"jinx the minx" > wrote in message
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> cshenk > wrote:
>> Janet B wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>> On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:10:47 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
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>>>> MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>> http://www.ro-tel.com/recipes-King-R...cken-3541.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Dog vomit.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>
>>>> Actually the bad thing is it takes a person 20 minutes to prep that?
>>>> What, 5 minutes to open each can or something? Being generous to the
>>>> kitchen challenged, it's a 10 minute prep there.
>>>
>>> I'll bow to your experience with opening cans.
>>> Janet US
>>
>> I do not think there is anyone here who takes 5 minutes to open a can
>> and it's the only way to explain that the prep in that recipe takes 20
>> minutes.
>>
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> There was also an onion and bell pepper to chop and sauté.
Sometimes onions can take a little while. I had one with a really hard skin
on it last night. But normally they are quick to fix and peppers certainly
are if you do it right. My parents always cut around the top, carefully
extracted the seeds and pith and then slices into rings. If they needed
chopped, then they chopped the rings. My dad was horrified at how I did it.
I remember seeing this technique on the How To Boil Water show. Just wash,
then run your knife carefully down the sides making long chunks. You'll
almost always avoid the seeds this way and if you are good at it you can
avoid the pith as well. I have also seen a way to make do similar to where
the whole bulk of the pepper comes off in one piece.
After I was done, my dad then told me that I had wasted the bottom of it. I
just looked at him and chopped the bottom. Then he tried to say something
about the top but I chopped it as well. He then looked dejected and walked
off. I suspect that both parents learned the ring technique from watching
their parents or grandparents who always put out fancy relish plates. They
would have wanted the rings for that. They just never considered that there
was another way to cut them.
It's one thing if you need whole peppers or you want the ring shape. But if
you don't? Why go through all that?