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What kind do you have?
I have an ancient one, probably my great grandmothers, and the garlic just gets smashed into the square-but-actually-round holes and it’s impossible to get most of it out.
Mostly it makes smashed garlic, which I can do with a knife much more easily..
I got an Oxo Good Grips one for my Christmas this year and I think it's the last press I'll ever need
Pampered Chef also makes a very nice one. Usually pampered chef is terribly overpriced but they do have a few high quality gems in the catalog.
Yeah I saw those but they were stupidly overpriced like every they do . The Oxo ones were about €30, amazing price for a BIFL item
It will last about 5 years. I have one. The rubber handles fall off and the chrome plating peels.
It does say not to put them in a dishwasher or that'll happen
I have this one as well. I like how it's one piece, unlike some cheaper ones
It's not one piece. It looks like one piece but the rubber handles eventually separate. The past couple of years I have used it without the rubber handle covers.
Are people just too lazy to chop garlic?
Pressed garlic has a much more intense flavor. For a stew or most cooked stuff I would squash and chop it, for sauces or garlic oil I prefer pressed.
It's also much faster as you don't have to peel it and if you wash the press right away it's just as fast as washing a knife.
It has literally never occurred to me that there's no need to peel garlic if it's going in a press. I feel dumb now.
Sometimes you want it pressed rather than chopped
Pestle and mortar? Smash it with a spoon?
Knife works better, since it's a flat surface. A spoon would push it to the side instead of crushing evenly. Mortar and pestle is overkill unless you've got a lot of garlic to press.
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