What are your favorite tools in your kitchen? (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by autism_2@hexbear.net to c/vegan@hexbear.net

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I'm starting from nothing... essentially just a microwave and a range. I need to know what to stock a tiny studio apartment with. I'm just learning how to cook, so no suggestion is too obvious!

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[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

I have one of those cheap onion choppers. Onions sting my eyes, so only having to quarter it and slap the lid 4 times to chop a whole onion is a game changer. Plus you can chop all veggies with it. I use it to dice a pound of baby carrots in under a minute. Also can be used with potatoes to get uniform cuts for fries.

[-] a_little_red_rat@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A trick that works for many people when it comes to onion tears: don't cut off the "root" at the end of the onion, apparently that's where all the sulfur is. I learned it from this video (CW: Gordon Ramsay. I actually don't watch his stuff normally, but somebody sent me this link years ago): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCGS067s0zo

I also don't do the horizontal slices shown at 0:34-0:40, they are absolutely unnecessary in my experience

I used to also cry when cutting onions, but this trick almost completely stopped it for me, unless I am going through like a whole huge bag of them.

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