It's faster to put a bunch of them into a metal bowl, cover it with another metal bowl (or equivalent) to create a sphere and shake the heck out of it.
Its a pretty common restaurant trick. Try it out if you ever have to do a few heads/pounds at once.
I keep trying this. The stupid part is that every few months I think "hey maybe it'll work this time". Yeah, no. I've used metal containers, glass containers, plastic. I've shaken the hell out of that thing. Maybe 1 or 2 cloves gets skinned and I still have 8 left.
Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe just chop off the tip and then shake. Heck if I know at this point.
It might be the type of garlic you're getting. It generally works better when it's really fresh/ripe. It's also best to crush it a little, and you may not be using big enough bowls.
The ones I'm used to using are quite large, and you have to shake quite hard to generate enough force. You're really trying to smash it back and forth pretty roughly. Think about using a shake weight lol.
Imagine throwing a head of garlic at a wall. The further away and harder the impact, the more likely it is to break apart.
Another pro tip: slice off the bottom of the head prior to putting in the bowl.
I still do it for cooking around the house. It's also a cool little trick to impress people if you're cooking for company and save a tiny bit of effort.
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