If you're buying those nubbins of minced garlic in a jar … please stop :-). Garlic gets its umph from the oils and esters that are released when the cells are ruptured through mincing or smashing or grating. So once you scoop something out of that jar, most of the umph is gone. Worry not though … I'm going to teach you how to mince garlic in 20 seconds, so you can enjoy it in all its fresh, pungent glory.