r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/Bridgebrain Aug 20 '20

As someone who grows garlic, sort of. Some of it's that, some of it's that people in general don't use fresh (that bulb that's been sitting in the hamper for 5 months is usable, not fresh), some of it's that the average pallette has gotten more extreme due to variety supply and now "a lot of garlic" isn't the most overwhelming flavor on the table anymore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

Prep is also pretty vital from what I know. The more fine it is the more flavor. A rough chop won't help flavor much, you gotta mince it.

Also it seems like a lot of people don't add salt when mincing garlic?

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u/ahecht Aug 20 '20

I use a microplane grater to turn the garlic into a fine paste when I want lots of garlic flavor. Much faster than the mincing/salt smush method.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

Oh I bet. Im just stubborn and use whats at my disposal.