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The "pour butter through a garlic press for garlic butter" hack turned into a 90 minute disaster
So I saw this hack online where you melt butter, press garlic through a garlic press into it, and it supposedly makes a perfect garlic butter in 30 seconds. Well I tried it last Tuesday and ended up spending an hour and a half cleaning my kitchen. The garlic got jammed in the press, then the melted butter splattered everywhere when I tried to force it through, and I even burned my hand on the hot butter (not bad, just a red spot). The thing is, the hack worked fine for the first clove, but then the press got all clogged with garlic skins and the butter started separating because it got too cold sitting there. So here's the debate: is this hack actually good if you prep right (like, peel every clove perfectly and warm the butter in a separate step), or is it just a fake internet trick that wastes everybody's time? Has anyone else dealt with this exact mess, or am I just bad at using garlic presses in general?
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the_max14d ago
Nah I actually disagree a bit here. I've done this hack like a dozen times and it works fine if you just peel the garlic properly and don't let the butter sit around too long. The trick is pressing the garlic into a bowl not the pan, and using a garlic press with big enough holes. Those cheap thin metal presses are garbage, get one that's cast iron or has a hinge that opens wide. You also gotta do it fast, press the garlic right after you pour the melted butter while it's still hot. But yeah if you take your sweet time or use a crappy press it'll absolutely turn into a sticky mess like you described.
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Did your friend try to do this in the middle of cooking something else? My buddy Mike saw that same video and thought he was being clever making garlic butter for his steak. He got about two cloves in before the press locked up solid, then the butter cup tipped over and ran all over the stove. He spent the next 45 minutes scraping coagulated butter and garlic bits out of every burner grate while his steak went from medium rare to well done. He still brings it up every time someone mentions kitchen shortcuts.
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davis.noah1mo ago
Wait, he let his steak go from medium rare to well done over this? That hurts to think about. I would have just tossed the whole garlic butter idea and grabbed a jar from the fridge.
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