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SAVEUR magazine's Executive Food Editor, Todd Coleman, shows you how to peel a whole head of garlic in less than ten seconds. (It's kind of amazing.)

For more tips and tricks, visit saveur.com. Have a question? Email the testkitchen@saveur.com.

Directed by Alex Lisowski, alexlisowski.com. Edited by Laura Tomaselli, cargocollective.com/lauratomaselli.

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  • Fernando Sarmento 4 months ago
    Thank you! This is amazing! ;)
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  • Stanley Tatum 4 months ago
    Seriously, I'm going to do this tomorrow!
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  • Maximilien Bertrand plus 4 months ago
    Oh my god... amazing... Oo
    That will change my kitchen's life!
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  • Andreas Coerper 4 months ago
    makes cooking whole chicken with 40 cloves of garlic so much easier.
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  • Irrum plus 4 months ago
    like.
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  • Jordan McGarry staff 4 months ago
    wow really? I will absolutely try this.
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  • Og2t 4 months ago
    Haha will see if it works.
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  • Ammar25Jan 4 months ago
    Really, WOW !!!
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  • CocoaGeek 4 months ago
    Whoa ...
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  • Ozzie Clarke 4 months ago
    Right on!
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  • The Aggregate 4 months ago
    Absolutely fantastic!

    We've got it live on our channel and site!

    Channel:
    vimeo.com/channels/theaggregate
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  • Jake !!! 4 months ago
    Whoa...
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  • The Film Artist plus 4 months ago
    Brilliant I will let the women in my life know ASAP and try this myself, I'm a bit of a chef myself. You can make a lovely pizza in second by simply spreading a little tomato ketchup, cheese, red onion and a little chilli on naan bread and simply placing it in the oven for 12 minutes:)
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  • derielfiyan 4 months ago
    wow amazing idea. make life simple thx for this tips.
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  • cwseet 4 months ago
    what have I been doing all these years!?!
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  • Robert Dawson 4 months ago
    What is this witchcraft?! Cooking for 30 years and never knew it could be this simple.
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  • C Moisei 4 months ago
    Well, depends on what type of garlic you are using! There is garlic and then there is garlic tough to peel !
  • Ian Lucero plus 4 months ago
    yeah exactly
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  • Cristie Williams plus 4 months ago
    me likey :)
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  • Darknoon 4 months ago
    Just tried it and it works!

    I didn't have two big bowls so, I went with a cookie sheet on the other side. Took only about 15 seconds of shaking.
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  • oks ks 4 months ago
    lifechanging stuff. thanks!
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  • Pedro Oliveira 4 months ago
    Tested and approved. Indeed life-changing! Thanks!
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  • Billy Batson 4 months ago
    "SHAKE THE DICKENS OUT OF IT!" XD

    This will save me loads of time in the kitchen, thanks! :D
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  • Jeff Houck 4 months ago
    My new phrase of the week shall be "shake the dickens out of it."

    I can't say it will always be appropriate to every conversation, but it won't be dull.
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  • Ron Proctor plus 4 months ago
    Rad.

    Dickens has left the building.
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  • Calvin Fong 4 months ago
    wow he totally palm smashed them!
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  • Skeletal Dropkick 4 months ago
    you are awesome.
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  • Carl's Odyssey 4 months ago
    Murderer!!!!!!!!
  • Darryl E. Clarke 4 months ago
    hahaha... nice one.
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  • alfProducciones plus 4 months ago
    Nice tip!
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  • Gua 4 months ago
    depends of garlic variety
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  • Dan Harris Video plus 4 months ago
    Just last week, I was asking myself, there has got to be a better way.... And here it is. Wow, thanks
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  • Nancy O'Mallon plus 4 months ago
    Thank you!
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  • cwjstone plus 4 months ago
    Awesome! No more garlic hands!
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  • Nicole Tiedemann 4 months ago
    THANK YOU! this is a VERY useful tip. :)
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  • Ethan Ingle plus 4 months ago
    GREAT, I always wondered that, usually I just smashed each glove individually with a knife
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  • Oscar Falcón Lara 4 months ago
    Brilliant!
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  • Colin Harman 4 months ago
    Mind = exploded. Awesome.
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  • Sven Uilhoorn 4 months ago
    Tried this with one bowl.. The result was not quite the same.
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  • WEREHAUS plus 4 months ago
    Danggggggggggggggggggg
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  • Michael Mathews 4 months ago
    Totally Brilliant!
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  • josh whitkin 4 months ago
    This 5 year old was inspired to try it. #fail //vimeo.com/29864230
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  • laura l 4 months ago
    Life-changing!
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  • George Enea 4 months ago
    wow.. thanks for sharing!!
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  • kayleigh s 4 months ago
    Please give this man a show!
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  • Sean Flotre 4 months ago
    added to knowledge! +1
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  • Melissa Starks 4 months ago
    Witchcraft!!!
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  • Rita Couto 4 months ago
    what about onions???
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  • Almohadilla Seis Efes 4 months ago
    genious
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  • Manuel Cerimedo 4 months ago
    tengo que probar esto!
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  • dnyo 4 months ago
    hmmm everyone is amazed, cool, has anyone tried it yet?
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  • rosalie petralia 4 months ago
    That garlic sure looks pretty, but if you're mincing it anyway, just smash it with the flat side of a big knife. No bowls to wash...
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  • Jay Kerr 4 months ago
    Works like a charm! Thanks for the great tip.
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  • Glana Ricci 4 months ago
    amei amei amei!!!
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  • Francesco Bertelli 4 months ago
    well yes it takes 10 seconds but you need a big wooden base, two big bowls...it is fine if you have a restaurant, but for regular kitchens...i doubt it
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  • Rich Cheng 4 months ago
    I hate to be a party pooper, but in the video it takes 19 seconds to peel that garlic (timed from smash to finish shaking). That's almost twice as long as advertised! ;)
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  • Tamar Oziel 4 months ago
    Love it!
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  • Felipe Rojas plus 4 months ago
    Magic; I can't wait to try it!
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  • mike Liv 4 months ago
    I tried this and it didn't work for me. I didn't use metal bowls, but I did try to shake the dickens out of it. This only left me with loose garlic peels everywhere and some sadness. I really wanted to see this work. Has anyone else able to recreate this and have it successfully work?

    My test
    vimeo.com/29997201
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  • Ed Hawco 4 months ago
    Hmmm. Looks like it would work with old, fairly dry garlic (like most of the Chinese crap you find in supermarkets) but will it work with fresh, juicy garlic?
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  • Ed Hawco 4 months ago
    ...for example, if you smash a head of fresh juicy garlic with your hand like that, you won't break up the head, you'll break your hand.
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  • André Duarte 4 months ago
    Nice tip!
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  • Petey Boy plus 2 months ago
    Good to know! Anyone ever tell Todd, that he looks like Eric Wareheim. Keep it up!
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  • Phil Harvey plus 2 months ago
    merry christmas

    check this out!

    vimeo.com/34041903
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  • Philip Han 1 month ago
    GENIUS, doing this the next time I'm cooking.

    Garlic Beef Brisket for New Years? I think so!
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  • Sue Kim 1 month ago
    Has no one else had a difficult time palm smashing those garlic heads?!? I must be the only weakling here *rubs palms while whimpering*
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  • David Oh 2 weeks ago
    wow, This will help me for sure!!
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  • WELOVESTUDIO.com 1 week ago
    I really like the filming and the idea. A question : how many cameras did you have 2 or 3?
    Thanks
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  • Daily Kitchen 1 week ago
    We really love your bung bung bung man.
    Seriously you're great!! :)


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