Topic: Automatic garlic chopper

[natterjak]

Something I struggle with is chopping garlic - those little cloves are slippery beggars and the potential for chopping your fingers seems large.  I'm also a bit of a sucker for kitchen gadgets so my eyes lit up when I saw this one:

Garlic Chopper on Amazon

But... are they any good?  I'd be interested to hear if you've tried the above or if you have any other tips, tricks or recommended gadgets for chopping garlic.

[adamski]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Garlic-Twist/dp/B001IXL5TS/ref=pd_cp_kh_3

This one looks better, good reviews, and easy to clean.

[976bar]

They both look like something out of Robot Wars!!

Why buy something so specific to chopping Garlic when you can buy something like a Kenwood CH180A Small blender, (I have had this for about 3 years, so the model must be superseded by now), which will not only chop garlic really fine, but also Ginger, Chilies, Onion, Peppers and just about anything else you would want to add to a curry?.....

[Stephen Lindsay]

how about a bog standard garlic press?

[natterjak]

how about a bog standard garlic press?

Doesn't really achieve the same result. I'm looking for chopped garlic not squashed garlic

[natterjak]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Garlic-Twist/dp/B001IXL5TS/ref=pd_cp_kh_3

This one looks better, good reviews, and easy to clean.

Thanks but it Seems like more of a garlic squasher than chopper

[natterjak]

They both look like something out of Robot Wars!!

Why buy something so specific to chopping Garlic when you can buy something like a Kenwood CH180A Small blender, (I have had this for about 3 years, so the model must be superseded by now), which will not only chop garlic really fine, but also Ginger, Chilies, Onion, Peppers and just about anything else you would want to add to a curry?.....

Not sure how to use a blender to chop 2 or 3 cloves of garlic without an awful lot of waste, plus cleaning possibly not as easy as the garlic zoom?

[commis]

How about the flat of a knife, then a fine chopping.

[coogan]

Hi,

I always grate my garlic and ginger with a parmesan cheese type grater. The results are a cross between chopped and pressed that I find ideal when requiring relativity small amounts of the stuff.

Bon grater.

[vinotinto]

Likewise Coogan, I got one of these and it is excellent - worth the price in my opinion:

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/12332/Fine-Microplane-Gourmet-Grater