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Garlic

Postby Gruney2 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:00 pm

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.

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Re: Garlic

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:12 pm

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

Postby mistakened » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:15 pm

I think that "minced" garlic is a N American term, they mean finely chopped garlic

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Re: Garlic

Postby Gruney2 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:16 pm

Thanks .
It's a Nigella recipe - "1 clove of garlic, peeled and minced".

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Re: Garlic

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:20 pm

A little bit of history

Once upon a time, before the invention of these ...
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... 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

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Re: Garlic

Postby Gruney2 » Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:22 pm

Thanks all - I know where I'm going, now. It's always good to learn something.

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Re: Garlic

Postby Amyw » Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:11 pm

Just chopped finely , I’ve always thought it was more of an American term

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Re: Garlic

Postby ZeroCook » Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:39 am

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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.

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