Peeling garlic is like taking off a superhero’s costume, it just needs the right trick!
Garlic cloves are like little round balls covered in a skin, and that skin is tough to remove. But if you make them sleepy, they’ll be easier to take off.
Make Garlic Sleepy
Put the garlic clove in your palm and gently press it with your thumb, just like you would when you’re trying to squeeze a juicy orange. Keep doing this for a little while, and soon the skin will start to slip off, like a sock that’s too tight.
Use Water to Help
If you want even more help, put the clove in some water, it's like giving it a drink so it can be extra sleepy. Then press again, and the skin will come right off, just like taking off wet socks!
Once the skin is gone, you’ll have a nice, soft garlic clove ready to use in your cooking, no more grumpy, tough-on-the-skin garlic! Peeling garlic is like taking off a superhero’s costume, it just needs the right trick!
Garlic cloves are like little round balls covered in a skin, and that skin is tough to remove. But if you make them sleepy, they’ll be easier to take off.
Make Garlic Sleepy
Put the garlic clove in your palm and gently press it with your thumb, just like you would when you’re trying to squeeze a juicy orange. Keep doing this for a little while, and soon the skin will start to slip off, like a sock that’s too tight.
Use Water to Help
If you want even more help, put the clove in some water, it's like giving it a drink so it can be extra sleepy. Then press again, and the skin will come right off, just like taking off wet socks!
Once the skin is gone, you’ll have a nice, soft garlic clove ready to use in your cooking, no more grumpy, tough-on-the-skin garlic!
Examples
- Using a garlic press to crush and peel garlic quickly.
- Peeling garlic with the back of a knife for little ones.
- Soaking garlic in warm water before peeling it.
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