Things I didn't know about food

[Avalon]

There is all sorts of interesting things I have learned. Some of you probably already knew this stuff. Anyone have any others?

The first one is huge if you eat boiled eggs. After struggling with sticking eggshells that make deviled eggs a nightmare to cook I learned this a few years ago. Fresh eggs stick and old ones don't. If your making boiled eggs let them sit in the fridge at least a week before boiling. Why didn't someone tell me this decades ago?

The second is recent. When you store onions and potatoes don't store them together. When you have your potatoes and onions in close proximity gases from the onions can hasten sprouting in potatoes,

I'm wondering what else I have been doing wrong?

 

[D-FENZ]

The first one is huge if you eat boiled eggs. After struggling with sticking eggshells that make deviled eggs a nightmare to cook I learned this a few years ago. Fresh eggs stick and old ones don't. If your making boiled eggs let them sit in the fridge at least a week before boiling. Why didn't someone tell me this decades ago?

A trick I learned about getting eggs to peel is after they have been boiling for a minute or 2, whack them with a spoon or butter knife handle to crack the shell on 2 sides. Generally, the shell will slide right off then.

 

[EO 11110]

plumber told me to use dawn soap - because it breaks up the gunk that clogs drains/pipes

 

[hammerhead]

plumber told me to use dawn soap - because it breaks up the gunk that clogs drains/pipes

The plumber got away with it.

 

[EricTheCat]

The first one is huge if you eat boiled eggs. After struggling with sticking eggshells that make deviled eggs a nightmare to cook I learned this a few years ago. Fresh eggs stick and old ones don't. If your making boiled eggs let them sit in the fridge at least a week before boiling. Why didn't someone tell me this decades ago?

It also helps to add salt to the water. According to my mom vinegar also helps but since salt worked well for me I haven't tried anything else. I have boiled many eggs because I like making egg salad when the celery from the garden is ready.

Speaking of celery:

If you grow celery, instead of waiting for it to get to size and pulling the whole plant at once at the end of the year, you can cut individual ribs off the outside and eat off of them for months. The plants don't mind, you get fresh celery earlier and you can still pull the whole plant when the danger of frost comes at the end of the year.

 

[Au-myn]

Actually, my Mother taught me after boiling the eggs drain and put the eggs in cold water for 5 minutes to cool down.
Peel the cold egg and it comes right off.

 

[Goldbrix]

plumber told me to use dawn soap - because it breaks up the gunk that clogs drains/pipes

My plumber told me pour as much of the grease into a jar to cool and pour out later. What is left in the pot or skillet pour cool water and wait until grease and fat solidify on the surface, start cold water faucet fill the container to the top. While the faucet is running pour the entire contents down the drain any clumps use the sprayer braking them up smaller and the drain should pull it on down . Works for Me.

 

[coopersmith]

I put my used grease over the top of the dog food when I feed the dog.

 

[Goldbrix]

There is all sorts of interesting things I have learned. Some of you probably already knew this stuff. Anyone have any others?

The first one is huge if you eat boiled eggs. After struggling with sticking eggshells that make deviled eggs a nightmare to cook I learned this a few years ago. Fresh eggs stick and old ones don't. If your making boiled eggs let them sit in the fridge at least a week before boiling. Why didn't someone tell me this decades ago?

The second is recent. When you store onions and potatoes don't store them together. When you have your potatoes and onions in close proximity gases from the onions can hasten sprouting in potatoes,

I'm wondering what else I have been doing wrong?

A trick I learned about getting eggs to peel is after they have been boiling for a minute or 2, whack them with a spoon or butter knife handle to crack the shell on 2 sides. Generally, the shell will slide right off then.

Actually, my Mother taught me after boiling the eggs drain and put the eggs in cold water for 5 minutes to cool down.
Peel the cold egg and it comes right off.

I have had good success with my EGG POD. Only does 4 at a Time but that is about what we use at a time.

 

[coopersmith]

I boil fresh eggs before I need em then refridgerate, peel later. That seems to have gotten rid of the shell problem.

 

[newmisty]

There is all sorts of interesting things I have learned. Some of you probably already knew this stuff. Anyone have any others?

The first one is huge if you eat boiled eggs. After struggling with sticking eggshells that make deviled eggs a nightmare to cook I learned this a few years ago. Fresh eggs stick and old ones don't. If your making boiled eggs let them sit in the fridge at least a week before boiling. Why didn't someone tell me this decades ago?

The second is recent. When you store onions and potatoes don't store them together. When you have your potatoes and onions in close proximity gases from the onions can hasten sprouting in potatoes,

I'm wondering what else I have been doing wrong?

Food for THOUGHT !

edit, because I hit the post button too soon LOLOLOL You can't get chicken feet at the supermarket these days so you got to go to a butcher store and beg for them get your own Looks like something from planned parenthood...disgusting. Does one clean and then store the toe jam or is it all...

goldismoney2.com

Buying eggs ahead of time and keeping them is the only reliable method I've found and nothing in the world drives me as nuts as a shell that doesn't peel and you end up ripping half the damn egg apart trying to peel it!

 

[Cigarlover]

I put my used grease over the top of the dog food when I feed the dog.

I used to do that too. Still do it with the cats when I back chicken.
You can also add millet to the grease and when it cools throw it outside. Birds like it and the cats like birds so still useful to feed the cats.

Today they got a weasel.. I never even knew we had them round here. They must not be tasty, they just left it out there. Possum will eat it in the next day or 2.

 

[spinalcracker]

if I had to remember to put some eggs out for 5 days before I eat them , I would probably forget about them in a day or two

to get more juice out of a lemon roll it around on a hard surface and soften it up as much as possible without squishing it open

also freeze a lemon and then just grate it on a hand grater for some good zest….good in some gin and tonic

 

[coopersmith]

Weasels are mustids, from the same family as skunks and badgers. They are musky.

 

[newmisty]

I used to do that too. Still do it with the cats when I back chicken.
You can also add millet to the grease and when it cools throw it outside. Birds like it and the cats like birds so still useful to feed the cats.

Today they got a weasel.. I never even knew we had them round here. They must not be tasty, they just left it out there. Possum will eat it in the next day or 2.

Bad ass cats. Weasels ain't a joke.

 

[Cigarlover]

Bad ass cats. Weasels ain't a joke.

Yea they are. I got one that's getting old now but I watched him do some amazing shit including teaching the younger one to climb up and down trees after the younger one got stuck up a tree for a couple days. He also brings home squirrels and I watched him set a trap for a dog once.

 

[newmisty]

Yea they are. I got one that's getting old now but I watched him do some amazing shit including teaching the younger one to climb up and down trees after the younger one got stuck up a tree for a couple days. He also brings home squirrels and I watched him set a trap for a dog once.

Fur Ninja's

 

[hammerhead]

The way to tell if an egg has been boiled is to lay it on a flat surface and spin it. If the egg don't spin, it ain't boiled.

 

[coopersmith]

Is that true, or are you pulling our leg. Can never tell around these parts.

 

[hammerhead]

Is that true, or are you pulling our leg. Can never tell around these parts.

Would I lie to you?

 

[coopersmith]

probably not, but you might tell me a windy story...........

 

[MrLucky]

21 posts and it's only been eggs & grease. I was hoping for more hints.

 

[Someone_else]

I put my used grease over the top of the dog food when I feed the dog.

Grease is food. If I can use it in my daily meal, maybe eggs or stir fry, that works well. If not, my last resort is giving it to my dog.

 

[PhucilliJerry]

For HB eggs, we use an Instant Pot, 5 mins on high pressure, 5 mins natural release, 5+ mins in an ice bath. You don’t have to peel them, just crack slightly like you were cracking an egg open for an omelet and then twist the top and bottom in opposite directions, comes right off, no peeling.

 

[PhucilliJerry]

Grease is food. If I can use it in my daily meal, maybe eggs or stir fry, that works well. If not, my last resort is giving it to my dog.

We either use our bacon grease to cook other things or I lather up a slice of bread and give it to the chickens.

 

[coopersmith]

Grease is food. If I can use it in my daily meal, maybe eggs or stir fry, that works well. If not, my last resort is giving it to my dog.

I have a bacon grease jar, the dog doesnt get that. Its for my fried potatoes and hash browns. I eat ALOT of food.

 

[newmisty]

21 posts and it's only been eggs & grease. I was hoping for more hints.

Lol eggzactly!

 

[coopersmith]

For HB eggs, we use an Instant Pot, 5 mins on high pressure, 5 mins natural release, 5+ mins in an ice bath. You don’t have to peel them, just crack slightly like you were cracking an egg open for an omelet and then twist the top and bottom in opposite directions, comes right off, no peeling.

See that some good stuff right there. To the naysayers who say this thread hasnt developed fast enough.............

 

[<SLV>]

Put crushed egs shells in your coffee grounds to reduce acidity.

 

[newmisty]

I made spina h dig d'udder day & substituted Greek yogurt for sour cream which ended up bumping up the protein content over 10 times. Tastes richer too.

I also use plain Greek yogurt as sour cream on Mexican dishes.

1 serving has 17g protien.

 

[Goldbrix]

Grease is food. If I can use it in my daily meal, maybe eggs or stir fry, that works well. If not, my last resort is giving it to my dog.

I like eggs fried in bacon grease, over easy or scrambled.

 

[newmisty]

Pasta tip

Rinsing pasta is a bad idea. Rinsing removes the residual cooking water, which contains considerable flavor, nutrition and texture. This water is often used in recipes as the primary base for sauces.other'sthis. To prevent the pasta clumping, add salt and oil to the cooking water before the initial boil. If you are storing the cooked pasta sauceless, toss it with a little olive oil.

 

[hammerhead]

Put crushed egs shells in your coffee grounds reduce acidity.

Those both end up in the compost pile along with my banana peels.

 

[Buck]

i can't think of any combinations, but, this has been on my mind before:

Are there any two foods, that, if prepared properly, no virus or bacteria, good clean food, but, that when these two foods are consumed, you will die, probably die, may die...but the two foods would produce a toxin that could kill you, more than likely kill you...

get what i'm asking?

i can't think of any, but, i'm talking about main-street food, stuff people would regularly eat, not something exotic or something that's not prepared properly, like a blowfish could kill you on it's own, if not prepared properly, i'm saying, if it's good-to-go food, otherwise, can you combine one food with another and have it kill you

you get it...

people eat crap around the globe, if i ate some jack in the box tacos and then had some escargot, could a combination like that, of anything, become toxic, more so that before you ate it, lol

idk...

 

[coopersmith]

Put crushed egs shells in your coffee grounds reduce acidity.

Putting crushed egg shells and a ful book of matches in your tomato planting hole prevents blossom end rot.

One tums (calcarb) under each pepper plant never hurt anything either.

I am not kidding, like that egg spinning deal.

 

[newmisty]

I watched a video that Nick posted and my food thread about cooking scrambled eggs and utilized his methods and found it worked well.

Add some salt to the eggs letting it sit a few minutes to dissolve and help hold in moisture.

Add a little water, he even recommended sparkling, and some fats in the form of butter & or cream.

Cook slow & pull off heat before they're done as they will continue cooking.

Enjoy fluffy eggz

 

[hammerhead]

I like eggs fried in bacon grease, over easy or scrambled.

You'd love my wife's cooking. She only uses one pan to cook with unless she's cooking panycakes. For that she utilizes butter. I always do the frenchies or eggs in butter. Strain the bacon or sausage on a paper towel before serving.

 

[newmisty]

Putting crushed egg shells and a ful book of matches in your tomato planting hole prevents blossom end rot.

One tums (calcarb) under each pepper plant never hurt anything either.

I am not kidding, like that egg spinning deal.

Tip of the day thanks

 

[newmisty]

You'd love my wife's cooking. She only uses one pan to cook with unless she's cooking panycakes. For that she utilizes butter. I always do the frenchies or eggs in butter. Strain the bacon or sausage on a paper towel before serving.

Come-on man, knock it off!

 

[coopersmith]

I was in spain a longlong time ago, I stayed in a farmhouse with this chic, and we went for walks and stuff..............

Her mom would fill a big skillet with lard, get it hot as fuck, then crack eggs into it. They were unbelievable.