Garlic Tip

This one is courtesy of Rachael Ray. It's just an easy way to get the stuff off your garlic for chopping. Take the clove, remove as much of the stuff (I don't know what that's called. Anyone?) as comes off easily. Then place it under your knife, like shown in the picture, and bang on it once or twice nice and solid with your fist. Then, the garlic stuff should come right off. The clove might be slightly broken or mashed. But if the actual clove is completely smashed or falling apart, you hit it a touch too hard.