# Peeling Garlic Question.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104 "2007-08-27T16:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104/21 "2007-08-27T21:29:57Z")
[QUOTE=cbawlmer] Dumb question: what do you do with pickled garlic? [/QUOTE] Keelhaul him till he’s sober . . . ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104/22 "2007-08-28T14:54:22Z")
[QUOTE=cbawlmer] Dumb question: what do you do with pickled garlic? [/QUOTE] Well every year I go ice fishing with about 20 guys. All you do is eat, drink and fish for 2 days! Pickled garlic goes well with the various sausages, cheeses, pistachio’s and various types of alcohol that is present. Would I have a bunch on my lunch break? Nope! MtM ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104/23 "2007-08-28T15:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] By the way, the jarred ones in the stores are cooked, unless there’s some miraculous new canning technique I’m unaware of. To sterilize and seal a jar, it has to be hot enough for long enough that whatever’s in it is cooked by the canning process, if it wasn’t cooked before putting it into the jar. [/QUOTE] I don’t know if it matters, but the ones in my grocery store are in the refrigerated section, and come in a plastic jar, not unlike that of a peanut butter jar. The chopped and minced garlics are at room temperature and in glass jars, but I don’t know anything about canning, so that might not be of any importance. [QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] I have seen Robert Irvine take two identical stainless steal bowls, pop a bunch of garlic inside one, flip the other over ontop to create a hollow container with the garlic inside and shake like mad to remove the peels. [/QUOTE] My answer has been stolen by the **ANSWER STEALER!** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104/24 "2007-08-28T16:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] I have seen Robert Irvine take two identical stainless steal bowls, pop a bunch of garlic inside one, flip the other over ontop to create a hollow container with the garlic inside and shake like mad to remove the peels. … [/QUOTE] I read about a similar method in a cooking magazine and tried it. I used a large plastic mixing bowl with a lid. Put the separated cloves inside, snap on the lid, shake like crazy. Works like a charm-the cloves were totally peel free. They do get slightly bruised but should be fine for pickling. I’ve got about two and a half pints of pickled cloves in the frig right now. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104/25 "2007-08-28T17:22:45Z")
[QUOTE=dwyr] I read about a similar method in a cooking magazine and tried it. I used a large plastic mixing bowl with a lid. Put the separated cloves inside, snap on the lid, shake like crazy. Works like a charm-the cloves were totally peel free. They do get slightly bruised but should be fine for pickling. I’ve got about two and a half pints of pickled cloves in the frig right now. [/QUOTE] Wow, I’ll have to try that! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeling-garlic-question/417104.md?page=1)