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Peeling a clove of garlic is a pretty simply task. However, peeling lots and lots of cloves is a bit time consuming - or so I thought.

I'm not sure how I missed this technique all these years, but it's dead simple and works surprisingly well. Simply break the cloves out of the head of garlic, put them in a bowl or other container with a lid, and give them a good shake for 5-10 seconds. Remove the lid from the bowl, and you'll find the majority of the cloves sans skins.

I picked this up from the new Food Network show Dinner Impossible. When I saw Robert Irvine do it, I initially called BS. I had never heard such a thing. A few weeks later when I was making a dish that required a bunch of garlic, I decided to give it a try. To my amazement, it actually worked. All but one clove was completely out of its skin, and that one was easily peeled because the skin had become completely loosened. You learn something new every day...