Try making spag bol with roughly chopped garlic, try making it with crushed and finely chopped, then try making it with crushed from a press (if finances run to such a luxury item). Certaily tastes different. Pressed garlic releases more of the chemicals from the cells which therefore spread throughout the food more
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I use a garlic press most of the time,saves my fingers stinking of garlic all the time.
I get around that problem by washing my hands.
Sorry, but that’s bullshit.
You cannot simply wash the smell of freshly cut garlic off your fingers. Not with anything that’s going to leave your fingerprints intact anyway.
to get the most health benefits from garlic, let it sit for 5-10 minutes after cutting and before cooking or eating. The alliin and the enzyme alliinase are separated in the garlic cell struture when whole. Cutting or pressing the garlic ruptures the cells and releases new compound called allicin which is a phytonutrient adding to garlic’s health promoting benefits. The finer the chopping, mincing, pressing, the alliin and alliinase allowing them to mingle and form a powerful or dicing, the more allicin may be produced. Allicin also gives garlic it’s pungent smell and “bite”. The stronger the smell, the better for your health.
and have yet to find a garlic press that actually presses all the garlic out and doesn’t just squash it round the inside of the press…
You cannot simply wash the smell of freshly cut garlic off your fingers. Not with anything that’s going to leave your fingerprints intact anyway.
Wrong. The stainless steel item I posted earlier acts as a soap when you clean it with your hands. Less than a minute and the smell vanishes.
Weird, but very true.
Is anyone going to Ikea and would be able to get me a ‘deluxe’ garlic press and post it on if I cover postage please?
They don’t do mail order on that and Ikea is miles away from me.
Thanks if so.
Thanks to bear, I used the Ikea one last night and have to agree with the better half who says its a vast improvement on the old one.
A top bit of kit for not a lot of money and to be honest I shall use it all the time now instead of the trusty knife!