Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Hi Linda, I haven't heard of the garlic twisters you mentioned in your message. However, if you happen to have a microplane grater, I have found that it is a fantastic way to prepare garlic if you want it very fine. I use my medium size microplane grater (the all time best kitchen gadget I have ever bought). I know the graters are a little expensive but they have the advantage of being multi-purpose. Also, Dutch kitchens are tiny and my grater lies flat easily in a drawer without taking up valuable cupboard space. Considering that the grater can be used for lots of tasks, is easy to clean AND is small and easy to store, I did not mind spending the money http://www.microplane.com/38000.shtml The grater I have is the one second from the front in the picture. It is labelled 'coarse' but I always think of it as 'medium' and the one behind it as 'coarse'. (I imagine that one would also be good for grating garlic). You don't even have to peel the garlic but just take off the 'pointy' end. If you then hold the garlic clove by the 'root' end (where it was attached to the bulb) and grate. It doesn't take much time or effort. As you are grating, the skin of the garlic will stay in your hand or on the upper surface of the grater and the very finely grated flesh will either be on your board/plate or, more likely, 'clumped' on the back of the grater. All you have to do it take it off with a spoon or knife and add it to whatever dish you are using it in. Because the garlic is so finely grated I find that it takes less time to cook. If, for example, I am browning onions and garlic, I start the onions off then add the garlic just a couple of minutes before the onions are ready. The grater also works in just the same way for grating fresh ginger - again, no need to peel it first. Cheers from Marie in Holland Linda wrote >>>>>I would love to have one of those " garlic twisters " that everyone in here was raving about at Christmas time, but they were a little spendy if they didn't really work well. And I mean WELL! I have tried so many different kinds of garlic gadgets and spent so much money on them and they never worked! I am a slow learner. I would love to know how those people that got the garlic twister like it now.<<<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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