On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:42:36 -0500, Goomba >
wrote:

>Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> It takes me a while to peel onions and garlic. I have seen the technique of
>> smashing the garlic. That never seems to work for me. I just wind up with
>> a mess and I have to pick little bits out. I am careful with my onions
>> because I don't want bits of peel in there. And I am careful with my
>> peppers because I don't like the seeds in there.
>>
>> At one point in time I was severely disabled and could not stand up for any
>> length of time. I bought a bar stool and used it to sit on. I tried to
>> prep my veggies for the week all at one time. Of course it seemed there
>> were always times I had to do something additional. But I spent a good two
>> hours of chopping and slicing every week. This included vegetables for
>> snacks and salads.
>>
>I'd be a lot faster then for all that practice!
>Peel the onion by cutting in half and pulling the outter thin layer with
>skin right off.
>You seem to enjoy your difficulties and are always resistant to doing
>things mroe effectively.

Even two minutes is a very long allotment for peeling one onion...
really shouldn't require more than 20 seconds.