| 词条 | Garlic press |
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A garlic press (also known as a garlic crusher in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom), is a kitchen utensil to crush garlic cloves efficiently by forcing them through a grid of small holes, usually with some type of piston. Many garlic presses also have a device with a matching grid of blunt pins to clean out the holes. Garlic presses present a convenient alternative to mincing garlic with a knife, especially because a clove of garlic can be passed through a sturdy press without even removing its peel. The peel remains in the press while the garlic is extruded out. Some sources[1] also claim that pressing with the peel on makes cleaning the press easier. Garlic crushed by a press is generally believed to have a different flavor from minced garlic, more of garlic's strong flavor compounds are liberated. A few sources prefer the flavor of pressed garlic. Raw-foods chef Renée Underkoffler says "a good garlic press makes dealing with garlic a clean pleasure. Pressed garlic has a lighter, more delicate flavor than minced garlic because it excludes the bitter center stem."[2] The magazine Cook's Illustrated says "a good garlic press can break down cloves more finely and evenly than an average cook using a knife, which means better distribution of garlic flavor throughout any given dish."[3] On the other hand, some chefs say garlic crushed in a press has an inferior flavor compared to other forms of garlic. For instance, chef Anthony Bourdain called garlic presses "abominations" and advised "don't put it through a press. I don't know what that junk is that squeezes out of the end of those things, but it ain't garlic."[4] The cookery writer Elizabeth David wrote an essay titled "Garlic Presses are Utterly Useless".[5] Alton Brown (known for his dislike of single-purpose kitchen tools) has referred to garlic presses as "useless" and without a reason to exist.[6] Cook's Illustrated lists some additional uses for a garlic press, such as mashing other small items (including olives, capers, anchovies, and canned chipotles) or pressing out small quantities of onion or shallot juice.[3]VariationsGarlic mincers can be used to obtain fine grains of garlic too.
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Notes{{commonscat|Garlic presses|Garlic press}}1. ^For example, the Epicurious Food Dictionary {{Allium}}2. ^{{cite book|author=Underkoffler, Renée|title=Living Cuisine: The Art and Spirit of Raw Foods|publisher=Avery|year=2004|isbn=1-58333-171-9}} p. 179. 3. ^1 Wu, Sandra. "Notes from Readers", Cook's Illustrated, Sept. & Oct. 2006 p. 3. 4. ^{{cite book | author=Bourdain, Anthony | title=Kitchen Confidential | publisher=HarperCollins | year=2001 | isbn=0-06-093491-3}} p. 81. 5. ^{{cite book | author=David, Elizabeth | title=Is There a Nutmeg in the House? | publisher=Viking | year=2000 | isbn=0-670-03033-3}} p. 51. 6. ^{{cite web | url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170916083851/http://gizmodo.com:80/5347140/alton-brown-kitchen-gadget-judgment-calls---yea-or-nay | title = Alton Brown: Kitchen Gadget Judgment Calls - Yea or Nay? | last = Rothman | first = Wilson | date = 27 August 2009 | website = Gizmodo.com | access-date = 11 June 2018}} 7. ^Microplane Garlic Mincer, CrateAndBarrel.com, Retrieved at 19 May 2017 8. ^Buy Garlic Chopper From Kleeneze. Your online shop for FoodPreparation, Kleeneze.com, Retrieved at 19 May 2017 9. ^Garlic Twister, Nextrendproducts.com, Retrieved at 19 May 2017 10. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4042k5Yrg Product Review: NexTrend Garlic Twist], YouTube, Retrieved at 19 May 2017 2 : Cooking utensils|Garlic |
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