I spent 6 years mincing garlic wrong until a line cook showed me the trick

I always crushed the clove with the flat of my knife, then tried to mince it from the root end. Took me forever and I always got sticky fingers. Last Tuesday a line cook from Portland named Dave grabbed my wrist and showed me to slice lengthwise first, THEN chop across. It sounds dumb but it cut my prep time on garlic by like 40 percent. Has anyone else had a basic knife skill revelation way later than you'd like to admit?

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the_spencer4d agoMost Upvoted

6 years?" That's actually insane, Dave is a hero.

the_miles4d ago

And @the_spencer is right, Dave's a legend for saving us all from sticky garlic fingers.