When you're cooking up a storm in the kitchen, the last thing you want is to interrupt your flow. So it's no surprise all manner of cooking tips and tricks have gained popularity over the years.
From the best pasta portion size (100g per person if you're wondering) to the easiest way to make roasties without an oven, we've all got our favourites.
But the latest hack taking the internet by storm won't prove popular with everyone - though it's astonished many. Courtesy of a time-savvy foodie, the tip helps chefs to peel garlic in a matter of seconds - by dealing with an entire bulb at a time. As seen on @countryhomes.charm's Instagram, the process is completed in just two steps.
Accordingly, the demonstration is very fast: blink and you'll miss it. It also looks to be very simple: the foodie carefully cuts the bulb in half, before hitting it with the flat edge of the knife.
Unfortunately, commenters were divided over the merits of the trick - and whether or not it actually works - when @countryhomes.charm wrote: "How have we never seen this garlic peeling hack before?! This makes it look so EASY and fast! Do you think this actually works?"
Replying to the popular video, which amassed over 135,000 likes, one viewer claimed: "I've tried it. It doesn't work." A second said: "This hack doesn't actually work but at least this is the proper amount of garlic to put in a recipe."
And when someone quizzed: "Has anyone actually tried this!?" a different commenter said: "Yes many attempts didn't work and I'm a chef." Another added: "As soon as I hit the bottoms of the garlic cluster, garlic cloves flew all over my kitchen floor. Never again."
But someone else replied: "I tried, it works. You just have to hit it hard at the end." A second added: "Just take a flat heavy butcher knife or other object similar and give it a solid smack. It works just don't be 'cute' with it."
Elsewhere, someone else praised: "Proper representation of the amount of garlic I use when a recipe asks for only one clove."
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