Garlic
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Garlic
Just a quickie, and hardly worth a thread of its own - but I don't want it to get overlooked.
Garlic. It's always bothered me when I see the words "minced garlic". Does it mean finely chopped, put through a garlic crusher, or smeared with the back of a knife, and a little salt? Any help please? - I could make a case for all three from my Google researches.
Garlic. It's always bothered me when I see the words "minced garlic". Does it mean finely chopped, put through a garlic crusher, or smeared with the back of a knife, and a little salt? Any help please? - I could make a case for all three from my Google researches.
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Re: Garlic
I thought it was the ready prepared stuff in a jar (not dried) which is called minced garlic. If I was using fresh instead I'd crush it or chop very finely depending on which was easiest at the time.
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Re: Garlic
I think that "minced" garlic is a N American term, they mean finely chopped garlic
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Re: Garlic
A little bit of history
Once upon a time, before the invention of these ...
... mince in English just meant to chop very finely (unless referring to Julian Clary)
But for some reason the British referred to these as mincers and the Americans (perhaps more accurately) as grinders; hence minced beef and ground beef
But Americans have always continue to refer to finely chopped garlic and herbs as minced, and the term seems to have crept back over the Atlantic via the internet and food tv
Once upon a time, before the invention of these ...
... mince in English just meant to chop very finely (unless referring to Julian Clary)
But for some reason the British referred to these as mincers and the Americans (perhaps more accurately) as grinders; hence minced beef and ground beef
But Americans have always continue to refer to finely chopped garlic and herbs as minced, and the term seems to have crept back over the Atlantic via the internet and food tv
Re: Garlic
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Minced = garlic press for me. Without a garlic press, smashed and bruised and chopped very finely. Mincing breaks down the garlic cell walls by bruising and chopping and releasing juices while not turning it into a puree or paste.
Chopped is chopped, cut cleanly with a knife or blade, finely or coarsely, without greatly releasing juices. Burns less easily than minced.
Minced = garlic press for me. Without a garlic press, smashed and bruised and chopped very finely. Mincing breaks down the garlic cell walls by bruising and chopping and releasing juices while not turning it into a puree or paste.
Chopped is chopped, cut cleanly with a knife or blade, finely or coarsely, without greatly releasing juices. Burns less easily than minced.
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