Ok, I have to admit that it doesn’t look like it would really do anything. Me, I’m more of the “flat of knife smashing” technique to get the skins off of garlic. But for the knife challenged (or for kids), the Zak Designs E-Z-Rol Garlic Peeler might be an interesting, albeit pricey, option.

This thing is basically a 5 inch long tube of rubber material that you put a clove of garlic in, and then roll it on the countertop to get the papery skins off. The reason I haven’t tried it out yet is that I’m thinking for $7.99 you could probably make this out of some scraps of something. In wonder how the patent goes on this one - “a piece of rubber rolled in a tube = garlic peeler.” According to the reviewers, it does work. It also keeps your hands from smelling and keeps the cloves whole, something that smashing definitely does not do. One thing that they all say is that the paper skins tend to stick on the inside of the tube after you do a few - necessitating removal which takes a bite out the time you’re actually saving. I think I’ll pass on this one for now - back to smashing garlic for me.