Easy hack to peel garlic in seconds shows we've all been doing it wrong

How to peel garlic easily. (Courtesy)

We abide by the simple cooking rule that there's no such thing as 'too much garlic'. Whether the recipe calls for a couple of cloves or none at all, we throw in five just to be sure, safe in the knowledge that the simple ingredient can really bring out the best flavours in a dish. But cooking with garlic means plenty of time spent attempting to peel off the skin with your fingernails or losing your temper at the garlic crusher which leaves half of the good stuff behind.

Thankfully, a video shows a far simpler method of getting the job done, and may prove we've been doing it wrong all of our lives. A video shared to TikTok shows the garlic being turned on its side and sliced in half across the middle, before being placed on the surface with the skin facing up.