Garlic Twister 3rd Gen - For Garlic/Herb/Nuts, Garlic Press Kitchen Mincer and Grinder, Easy to Clean! (Clear) by NexTrend

For years I've been just slamming garlic with a fist or handy object to remove the husk then chop with a knife. For years I may just slice em up and dump in whatever. Recently I was on a quest to find a garlic press. Can't say why, just decided I wanted something more better than my tried and true manual method, which was great cause I love the smell of garlic on my fingers. Wanna sniff em? Anyway, I looked all over Amazon. Read zillions of reviews of trials and tribulations of various garlic press's. I balked at the price of many and how many had issues with falling apart or having plating chip and fail. I balked at many due to the fact MADE IN CHINA seems to be the mantra. I wont' mention names. Well, I finally decided I'd give this on a try. The 'press' arrived today. I've had a chance to use it on 4 cloves. Bottom line this thing worked great. A few twists and I had nicely ground garlic, better and finer grind then I get by my manual methods (cause I'm always in a rush) The unit was easy to clean with a simple rinse in the sink. I had no issues twisting this model, the new one with the handy knobs grips built in. Course I'm a 54 year old male so maybe it might be a different story if your wrist strength isn't there. The cloves I used for this test were of the 'medium' size and not the giant size. I used two at a time for my test. With the ease it handled those I doubt it would be a issue with 4 medium size cloves at a time. Unless you had some serious arthritis I don't' think anyone would have a problem with this. If someone did, it would be easy enough to chop a giant clove in half before placing it in the unit. Of course you smash the clove first and remove the husk then place it in the unit. The unit makes a handy smasher no separate smashing device required. No plating to fall out and get in your food with this. It looks like high quality acrylic of some sort to me. Far as I know not made in China. That is a major plus on top of it all.

I tried numerous garlic presses and I tried cutting/mincing it manually. I ended up with things with a millions nooks and crannies to wash afterward and/or with a half clove not having gone thru the press and/or fingers that stank for days later. I was in the process of researching my next garlic press, hoping to find some revolutionary new design when I happened upon this device. It looked like flimsy plastic schlock in the pictures but I bought it anyway. When I got it, I was instantly surprised by how solid and sturdy it actually was. I was then a bit apprehensive about the "teeth" inside the two parts; I figured sooner or later they'd break off. Well, so far, so good! I progressively used two, three and even four cloves at a time and minced them to perfection. Those who complain about the twisting action being strenuous on the wrists, I found it not to be. The trick is to not press the two parts tightly together and twist but give them a bit of leeway: Cusp them just enough for one part to get into the other and start twisting as you press the two sections closer together. I found what works best for getting the minced garlic out is the back (i.e. the handle) of a fork or spoon; at any rate, nothing pointy or sharp because that would just not work as well. Cleaning is a cinch: A rinse will get rid of any leftover pieces, so no need to poke around the thing trying to get the stubborn cling-ons out! I don't have a dishwasher so I dip both sides into a bowl of washing up liquid and they come out smelling of lemon. I don't write product reviews very often but this item REALLY impressed me. I'm not anything approaching a chef and use this twice, maybe three times a week. But what used to be a dreaded chore - mincing garlic - is now actually a pleasure. I highly recommend this product. UPDATE (11/18/2011): So, I've been using Garlic Twist for several years, twice per week on average, and the thing is STILL going strong. None of the "teeth" have fallen off, gotten misshapen, and the whole thing works as well as it did on Day 1. I'm just as impressed--and grateful!--today as I was when I used it for the first time!

This garlic press works extremely well, is easy to use, and is easy to clean. It does take a little experimentation to figure out how to get the garlic out quickly and easily once you have pressed it. (Almost anytime I am cooking with garlic I am also using some white wine, and I use some of the wine to rinse out the garlic press and get the remaining juice/oil.) This press gives much more finely and evenly pressed garlic than the traditional style press, and does not leave any of the garlic unpressed like tradtional presses do. I have not tried it with ginger, I like my ginger in chunks or slices anyway (to me a grater would make more sense for ginger if you wanted it that fine). I have seen other reviews say that you need to chop up bigger cloves of garlic and that you can only put in 3 or so cloves. I did not find that to be the case. I put 4 large cloves in uncut the very first time and had no problem mincing them right up. It does take more hand strength to do that much at a time, but if you have the hand strength it works fine. Bottom line: Unless this breaks, and I can't see any reason it would, this is the last garlic press I will ever buy. Let me know if you have any questions. :)

I have a few FAVOURITE kitchen gadgets that I absolutely love and THIS is one of them!! I love to cook and make most things from scratch and tend to use A lot of garlic. One of my pet peeves was the preparation of garlic.....! I odered this gadget because, as I've gotten older, my hand strength has decreased and even though I have a very expensive garlic crusher, I could never properly squeeze it. This gadget is SO AMAZINGLY SIMPLE! Smash the clove or several cloves (I've done up to 4 at a time) , remove the skin, throw the cloves in the cup, put the lid on, twist back and forth and it's done!!!!! Perfectly minced. Cleaning is as simple as quickly running under water.....no picking out pieces. It's amazing.....what a great gift for a cook you know or as a wedding present.

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you can adjust how fine you want it and easy to clean

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Excellent produit qui coupe l'ail en tout petits morceaux à une vitesse bluffante. J'ai essayer aussi avec des noix de macadamia, et bien ça marche aussi. Je suis ravie de mon achat!!!