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Thank You Thursday: awesome garlic edition 3 November 2011 1:14 pm

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Today’s “Thank you” is first and foremost to my friend Chris, who shared an awesome pro tip on Google Reader back when that meant something beyond clicking “+1″ on a link for all the world to see but not really notice (you know, like before a few days ago?) Anyway, when I made a note to blog about the item in question, I made sure to cut and paste the message Chris sent with it, because yay for awesomeness (and another thing I will miss about the old Google Reader):

TrAAA-CY!

Thanks also for that message, Chris, it made me grin. And here is the highlight video of the good news, which also made the rounds among my Facebook contacts a month or so ago, and which has made my kitchen a louder but more delicious place:

How to Peel a Head of Garlic in Less Than 10 Seconds from SAVEUR.com on Vimeo.

So there it is. Yay! My reply (again, in Reader, back when such a thing was possible, and I know I am old and cranky and hate and fear change but wah wah wah all the same) was: “I KNOW! So awesome.” And it is. Also, (more…)