For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

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    139 months ago

    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…

    • @Mr_Blott
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      79 months ago

      I got an Oxo Good Grips one for my Christmas this year and I think it’s the last press I’ll ever need

      • @Usually_Lurker
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        59 months ago

        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.

        • @Mr_Blott
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          39 months ago

          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

      • @Blue_Morpho
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        It will last about 5 years. I have one. The rubber handles fall off and the chrome plating peels.

        • @Mr_Blott
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          It does say not to put them in a dishwasher or that’ll happen

        • @Blue_Morpho
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          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.

      • @hinterlufer
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        79 months ago

        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.

        • SanguinePar
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          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.

      • @smort
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        Sometimes you want it pressed rather than chopped

          • @Buddahriffic
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            49 months ago

            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.