A video showing someone peeling garlic with ease has gone viral on Twitter, with everyone from amateur chefs to big names in the culinary world taking notice.
Twitter user @VPestilenZ posted a video in which she pokes a short, sharp knife in-between the seams of a head of garlic and quickly pulls out clean cloves without the skin.
—𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 ✣ 𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖉 🌑 (@VPestilenZ) June 17, 2019
"As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!" they wrote.
At the time of writing, @VPestilenZ's Tweet had more than 65,000 retweets and 176,000 likes. Much of that engagement likely stemmed from a response from supermodel and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen.
Teigen reshared the tweet and wrote: "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT."
—christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) June 17, 2019
Twitter users in the comments have responded with mixed reviews of @VPestilenZ's garlic hack
Some people say they've found success popping out fresh garlic cloves, while others say they've struggled to peel the garlic effectively.
—Patrick Alba (@patrickthealba) June 17, 2019
—Very Legal and Very Cool Elayne (@chatelainedc) June 17, 2019
Some people, like Telegraph Women writer Rebecca Reid, say the hack doesn't work.
—Rebecca Reid (@RebeccaCNReid) June 17, 2019
One user compared the garlic hack to the supposed pineapple-slicing hack that INSIDER debunked after it went viral earlier this year.
Read more: The viral pineapple hack wasn't as easy as it seemed, but it still works in practice
—Lucas Eilish Chalamet (@LucasPattan) June 17, 2019
Another Twitter user expressed skepticism, but quickly changed his mind after someone posted a homemade video that appears to show the hack's success.
—𝐒𝐡𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 (@ShmullyWolfson) June 17, 2019
The consensus, however, is that most people's minds are blown.
—Samit Sarkar helped secure a fair union contract (@SamitSarkar) June 17, 2019
—Breanna_Jones ♡ (@breanna__jones) June 17, 2019
"Bojack Horseman" screenwriter Jonny Sun seems to share the same opinion.
—jonny sun (@jonnysun) June 17, 2019
INSIDER was unable to reach out to @VPestilenZ for comment.
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