Category "peeling"

Technique for peeling boiled potatoes

This recipe calls for boiling Yukon gold potatoes with their skins on, then peeling them. I don't really know why, I just decided to follow it. I find that I a

Boiling potatoes with vs. without skin

It seems I got me thinking ... When boiling potatoes in water or a steamer, what, if any, is the effect of peeling the potatoes before vs. after the cooking pr

What does "unpeeled" mean?

I'm looking at a recipe for pot roast, and one of the ingredients is this: 3 carrots, unpeeled and cut into 2-inch pieces Am I supposed to remove the peel

How can I easily peel baby round potatoes?

I was planning to try out a recipe for roasted baby potatoes, but I have noticed that most of the recipes involve slicing the baby potatoes in half and roasting

peeling black eyed peas for acaraje (fritters)

Acaraje (similar to vada or vadai etc) are fritters from a batter of soaked ground black eyed peas. The hard part is removing the peels. I gave up rubbing + ri

How is this machine used? (for, I think, peeling the skin from the tomatoes)

I received as a gift this machine, which I am told is used to make spaghetti sauce. I believe that its purpose is to remove the skin of the tomatoes, but it sim

What method can be used to peel an Avocado without damaging it? [duplicate]

This is a problem I really have each time I want to peel them. Over the years I used forks, spoons and knifes but always the Avocado gets dama

What method can be used to remove the seed from a peach other than just trying to pull both sides after cutting it?

I tried to find an answer to this question in this community but I couldn't find one. Therefore I'm asking it. So far the method I'm using is cutting the top an

Is there an easy way to peel garlic? [duplicate]

Is cooking garlic is the important part of curry.This huge use of garlic in our dishes wants the easy method to peel of garlic.

How to peel tomatoes easily? [duplicate]

I went through several websites and found that the easiest way to peel tomato is to boil them . So, How long do we need to boil tomatoes so t

Is it necessary to peel aubergine?

Do we really have to peel aubergine before cooking? Or can we cook it without peeling?

Do salt or vinegar in the boiling water help peeling eggs?

In another question, a user commented I've heard some tales that vinegar helps with peeling afterwards and another one responded both are totally us

How to avoid having pith on dried orange peels

I am trying to prepare some dried orange peel for a Mexican chocolate bread recipe. From what I've read, the first step is cutting thin strips of outer peel off

Fastest way to peel 2 dozen bananas?

The bananas do not need to stay whole. Halves and quarters are fine Surely kitchen professionals have come up with a way (Note: apparently, banana peels are e

Washing fruit after cutting?

Today, I cut up some pineapple. On the bare fruit that was left after cutting, there was residual pieces of the skin, so I washed the pineapple. To me, it seeme

Can you sharpen a Y peeler with a honing rod?

At 1:07, this man uses a Diamond Flat File to sharpen his Swivel fruit peeler. But I own a Y peeler like this OXO one, and lack a Flat File. Can I sharpen my Y

Peel first, wash first, or don't peel at all vegetables? [closed]

Which vegetables should be washed before peeling them? Which should be washed after peeling? Which can (and should) be eaten without peeling t

Fastest way to peel and dice vegetables?

I find that most of the time I use when cooking is the prep time for the vegetables. I have a nice peeler (I fully recommend that one, it peels whatever you thr

Efficient method to peel onions? [duplicate]

How do you efficiently peel an onion, so both time and material wasted is minimized? The way I do it: I cut off the stem part farthest from th