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Good knife skill, a good knife, and a good cutting board are all that are needed to chop garlic. Presses, micro-planes, etc., are unnecessary if you have a good knife and know how to use it.
If you have a stainless sink, the easiest way to get the smell off your hands is to rub your hands on the sink. Seriously, it works!
Now there's something I never knew. Just made low-country boil this weekend and could not get the garlic and onion off my hands for nothing! Even after washing and being in a chlorinated pool!
The stuff in the jar or tube doesn't compare to fresh garlic.
I just chopped some garlic a little earlier ... using the side of your knife, press the garlic firmly into the board, basically flattening it. It will naturally break lengthwise. Then dice width wise. If you still have big pieces, use your knife in a rocking motion (keep the point on the board and bring the handle up and down).
This is by far the best way to mince anything: garlic, green leafy herb, etc.
Or, if you don't want to deal with the knife at all, just get a small Black & Decker chopper / grinder from Walmart or Target, and it'll do the job for you. I use my Black & Decker when I have to mince a lot of things at once to make meatballs or cutlets. I just clean them first (ginger, garlic, onions, coriander, etc) and dump the whole thing in the grinder, and press. Voila, perfectly minced herbs!
I don't have much of a problem mincing garlic with my big knife, and I'm not a huge fan of my garlic press. I think probably the best chopper for this might be a slap chopper.
Good knife skill, a good knife, and a good cutting board are all that are needed to chop garlic. Presses, micro-planes, etc., are unnecessary if you have a good knife and know how to use it.
Well really you don't even need "good" of any of these things to be able to chop garlic, it isn't like you're making little decorative flowers out of tomato skins or trimming a roast, garlic is perfect for chopping since it is soft enough to cut with any knife yet hard enough to easily manage cutting.
There are plenty of tools and appliances that aren't technically needed but they can make a job a lot easier. I can open a can by hand and cook rice on a pot on the stove, but own an electric can opener and rice cooker.
How about a mini chopper? I have a small one and I use that if I am chopping a lot of garlic.
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