I am eighty years old. I use garlic in recipes frequently. Would this be user friendly
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Hi Patricia, I agree that ease of use would depend on your hand size and the strength of your grip. I am in my sixties and have what I would consider medium size hands for a female. I find that I need both hands to best use the press. However, the press is efficient, powerful, and easy to clean. In comparison to the previous garlic press we had, this one does a great job.
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Yes if you do not put more than 1 large clove in at a time otherwise the handles are pretty far apart. I love this press because it is very well made and very easy to clean unlike others I have had. It also seems to waste less garlic.
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I have the beginning of arthritis in my hands but find this much easier to use than other presses...the handles are more ergonomic, and don't hurt my hands. I can even press garlic cloves without peeling them, but I use 2 hands for that....but it's a time saver.
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Hello Patricia. Ease of use would be based on your hand size and the strength of your grip. I'm in my twenties and have large hands for a female. I find the garlic press very easy to use and clean. All I can say is try it and if it does not work for you return it.
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This press is very user friendly, especially for garlic, it can also be used for ginger but that can require a fair bit of effort.
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It is quit heavy, requires a good grip and hand strength. Look at the garlic slicer from Pampered Chef,
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Yes, but only if you squeeze 1 cove, or smaller pieces at a time. When you load it with a lot of garlic, you lose some leverage. I have no problem, but if you hands are smaller you might.
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Yes, I believe it would be a good choice other than it's high price. Its design requires less muscle to squeeze and it opens for easy cleaning under running water while still keeping all of its parts connected. It does not have a reverse "brush" to push remaining debris out of the grate but the way it opens up for cleaning it cleans easily.
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I'm not sure we haven't used it enough to answer that I'm sorry. I just know I bought this and when I did use it liked it so well I bought my mom one who is 71 and she loves hers easy to use.
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Just went down stairs to try it and it turns into paste, I haven't seen one that would shred, you might try freezing garlic a little first.
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It has worked fine for me, I have had it for almost exactly a year now. I've used it to make the usual things - idly and dosa batter, chutney, sambar etc. I don't use it everyday, only once in a few days, sometimes once a week.
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I believe it was. It kept the garlic quite well, but was too small for my family (Garlic Lovers) so I had one custom made in size and design.
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Yes, I peel it first...otherwise I think the peel would get mashed up with the minced garlic. I really like mine & have bought it for others!
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I have only used peeled cloves. The yield of minced garlic with this twist is far greater than any press I have ever used.
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This will actually work but you'll need to rehydrate the garlic in holy water prior to use .
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I'm 81 and I have no trouble using it, however if you arthritis in your hands it would be difficult and it is heavy.
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I have a recipe given to many years ago. If you'd like to email me, I'll be happy to share it. My email is poomom3@aliceandralph.com
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Yes, I have used it for years. I love all the features and have logged 419 of our families recipes including pictures with hopes of a cookbook someday. However, that said, it has not been Mac friendly, the updates have included the PC only. So, that leaves the Mac users still using the old version 4.0.6. Meaning, that as new cooking ingredients come to market, you have to add them in yourself. It has huge print problems. I found a workaround, saving the recipes as a PDF and then printing. Another big draw back is having to use it in 'Classic. But, I am exictied today I got an email bulletin about Mariner Software's Mac Gourmet Deluxe. I am in the process of reviewing it with high hopes. Check it out.
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You can. In fact that was one of my wife's favorite parts about the gift, taking 100's of index cards, magazine scraps, etc. and inputting the recipes into the Key Ingredient site. (First you enter them into your personalized page on KeyIngredient.com, then it automatically syncs the recipes to the Key Ingredient reader in the kitchen). It's very easy and organized. We love it!
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I haven't tried it but I think it would work. The blades are very sharp so could dice garlic. I would cut clove in half or quarter if very large. Great tool.
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Not at all. You can try the garlic or jalpeno or lemon infused. The garlic is my favorite.
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Yes you certainly can, my electric oven is 44 years old, an old St George, coming towards its last days, have no trouble using any of my Granite Ware oval roaster or 5 qrt round casserole item, easy to clean, takes minutes, best thing that I have ever bought. Cheers.
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I'm sorry to hear about your MS. I think I'm pressing just as hard as my last garlic press but I'm getting so much more garlic out of this one. It seriously gets more garlic out of an unpeeled clove than I've ever seen. Obviously if you peel the garlic it's easier. Hope that helps.
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No. And I find it very limiting. You can ONLY use it with the very limited number of enclosed Ball approved recipes. I gave mine away.