On Apr 23, 6:36*pm, "Upscale" wrote:
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
You already have the knife and cutting board in service just to clean
the cloves.

Possibly a garlic press is capable of squeezing all the juice or essence out
of a clove without having to clean away the outer shell. That would make it
quite a bit faster I think.

Hey, don't any of you other woodworkers out there do any cooking? What
exactly does a garlic press do?

I cook a lot. Mostly mediterranean dishes; Italian and Greek are my
favourites. My spanakopitas and raviolis are to die for. I make my own
pasta from scratch. No extraordinary skills, just some simple, solid
recipes... and first grade ingredients.
Some very basic methods include:
NEVER cut your garlic buds. Crush only.
NEVER go beyond a very, very light tint of distant amber when sauteing
garlic.
NEVER 'cut' lettuce, always break the stuff by hand.
NEVER peel potatoes.
ALWAYS wet your hands before handling garlic, for obvious reasons.
Learn to cook with one hand... the other one is for handling wine.

Now I am farking hungry...damnit....