HIC The Garlic Chop Garlic Chopper, Lime Green

Garlic Chop Garlic Chopper: GREAT Garlic Chop Garlic Chopper Packaging: HORRIBLE I can't score this gadget down for its packaging. But the molded stiff plastic is awful. It took me about 10 minutes to get the chopper out, all the while being mindful of how easy it would be to slice open my skin on the sharp edges of plastic created by the heavy duty kitchen shears I needed to cut through the plastic and extricate the chopper. The chopper itself is wonderfully easy to use, which was a concern for me because I have small hands and not a whole lot of hand strength. But I was able to swiftly and easily grind six cloves of garlic (two at a time) for spaghetti sauce I made the other day, all in less than a minute. Happy! I'm not sure why anyone would think the chopper needs to be put in the dishwasher for cleaning. Push the button and most of the chopped garlic will fall out. I keep a small toothbrush near my kitchen sink for cleaning around tight spaces. I clean each half of the chopper by holding it with one hand under hot running water (one fingertip covering the hole so water doesn't get inside), then brushing away any garlic residue down the drain with the toothbrush in the other hand. If you're planning to use it for both garlic and ginger and want to use a bit of dish soap to ensure there's not transfer of odors, just put a small drop of it on the toothbrush before you commence cleaning the chopper. Set the two halves aside to dry. Easy peasy!

I’ve tried a lot of garlic products over the years. All promise more than they deliver, but they all deliver something. Except for this little item. If you want to ensure nothing ever happens to your garlic clove, it will be perfectly safe enclosed in this item. Although the technique seems obvious from the photo, I kept studying it thinking I was missing something. THEN I thought maybe more force was required - but my garlic clove remained intact and unmarred within this gadget. My recipe required 3 cloves of garlic, and this gadget had absolutely no impact on the skin of any of them. Since I missed the return window by one day (Happy Labor Day to my useless green garlic peeler!), I will try it with both ends cut off the garlic, as one of the reviewers suggested.

I have paid a LOT of money for "supposedly " the best garlic chopper/mincer/crusher. This is BY FAR the tool for mincing garlic I have ever seen. It is easy to use, just peel and cut the garlic in pieces, not small just cut each clove in half. Put 6-8 pieces in the grinder, carefully put the top half in the alignment hole and slowly twist while putting a little pressure on the top and bottom halves. Twist back and forth until the resistance in both directions is about the same. Note: get a little brush like an acid brush, or a 1/2" wide stiff oil painting brush. Remove the top half, setting the bottom half down. Use the small brush to move the garlic bits to a small saucer. Take the bottom half, press up on the part sticking out to move the white plate with all the garlic on it up to the point where the grinding points are below the plate. Then take a knife or other flat object and scrape the garlic into the container with the rest of the garlic. BOOM, you are done or ready to grind more!

This works ok, but tends to shred the garlic rather than chop it. Still, if you use a lot of garlic like I do, it is easier to use than chopping by hand. I want to try ginger next. The packaging was terrible. This should be sold in a simple lightweight cardboard box, not encased in heavy plastic. It was very difficult to remove, and there were no instructions on use or cleaning. It is a useful gadget, but not a necessity.

On smaller cloves it crushes the clove when taking off the peel so that storing the unpeeled cloves can't last very long. But that' s OK if you're going to use them right away.

This is an excellent peeler at a low price. Unfortunately, the instructions to use not entirely clear and at first, you tend to conclude that the product doesn't work. Here are a couple of suggestions for the most effective use: Don't overload it. Put only 2, or 3 cloves in it. Roll the peeler back and forth, while pressing down, firmly on the big opening. Check, without waiting too long for the peeled clove to pop out. Many times what is in the inside still is peeled, or some fragments of the peel can be easily removed with your fingers. Love it.

Very unimpressed. First of all, it doesn't exactly roll smoothly. The ribs on the outside tend to give the feeling that you're rolling a box-shaped object. It also doesn't roll on a flat (counter-top) surface; it seems to only work - badly - in your hands. And the garlic clove wants to pop out, unless you hold it with the large opening facing straight up. Next, the cross-shaped opening, through which you pass the rolled clove, is a bit too big, and doesn't make any kind of seal that grabs and strips the remaining, loosened skin. Basically, it's just a smaller opening than the big hole on the other side. Reminded me of the oversized, loose fitting clothes my mother would buy me as a child, anticipating that always-pending growth spurt! My cloves just went through unharmed and un-peeled. I made a few attempts using average sized cloves - not too small, and not elephant garlic sized giants. This was not a very good purchase, in my opinion.

Let me start this with: I love garlic! I love the smell of garlic, taste of garlic and i love cooking with garlic. I even love the occasional smell of garlic on my fingers after chopping some up. HOWEVER, what i do not love, is cleaning garlic mincers! theyre never as easy as the packaging makes it seem and its always a pain to scrape the garlic off if you dont want your fingers to smell like it. This grinder is amazing! its SO easy to use and even easier to clean! Some running water can easily clean off the pieces of garlic and you use the whole glove, as opposed to mincers that leave you with the mushed garlic after you squeeze it. I cannot recommend this enough and will be buying more for the garlic lovers in my life!