What’s the next kitchen item you plan to buy?

[GadgetGuy]

Well, I found a way to get out of it. Trust me, I absolutely HATED peeling hard-boiled eggs because the shells never came off easy!!! Even after letting them sit in the cold water after boiling them!! The only joy in that was slicing them with the slicer.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

There is a thread somewhere...

(goes off to look)

Here we go: Quails' eggs

Ah yes I thought it was vinegar.
But I think that might be because you told me before and I forgot

 

[GadgetGuy]

Ah yes I thought it was vinegar.
But I think that might be because you told me before and I forgot

I was once told to use a little bit of vinegar in the cold water that's used to boil the eggs. Was it to make peeling them better, as with quail eggs? I don't know.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I was once told to use a little bit of vinegar in the cold water that's used to boil the eggs. Was it to make peeling them better, as with quail eggs? I don't know.

The pressure cooker worked so well I’m happy with that

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I had mentioned earlier in this thread that I wanted to order some more Kitchen Towels from Williams-Sonoma ... not for $12.95 s&h charge!
I'll wait until we go to Las Vegas (hopefully next month) and go shopping there.

 

[GadgetGuy]

The pressure cooker worked so well I’m happy with that

Just like I'm happy with it for some of the things that I like using it for!! To that, I say do what makes you feel happy, my friend!!

 

[karadekoolaid]

When they are too stained for kitchen use, they are moved to the garage for more use there.

Ditto.

 

[ElizabethB]

My issue with kitchen towels is I can’t keep them looking nice. I like ones with colored stripes or a checked pattern, but they get stained after first use, it seems, and I can’t really bleach them, and regular washing detergent doesn’t quite do the job.

I’m faced with either buying plain white (so I can bleach them) or having two sets - nice display towels that don't get used and ugly towels that get used, but hidden away.

I use white towels. Yes they stain. I have a sanitary wash cycle - long and hot add bleach. Stained or not my towels are clean. I do not keep kitchen towels out on display. They are work tools. I do have pretty tea towels that I use to line a bread basket or a chip bowl.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Ah yes I thought it was vinegar.
But I think that might be because you told me before and I forgot

Vinegar being an acid (acetic acid), dissolves calcium carbonate... eggs shells are about 94% calcium carbonate with small amounts of magnesium carbonate, calcium phosphate and some proteins.

If you put a couple of hard boiled eggs into a jar, cover in vinegar, put the lid on and shake for a period of time, then let them stand for 5 minutes, the acid dissolves the shells, you'll see air bubbles... best done well before you plan to eat the egg though.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Vinegar being an acid (acetic acid), dissolves calcium carbonate... eggs shells are about 94% calcium carbonate with small amounts of magnesium carbonate, calcium phosphate and some proteins.

If you put a couple of hard boiled eggs into a jar, cover in vinegar, put the lid on and shake for a period of time, then let them stand for 5 minutes, the acid dissolves the shells, you'll see air bubbles... best done well before you plan to eat the egg though.

I might try that though, just to see how it works!!!

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

My kitchen towels are for cleaning up messes, not making the kitchen look nice, so I'm used to stained towels. When they are too stained for kitchen use, they are moved to the garage for more use there.

CD

True dat!
But I've got more towels in the "rag bin" than I do in my kitchen drawer!!!

 

[GadgetGuy]

I plan to get these two things for the kitchen next.

 

[ElizabethB]

But I've got more towels in the "rag bin" than I do in my kitchen drawer!!!

Rag bin!!! Yeah!!! The retirement home for my worn-out kitchen towels. My go to, throw away, nasty mess clean up towels.

 

[ElizabethB]

I plan to get these two things for the kitchen next.
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I pass on the towels but I do want a stainless trash bin. I have to get the smoker out of the house.

 

[GadgetGuy]

I pass on the towels but I do want a stainless trash bin. I have to get the smoker out of the house.

I was going to get one in stainess steel, but I saw the orange one that I posted above & started wanting that one instead! Hah!!