Sunday, March 23, 2014

tutorial :: peeling garlic in a cocktail shaker

peeling garlic in a cocktail shaker
Shake your money maker.
I love garlic, and I eat quantities that would strike fear into the hearts of vampires. When you routinely use 6 or 7 cloves in a recipe, that adds up to a lot of garlic peeling. Although I adore cooking, for some reason, peeling garlic is one of those culinary chores I dread. For me, it's akin to folding fitted sheets. I am not sure why; I mean, it's not that difficult or time-consuming: you just smash and peel. But listen. Suffice it to say that I just hate it.

So much that, recently, those pre-peeled plastic containers of voluptuous peeled garlic cloves have been calling to me like sexy sirens each time I walk by the produce refrigerator in Whole Foods. And yes, maybe I did cave and buy them once or twice.

"Sure, they cost more," I rationalized. "But who has time to peel all that garlic?"

Actually, I have the time. And so do you. It's all over the Internets now, but I can't remember where I first saw the idea of peeling garlic in a stainless steel bowl on social media. Maybe it was Facebook? Or Twitter. I tried the bowl method and only had a 50% success rate. I realized that the bowl needed a sturdy lid to get the job done. Hmmm. I rarely use my cocktail shaker, preferring wine to hard liquor. Eureka! It was finally time to put it to good use.

Yes, Virginia. You can peel garlic without a knife using a stainless steel cocktail shaker. It really works. Now, peeling garlic has become one of my favorite kitchen tasks. [By contrast, the cats hate the noise it makes.] In fact, it's so easy you can actually put the kiddos to work. There's nothing funnil=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, right?

Here's how you do it.

Assemble your unpeeled garlic cloves. Toss them in a stainless steel cocktail shaker



Shake your groove thing. [No, it's not an earthquake.] This is the actual time it took me to "peel" the 7 garlic cloves. It may take you more or less time and effort. Just keep shaking.

peeling garlic in a cocktail shaker
 Here's what the garlic looks like after shaking....

The skin just falls off.

Ta-da! Time to make Pasta Aglio e Olio.

Follow Me on Pinterest

58 comments:

Joey said...

That's actually really impressive - I'd never seen that method before. First, I just need to get me a coctkail shaker!

Andrea said...

This makes me wish I had a cocktail shaker. Next time I see one at Goodwill I'll be tempted.

Unknown said...

That is amazing! Excited to use my cocktail shaker now for something other than martinis! :)

VeganWoman said...

Wow! Never would have thought that. I would just worry about getting the smell out!

urban vegan said...

Vegan Woman, the dishwasher totally washes away the smell.

NuMystic said...

While this is definitely a clever trick it is so much easier to just use one of the $2 silicone roll n peel things:

http://www.amazon.com/niceeshop-Useful-Silicone-Remover-Peeling/dp/B00EWBMR4U/ref=zg_bs_678517011_4

Unknown said...

Thanks for giving the good informative tutorial
ammsymposium




Unknown said...

Most of the post and comments are related my blog
Jpsrjl

Ricky Pointing said...

All the words are simple and every one should understand easily
quarter6quarter7

Victoria Lily said...

Need to implement all the information's in my blog
TheUnixRonin

Brooklyn Amelia said...

Technically its very well above you said
mvmrcon

John said...

Its really nice informative tutorial,so thanks for this tutorial
FantAziafuggony




Benjamin Joshua said...

Its very useful and every one should follow this
koshinaomi

bigshow said...

The information's are really good and peoples are given superb comments
YuanLukiTo




Addison Grace said...

Keep posting this articles and useful for every one
trackademicks

praveen said...

I am really excited for read all the post
CarAccidentAttorneySearch




Sebastian Corey said...

Peoples are giving the wonderful thoughts for all comments
cheapdvdreplication

Isaiah Elijah said...

So many peoples are given the wonderful comments for this articles
lcxlwfgg

Unknown said...

Nice Post and all information's are used to everybody
factoryswimwear




Madison Mia said...

Articles are really nice to read and most of the people like this
LatinoNet

Richard Marshal said...

Thanks for giving the good informative tutorial
CambodiaThaiGateway

Unknown said...

Thank you for this guidance.its really informative for all
mrcatandthejackal

nakchtra devi said...

Nice Post and all information's are used to everybody
lohasasiaforum




Unknown said...

Its really nice informative tutorial,so thanks for this tutorial
natcheztracegolf

prithiv said...

For my view is Really nice,because all peoples are giving the wonderful comments
mercenary-market




Unknown said...

The information's are really good and peoples are given wonderful comments for all the post
odbmh

Vishali Riyo said...

Really good one,every should like this. roulezbolidesauve

Unknown said...

All the information's are more innovative
worldbuddhistradio

Riyash Dev said...

Good stuff comments here... Nice to read it sakuraguide

Kazris said...

I am really excited for read all the post
dimadt

Unknown said...

Must be appreciated for the article. utdtridelta

Unknown said...

Nice Post and all information's are used to everybody
makaha-studio

Alvin said...

Really nice,everybody like All the Post
plixnet




Unknown said...

For my view is Really nice,because all peoples are giving the wonderful comments
muglamilas

Unknown said...

All the post are very useful to implement in our life
starroadrecords




Unknown said...

Nice comments are posted and very useful
babebikepics




Unknown said...

Some articles are related in our life,so nice
RobertoCesco




John said...

Nice to read all post and more innovative
betasail




bigshow said...

The information's are useful for all the people
firyo




praveen said...

The information's are useful for all the people
morgan-park




Vijay said...

Very useful to implement in Life.tommasolippiello

Rajini said...

Not only to read need to spreed every one. donnatodd

Ricky Pointing said...

Really nice,every one should like all the comments
typetching

Victoria Lily said...

Really Must be appreciated for this article
uuotero

Brooklyn Amelia said...

Very useful comments are posted and everybody like this comments
vteractive

Benjamin Joshua said...

Not only to read the post, need to spreed every one
vychodna

Addison Grace said...

Most of the post and comments are related my blog
weihnachtsfeier-ideen

Sebastian Corey said...

All the words are simple and every one should understand easily
weishaosheng

Isaiah Elijah said...

Need to implement all the information's in my blog
xenosmk

Madison Mia said...

Technically its very well above you said
ynpressphoto

Richard Marshal said...

Its very useful and every one should follow this
yt6688758

Unknown said...

Keep posting this articles and useful for every one
zombiebeat

Unknown said...

Peoples are giving the wonderful thoughts for all comments
zona-x

Unknown said...

So many peoples are given the wonderful comments for this articles
compasscanoe

Unknown said...

Articles are really nice to read and most of the people like this
istorselfstoragemississauga

Unknown said...

Thanks for giving the good informative tutorial
satellitemeetings

Kazris said...

Thank you for this guidance.its really informative for all
sourcewaterweb

Godhuly said...

There is certainly a lot of information like that to take into account. That is a great point to raise. I supply the ideas above as general motivation however clearly there are inquiries like the one you bring up where one of the most essential things will be working in sincere good faith. I don't understand if ideal methods have actually emerged around things like that, yet I make certain that your work is clearly determined as a level playing field.garlic peel tips