Garlic press/crusher - useless!!

[Uberly]

I normally chop my garlic, but thought I'd buy a garlic press/crusher thingy. What a waste of money! Absolutely useless. The garlic gets stuck and the smallest amount comes out. I end up having to take out the 'squashed' garlic stuck in the darned thing and then chop it!

Am I doing something wrong or do you find the same thing happens?

Been through many. Settled on an oxo good grips.

Also, have you tried crushing it in the press with the skin still on? More comes out & less mess inside the press to clean.

You need a good one. I have an oxo one too. They are usually self cleaning as well - there are spikes that just fit the holes and push everything out. There ais a new one by zyliss that even handles unpeeled garlic supossedly.

This is the one I have
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00004OCJX

I found that they are all useless and I get much better results with a cast iron mortar and pestle. Just as quick, too.

I went on a cookery course and they taught me how to crush garlic with a knife: cut garlic in half lengthways, sprinkle it with salt, then use a normal dinner knife to squish it a bit at a time. Makes the garlic really garlicky and you only need 1/2 as much, no waste either

I've got a small mandolin that slices on one side and grates on another. Think it came from JL. It will even grate root ginger - and garlic, of course.

another vote for the oxo good grips

most of the others are rubbish but this one is great

I have a stainless steel one from Ikea. A couple of quid and it's great.

I just grate mine using a microplane - straight into the pan.

I have a 'Joseph Joseph' one. It's a garlic rocker and it's fab.

I was sceptical but it works really well and is easy to clean. It was £10 and comes in various colours.

I have a lovely "Rosle" expensive but good.

I can't be arsed so now I buy frozen chopped garlic .
Always in the top of my freezer and just sprinkle in what I need.
I also buy frozen chilli too.

Mine's a Zyliss. The 'trick' is to put the garlic in, skin and all. After pressing, it's easy to pull out the empty skin in one piece.