“A garlic press isn’t worth the effort of cleaning it. Just chop your garlic”

Many people find that cleaning a garlic press (also called a garlic crusher) is cumbersome and is not worth the effort.
 
“Is using a garlic crusher worth the amount of time it takes to clean it? #modernissues #yourethinkingit #imsayingit” was posted on X/Twitter by alice bell on July 28, 2012. “Cleaning a garlic press is never worth the quick mince” was posted on X/Twitter by Kendra on October 29, 2017. “A garlic crusher is not worth the hassle of cleaning the garlic crusher” was posted on X/Twitter by Rob Temple on March 23, 2024, and this received over 33,000 likes. “A garlic press isn’t worth the effort of cleaning it, just chop your garlic” was posted on X/Twitter by Cnnr on May 1, 2024.
 
 
Wikipedia: Garlic press
A garlic press, also known as a garlic crusher, is a kitchen utensil to crush garlic cloves efficiently by forcing them through a grid of small holes, usually with some type of piston. Many garlic presses also have a device with a matching grid of blunt pins to clean out the holes.
     
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alice bell
@missalicebell
Is using a garlic crusher worth the amount of time it takes to clean it? #modernissues #yourethinkingit #imsayingit
4:41 AM · Jul 28, 2012
 
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Donna Finer
@hokeystokie
Cleaning a garlic crusher is just not worth squeezing 1 clove out of it
3:18 PM · Sep 23, 2012
 
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Kendra
@kendrawcandraw
Cleaning a garlic press is never worth the quick mince
1:49 PM · Oct 29, 2017
 
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Bryony Bowie 🌻
@BryonyBowie
I dunno,this is the reason I don’t own a garlic press - cleaning mum’s always felt like waaay more hassle than it was worth
4:25 PM · Nov 8, 2017
   
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Cole Isenbarger
@coleisenbarger
Coming to heat up your timeline with controversy:
No amount of fresh pressed garlic is worth cleaning the garlic press afterwards.
9:15 AM · Aug 24, 2018
 
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Jon Ablitt
@jonathanablitt
Not yet, but I thought peak adulthood was buying a garlic crusher…turns out it’s when you realise that a garlic crusher isn’t worth the effort of cleaning it
5:44 PM · Apr 4, 2019
 
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king cookie
@Hashtag_Niko
the ease of using a garlic press is not worth the painstaking work of cleaning it
8:56 AM · Mar 5, 2022
 
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Rob Temple
@RobTemple101
A garlic crusher is not worth the hassle of cleaning the garlic crusher.
10:11 AM · Mar 23, 2024
 
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Alexander Bell
‪@alexanderbell.info‬
A garlic crusher is not worth the hassle of cleaning a garlic crusher
March 26, 2024 at 10:22 AM
   
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Kai Winter ➡️ Develop
@kaiwiinter
Using a garlic crusher is not worth the effort of cleaning a garlic crusher
12:06 PM · Mar 31, 2024
 
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Cnnr
@m0otz
A garlic press isn’t worth the effort of cleaning it, just chop your garlic
4:17 PM · May 1, 2024
 
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Womaniya
@highprochein
A garlic crusher is not worth the hassle of cleaning the garlic crusher 💯
5:42 AM · Aug 7, 2024
 
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All You Can Eat
May 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM ·
A knife works just fine. 👏
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