Garlic Peel Life Hack

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Garlic Peel Life Hack refers to a viral video of someone simply picking out cloves of garlic from the bulb with a paring knife which became popular due to the method's simplicity.

Origin

On June 16th, 2019, Twitter user @VPestilenZ posted a video of someone picking out garlic cloves from the bulb with the caption, "As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!" (shown below). The tweet gained over 389,900 likes and 133,000 retweets in two days.

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On June 17th, 2019, Chrissy Teigan ^[1] retweeted the video which garnered over 359,600 likes and 56,600 retweets (shown below, left). That same day, Twitter users voiced their resentment for not known this trick soon. Twitter user @CDDye^[2] tweeted, "I’m 33 years-old. I’ve lost no less than 4 years of my life peeling garlic. It’s too late for me. I hope younger generations can benefit" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 500 likes in a day.

That same day, Twitter users began trying out the hack. It worked for some users like @KaviMontanaro^[3] who tweeted, "oh boy it's real. I got it pretty quickly although not nearly as fast as you are" (shown below, left). Their tweet garnered over 800 likes in two days. Twitter user @RebeccaCNReid^[4] tweeted, "We have tried it in our office and it DOES NOT WORK" (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 800 likes in a day.