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Knowflake Posts: 11029
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posted August 27, 2014 12:25 PM
  
The last few times I've hardboiled eggs I had a terrible time trying to peel the shells off and lost a lot of the egg along with it. I can't seem to every make it work. I read adding vinegar to the water helps w/o changing the flavor, but that didn't work either. Supposedly adding some baking soda to the water remedies that too, but I haven't tried it yet. Next time I am going to try this: 
http://www.familyfreshmeals.com/2012/11/how-to-make-perfect-hard-boiled-eggs-in-the-oven.html Baking them! From what I have read - other people's experiences, the shell slides right off. Has anyone tried this method? IP: Logged |
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Knowflake Posts: 11029
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posted August 27, 2014 12:30 PM
Apparently spritzing your cutting board with vinegar before slicing an onion will prevent tears. It's only the red onions that seem to give me that problem, so next time I might try doing this.More info: 4) Spritz the cutting board with vinegar before cutting: According to Alton Brown, this interrupts the chemical reaction and I read in several places that this does actually work. The drawback here is that your cutting board and onion will smell like vinegar. I don’t personally use this method but since it is proven to work, I decided to include it. from:
http://pinchmysalt.com/how-to-cut-an-onion-with-fewer-tears-a-photo-tutorial/ IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted August 27, 2014 02:20 PM
I've read that putting onions in the fridge for ten minutes, would stop tears. I keep forgetting to do that, so I'll make a note now, to put the four I have in the fridge.IP: Logged |
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Knowflake Posts: 11029
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posted August 27, 2014 04:45 PM
going to try that one too!  IP: Logged |
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posted September 03, 2014 04:07 PM
Store potatoes with an apple to keep the potatoes from sprouting and make them last much longer. The ethylene gas apples give off help prevent the potatoes from going bad/sprouting too quickly.Keep apples away from other fruits and veg to prevent them from over-ripening. If you want to quickly over ripen bananas for banana bread, store them in a paper bag with a few apples. IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
Moderator Posts: 1004
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Registered: Sep 2011
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posted September 04, 2014 01:06 PM
Who knows which is right. .. I think fresh eggs are hardest to peel. The older ones peel easily.
Or do I have that backwards?IP: Logged |
Padre35
Knowflake Posts: 3808
From: Asheville, NC, US
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted September 06, 2014 11:35 PM
A tip I learned is to use your pasta water to clean greasy dishes IP: Logged |
Lonake
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posted September 08, 2014 02:30 AM
My eggs hate to be at room temp, and they hate to be inactive.. I don't get it but it's their way.
I get a bowl of warm water, and while the eggs are still boiling (but done) transfer one with a ladle. Dunk it quick, crack it on the counter, then quickly back in the bowl, smooshing it apart by rubbing at the cracks under the water. Gotta keep it submerged the entire time it's in the bowl. Hardly have to use nails at all but it took me years to find that this is what works for me. For crying out loud, they're just hardboiled eggs!!  IP: Logged |
GeminiKarat
Knowflake Posts: 122
From: Austria
Registered: Jun 2014
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posted September 08, 2014 03:56 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Lonake:
My eggs hate to be at room temp, and they hate to be inactive.. I don't get it but it's their way.
I get a bowl of warm water, and while the eggs are still boiling (but done) transfer one with a ladle. Dunk it quick, crack it on the counter, then quickly back in the bowl, smooshing it apart by rubbing at the cracks under the water. Gotta keep it submerged the entire time it's in the bowl. Hardly have to use nails at all but it took me years to find that this is what works for me. For crying out loud, they're just hardboiled eggs!!
The old ones (=eggs) are better to peel.IP: Logged |
Lonake
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posted September 10, 2014 12:16 AM
Thx Gemini  I'll have to remember that one.IP: Logged |
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Knowflake Posts: 11029
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posted September 11, 2014 01:02 PM
Padre  Lonake !!! IP: Logged |
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