from a ball mill in a quarry lol, anytthing would do really , you could try some nuts n bolts maybe hahaha
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Great addition, Yakmandoo, that'll tear it up! Any weight in there being thrown about will help.