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mustang66lady · ‎03-10-2010

@VaBelle35 wrote:
@Honeybit wrote:
Speaking of romance, I think I am going to have a long and loving relationship with those little pearl onions. I finally remembered to look for them at the grocery store. I found a ten ounce mesh bag of the fresh ones first, then went to look for the frozen ones. I decided to experiment with the fresh ones first -- I figured I could always throw them away without much loss if they were too much of a pain to peel (hmmmm, new code, PTP ????).

There was a recipe on the bag for Roasted Balsamic Onions. It said to put them in boiling water for 30 seconds - CLICK. Peeling them really wasn't bad at all, although I can see it would be tedious to do enough for a family. I popped one in my mouth while I was peeling and thought they really didn't need any more cooking to be to my taste. I had some whipping cream in the fridge, so I just added some salt and a little bit of cornstarch to thicken instead of making a white sauce, and heated all together.

To quote RR -- YUMM-O! Mashed potatoes with those sweet creamy onions spooned on top........ (Alone they weren't half bad as Onion S-O-U-P either.)

Whatya think -- should I be Inclusive and post a recipe for Whipping Cream Onions in the Forum to entice the Food Police ???????

Frozen pearl onions are good enough for Ina, so they're good enough for me.

You are a better woman than I. I don't have the patience to peel those things.

@VaBelle35

Amen to that comment!

@Honeybit

Do you have a "special trick" to peeling those litte pearls?

momtochloe · ‎11-03-2013

Happy Souper Sunday Kitchenettes . . .

ChiliPepper · ‎01-16-2015

Good morning Kitchenettes!!! Happy, happy Spectacular Sunday!!!!

Cold & breezy here but we MIGHT get to see something that resembles the sun! Yee ha!!!!!

Gotta go get DD from her friend's house, she spent the night. Lazy Chili wasted most of last night sleeping! Shame on her - so much to do.

Violin lessons & orchestra for us today. I may get to check out the Dollar Store while I'm waiting.

Do I know how to live or what LOL???!!!!

Honeybit · ‎07-17-2011

@mustang66lady @VaBelle35

Y'all are giving me way more credit than I deserve -- or else I just don't understand "the magnitude of the problem" -- but to me they weren't hard to peel at all. I dropped them into a saucepan of boiling water for maybe one minute. Poured the boiling water out through a strainer and ran some cold water over them to cool them a little. Then took a paring knife and trimmed off the stem end, then just lifted off the papery layer of peel with the point of the knife. The onions were soft enough to eat without any more cooking, and I just heated them in my cream mixture.

To me they were easier to peel than ordinary raw onions. Am I missing some important concept here about onion peeling? [I have been known for being too stubborn to quit and too stupid to know when I'm whipped.....]

mustang66lady · ‎03-10-2010

@Honeybit

I can't speak for Vabelle but for me, a regular size onion can sometimes be kind of a pain, let alone all those little ones! Your method does sound like it makes it easier and to have them come out perfectly cooked is a bonus! I guess I had in my mind that trick to peel garlic when you put it in a plastic container with a lid and shake it for a bit and the garlic just kind of peels itself-thought maybe you did that with the onions!

VaBelle35 · ‎03-10-2010

For me, it's just that there are so many of them. LOL

I like to move quickly. This is why I don't like dealing with baby artichokes. By the time you clean enough of them, you don't feel like doing anything else.

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