About the ladle bowl pancakes/waffles: put the ladle in the hot oil before dipping in the batter. And keep it in the hot oil in between each pancake. The bowl should ideally just slip off of the ladle in the oil on its own. It would also cook the insides of the bowl better. That's how we make Aachu Murukku (rose cookies) in India.
Do other people have like REALLY strong garlic??? Or super weak hands??? Y use a knife when u can peel the skin off and just break one off from the root.
As an individual who is severely affected by onions, I can attest to the hack of having a small bowl of HOT water next to my cutting board actually working. I never heard of just a paper towel, but the bowl definitely works.
I work in the food industry and we fill a sink with the hottest water we can get and cut right by that! Works amazing!! We do 15 pounds at a time so I was dying before a newbie told us this trick.
I was always told to burn a candle while chopping onions and it seemed to help. But after 20 years of cutting onions I hardly ever find one that makes me tear up anymore
That makes sense because the steam would be helping keep your eyes moist and protected. I’m wondering if using some visine before cutting onions would give the same effect. I’m not surprised the wet towel trick didn’t work - just plain water is a very stable molecule and doesn’t magically draw or attract chemicals out of the air.
I've always heard a glass of cold water. I wonder if they both work. I'm not privy to having my eyes hurt for the next hour, so I can't really test them out.
I haven’t seen whatever the original garlic “hack” was supposed to be, but the way I’ve always done it is to take a knife, and a whole Garlic bulb- pierce through the “skin” BETWEEN the cloves, turn the knife to the right about 90’ which separates a clove from the bulb (you can hear it crack), then return the knife to original position, and without turning the blade, I flex it back and forth (to the left and right) once or twice and it pops the clove right out 99% of the time!
Thats truee. I just pass my knife on both sides of the clove to release them a bit and like you said turn them a bit on an angle and they come out easily!
Thank you!!! I was so confused watching that hack when this is how I've been taught to do it. So easy, why would you need a hack to get out a garlic clove hahaha
Do people have difficulty with just getting one garlic clove out of a whole garlic? I just kind of pop it out, never though you would need a hack for that
I’ve never understood any of the garlic hacks to get them out or peal them. I mean peeling a potato, that can be tedious and risk cutting yourself, but garlic... that’s probably the easiest thing there is.
@@me034 Have you seen the videos where they put garlic cloves in a jar & shake it up & the skin comes off? I don’t know if it works or not but it’s worth a shot.🤷♀️
The version of that hack that I saw had them dip the potatoes into ice water fresh off the boil to peel. Call me old-fashioned but I just peel them standard or make instant if I'm feeling rushed or lazy.
I wouldn't leave them on for all things but for many dishes you absolutely can or even should. We always cooked our potatoes with skin though - that was not a hack to me. (unless I need them to do something to them before cooking)
Rachel: *telling us that she's planning ahead, being happy, and ACTUALLY managing to take care of herself Me: *glowing with pride that our glitter gloss super momma is living her best life and flourishing
Sometimes I get Christopher's shirt reference immediately. And then sometimes, like today, I stare and wonder why it has school supplies listed on it... and then 4 hours later it hits me. 😂
@@englishatheart I think you mean, "pencils, paper, dice and friends." Or you could write, "pencils, paper, dice & friends," but I probably wouldn't use the ampersand. Either way, as you said, there's no comma between the last two words in the list.
hey rachel, i must admit when i first saw one of your videos i didnt like you that much, but i kept on watching and now you are one of my favourite youtubers. you and your videos give me such a happy and peaceful feeling. your channel is like a safe space for me... thank you so much for that!
RE: GARLIC CUTTING --> the best way i found to get a clove was to cut it between cloves like you would an apple and wiggle it out. no need to stab cloves!
I don't even think one could call it a team :p Its just how thinks are, my tastebuds are weird and say its soapy. I think if its super fresh, its okay. I used it because I wanted to be fancy and made a butterchicken recipe for my friends, and used some in it. It was okay. a few days later my mum tried to use the last of it in another dish and we both tried in vain to pick it out, it was so disgusting. Not wanna try that ever out again though. it really was just.. bah!
Can we talk about Rachel’s face when she asked Chris to cut the onion ? Like, cute little smile and cute voice tilting her head ! I feel like this is such a “girl move” 😂 I mean she was ADORABLE but do we all just ask things with our cutest face and voice so our boy friend/husband accepts something they wouldn’t accept udually ? Like we know he might say know so we turn ourselves into little dolls so they can’t say no 😂 This is diabolicaly adorable 😂 Love Rachel ❤️
Oh oh oh that parsley hack, I love it! I make tabbouli and need so much parsley in it and it's sooo tiresome to clean. Also I'm team CILANTRO IS THE BEST love it!!
After having a rough day today and watching your videos to relax hearing "the paquator" absolutely made my day, laughing to the point of tears. Thank you
Simple food hack for powdered hot cocoa (or any powdered drink honestly): mix the powder with a little of the liquid it is made with first, hot water or warm milk for cocoa, to make sure there is no dry powder. Then fill the rest of the way. I find this makes the drink much smoother and consistent throughout. Pro tip: add flavored coffee creamer to hot chocolate 😊❤️
The hack with the potatoes is literally just ‚Pellkartoffeln‘ in Germany. We eat them with the skin on or without and we do this quite often at home so i was kinda surprised that this was new for people from the other end of the world hahaha 😂
I love watching you two together, it’s such a beautiful relationship ❤️ Oh and with the garlic, you just want to place the knife between the cloves and wriggle, I have never done it another way :)
If any of you is curious, the onion hack didn’t work because Onion is not “attracted to water”, the gas that the onion releases when cut reacts with water, creating acid. So probably those paper towels would be crying too if they could. Best thing is to protect the eyes with contact lenses or some kind of shield, like swimming goggles
Fun fact: onions make you cry because the sultry compound that they contain turns into sulfuric acid when in contact with moisture, but the moisture won’t “absorb” the chemical. 😁
Rach: did I ever tell u I have great hand eye coordination? Me: I'm pretty sure I've seen u drop over 100 beauty items on your bedroom floor. Nope I'd never question ur coordination.
I may have binged your videos today so not sure the original video. But I made the cheese filled loaded potato sticks. SO GOOD!!! I did some modifications as you had said it was lacking flavour. Spiced up my potato’s, added finely diced jalapeños and onions to the potato mix. SO GOOD!!! 100% would make again! Going to try the burger onion rings too. I needed to watch this video before just for the potato hacks!
A great tip I learned while working in restaurants for chopping onions is to stick your face in the freezer for a few seconds. Instantly stops the burn and ur eyes from watering!
@@anastasiap.6807 haha yup! Used to have to cut dozens at a time when I worked at Quiznos and we would just step into the walk-in freezer whenever it got to be too much
I used to have to cut tons of onions and would walk in the freezer for a minute if I started crying. At home if I start feeling the onions I stick my head in the freezer and fan my eyes. Totally works.
I was taught that if you keep a small bowl of salt beside you when cutting your onion it helps with the tears. I always have found it to work! I would suggest trying it
Do you have any recommended placed to get Indian recipes? It’s my favourite food to go to a restaurant for but I never seem to be able to get it as good at home!
@@CGGinge yeah.. The one I have tried and have always loved are 1. Cooking shooking 2. Bharatzkitchen Both of them have channels in both english and hindi languages so yeah And if language is not a problem then you can also try Kabita's kitchen and nishamadhulika These two are really amazing too
@@vaishnavibaghel7244 there is actually another of called “home cooking show” there is one in English,Tamil, and Telengu. I use the Tamil cause I live in Chennai.
I saw somewhere years ago to light a candle next to where you are chopping an onion to reduce tearing and it works for me. I love the potato hack for making scalloped or au gratin potatoes. 🌞
@@imnotquiteconvinced I'm not joking, I'd use different expressions if I were, but it is hard to tell the difference between them and they do taste similar imo, parsley is just a much more milder flavor.
I’ve done the scoring the potato hack for years. For even better flavor, bake the potato in the oven. The skin still slides off, but the roasted potato tastes so much better. I bake my potatoes for mashed potatoes and it’s always a big hit. I do the same for my sweet potato casserole.
Best thing I ever did for my "potato peeling speed" was trying out different peelers. The peeler I have now has the blade vertical and not horizontal and it more like a single edge razor blade. It's amazing how fast and thin you can peel potatoes with it. Hope the description makes any sense. Who knew describing a potato peeler is this hard 😅
Well yeah, most people think a peeler is just a peeler, but it's not. They're different peelers for different things actually. While they all work for anything, some designs are better for certain things. I'm fine with any peeler because I just grew up peeling with a sharp knife lol, we didn't have any peeler
I'm gonna try the fork hack with my kiddo. Update: I just tried it with my four year old and it worked well. I'm always afraid he'll get his fingers but the fork keeps them far away.
hmm cilantro! cilantro coconut chutney with my samosas, cilantro on my pav bhaji, cilantro on my tacos, cilantro with my cilantro😍💕 I do keep a pair of swim goggles in the kitchen drawer and use them whenever I cut onions 😅 Those waffle bowl things basically work like rose cookies. The first one is Meh but it gets better as you go
I literally was sitting here doing weird mouth things going what about the mouth and then Chris said it 😆 Also, my onion hack is to place it in the freezer for 5 mins before you cut it. Life. Saver.
Favourite onion cutting hack, place a fan blowing between the cutting surface and your face. Cutting under your vent fan can help too. Basically just blowing and/or sucking the onion gasses away from your face and replacing it with fresh air. Freezing the onion works too, but ain't nobody got time for that.
My hack is for baking w/ raisins. I've always disliked raisins in baked goods UNTIL I got married. My mother-in-law taught me to presoak my raisins in water before adding them to my recipe. I usually soak them in warm water at the beginning of the recipe. I use them to make my hubby's childhood favorite Pumpkin Nut Bread. Since raisins are soaked, they don't get dry & chewy during baking. It works well for oatmeal raisin cookies also.
actual hack to stop you from crying while cutting onions: soak them in ice water for a few minutes before you cute them! i did this every time i had to cut bags of onion as a prep cook and it works every time.
Team cilantro here!!! FYI I recommend using *every* part of the cilantro plant. The stems are edible and actually elevate the flavor of the cilantro. :)
I have the gene that makes it taste like soap. If it's only a little, chopped fine and mixed in with something I can tolerate it. Big flakes are a nope. It tastes like hotel room soap smells to me.
Dizzy Bee same, kinda. It has to be completely blended for me to tolerate it. I had a salad yesterday with small chopped cilantro (we call it coriander in England) and I couldn’t stand it lol. I still ate it bc let’s not waste perfectly good food but it was completely covered in hummus.
That whole contact lens shielding onion shenanigans is so true. Before lasik I could cut onions no porblem... After lasik, tears streak down my face as I say to myself... Why me?!
Don't cut the root. If you cut the onion in half vertically, stop before the knife separates the root. Then put the onion on its side and cut from head to heal. Been doing that for years and never cried again... well, for onions that is.
Lucky! My contacts do not shield me from them. But I have contacts for dry eyes so they allow my eyes to breath more than with regular contacts. Hmm...wonder if that's the difference. 🤔😊🤷🏻♀️
Hi Rachel. Can you please test out famous Indian baking channels on TH-cam that substitute eggs with yoghurt. I have always wondered if that would work. Love from Malaysia ❤️
In my country we blend the cilantro with all kind of spices and little bit of sweetness from sugar and lot of sour from tamarind . It is like a dip for all the fried food basically as side dish . You can check it up as "cilantro chatni" its great for nacho dip too . All the love .
I always grab bag of frozen broccoli/cauliflower drizzle with coconut/olive oil blend toss with seasoning and/or parmesan cheese turn on 425 let it roast for 20-30 minutes. Always comes out nice and toasty.
That potatoe hack with the fork will now save my fingers 🤣 I've literally got the peeler into my nail twice 😖 But the boiling one is also dope! Might need to try them both! Also I'm team Cilantro! 😋
No cilantro for me. Both my and my bf have the soap gene. Tried it once an never again. Ruined a whole dish because I forgot to have him nibble it beforehand to see if it was soap for him too.
In Germany that is the normal way to cook potatoes.. With the skin on... Because the goodness is just under the skin. We have a 3 prong potato holder to stab the hot potato so it is easier to peel it when it comes hot out the pan.
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Gotta love Christopher. Come for the t shirts, stay for the wit and charm.
To chop onions without crying, the key is not to develop an emotional attachment (credit: unknown)
Oh, that fine humour. :)
🤔 perhaps that's why I never cry with Red onions, but cry with the Brown and White onions 😂
🤣🤣
Love this.
Or use a wet knife
“Sometimes these hacks videos are just like well that was terrible” great explanation haha 😂
Rach: "We're in a Panoramic, okay?"
Why yes, my screen is very Wide....
Its a tik tok joke where people call the pandemic other things that sound similar!
About the ladle bowl pancakes/waffles: put the ladle in the hot oil before dipping in the batter. And keep it in the hot oil in between each pancake. The bowl should ideally just slip off of the ladle in the oil on its own. It would also cook the insides of the bowl better. That's how we make Aachu Murukku (rose cookies) in India.
Wow, that's a smart trick!
Yes, I was going to say this! That is how we do Norwegian Rosette cookies, which look similar to yours.
Great tip!!!
Yes! I was going to comment on this to :P haha! We make "struvor" like that in sweden :)
I was gonna say would it help if you sprayed it first. But your ideal is way better
And here I am just manhandling my garlic and cracking pieces off in my hands.
me LOL
Do other people have like REALLY strong garlic??? Or super weak hands??? Y use a knife when u can peel the skin off and just break one off from the root.
Same. And I'm not even a man 😅
@@twistedbambi2370 I’ll tell you a secret: I’m not a man either
As an individual who is severely affected by onions, I can attest to the hack of having a small bowl of HOT water next to my cutting board actually working. I never heard of just a paper towel, but the bowl definitely works.
I work in the food industry and we fill a sink with the hottest water we can get and cut right by that! Works amazing!! We do 15 pounds at a time so I was dying before a newbie told us this trick.
Ive tried the paper towel and it works for me! I have pretty sensitive eyes too so it usually BURNS
I was always told to burn a candle while chopping onions and it seemed to help. But after 20 years of cutting onions I hardly ever find one that makes me tear up anymore
That makes sense because the steam would be helping keep your eyes moist and protected. I’m wondering if using some visine before cutting onions would give the same effect. I’m not surprised the wet towel trick didn’t work - just plain water is a very stable molecule and doesn’t magically draw or attract chemicals out of the air.
I've always heard a glass of cold water. I wonder if they both work. I'm not privy to having my eyes hurt for the next hour, so I can't really test them out.
I haven’t seen whatever the original garlic “hack” was supposed to be, but the way I’ve always done it is to take a knife, and a whole Garlic bulb- pierce through the “skin” BETWEEN the cloves, turn the knife to the right about 90’ which separates a clove from the bulb (you can hear it crack), then return the knife to original position, and without turning the blade, I flex it back and forth (to the left and right) once or twice and it pops the clove right out 99% of the time!
Thats truee. I just pass my knife on both sides of the clove to release them a bit and like you said turn them a bit on an angle and they come out easily!
you can just gently press/lean on the whole bulb and that separates all the cloves anyway
This is exactly what I do.
Am i seriously the only one thats been cracking the bulb in half?
Thank you!!! I was so confused watching that hack when this is how I've been taught to do it. So easy, why would you need a hack to get out a garlic clove hahaha
Do people have difficulty with just getting one garlic clove out of a whole garlic? I just kind of pop it out, never though you would need a hack for that
I’ve never understood any of the garlic hacks to get them out or peal them. I mean peeling a potato, that can be tedious and risk cutting yourself, but garlic... that’s probably the easiest thing there is.
No. No force needed. It just comes apart easily. Don't get it either
Getting a garlic clove out is easy, I think the hack is getting a skinless garlic clove out.
I would want a hack to chop or peal multiple garlic heads... a garlic clove is nothing....
@@me034 Have you seen the videos where they put garlic cloves in a jar & shake it up & the skin comes off? I don’t know if it works or not but it’s worth a shot.🤷♀️
Peeling boiled potatoes will always peel like that even without the initial scoring. The sooner you take it out (hotter) the easier to peel
yeah, I was so surprised she didn't know that.
Yes! Just burns your fingers but super quick lol
The version of that hack that I saw had them dip the potatoes into ice water fresh off the boil to peel. Call me old-fashioned but I just peel them standard or make instant if I'm feeling rushed or lazy.
To be fair, we just wash our potatoes and leave the skins on - even for mash potato. Ultimate time saver!
Ditto. Some people are super anti skins which is weird because I'm not anti no skins at restaurants. But at home, it's easier and tasty.
I wouldn't leave them on for all things but for many dishes you absolutely can or even should.
We always cooked our potatoes with skin though - that was not a hack to me. (unless I need them to do something to them before cooking)
@@Rebecca-vg2ef yeah the only thing I wouldn't leave them on for is dishes where I'd have to pipe the potato - but I tend not to make those dishes ha!
Red potatoes have softer skins so you don't have to peel it
@@TheCinderfang not just red potatoes. But it also depends on the dish.
I keep binge watching old food videos I’ve already watched. There’s something comforting about them and just takes away my anxiety ✨💕
"I'm crying because of the hack that didn't work" yeah, literally
Rachel: *telling us that she's planning ahead, being happy, and ACTUALLY managing to take care of herself
Me: *glowing with pride that our glitter gloss super momma is living her best life and flourishing
"Thank you for bringing your drama to TH-cam." Want that on a shirt.
Sometimes I get Christopher's shirt reference immediately. And then sometimes, like today, I stare and wonder why it has school supplies listed on it... and then 4 hours later it hits me. 😂
Same.....except I'm still confused on this one. What does it mean?
@@mandiwolfe6631 Dungeons and Dragons!
I totally thought it was referring to Yahtzee 🥴
@@englishatheart I think you mean, "pencils, paper, dice and friends." Or you could write, "pencils, paper, dice & friends," but I probably wouldn't use the ampersand. Either way, as you said, there's no comma between the last two words in the list.
hey rachel, i must admit when i first saw one of your videos i didnt like you that much, but i kept on watching and now you are one of my favourite youtubers. you and your videos give me such a happy and peaceful feeling. your channel is like a safe space for me... thank you so much for that!
RE: GARLIC CUTTING --> the best way i found to get a clove was to cut it between cloves like you would an apple and wiggle it out. no need to stab cloves!
I’m team CILANTRO TASTES LIKE SOAP and is in EVERYTHING. It is like the fear-every-green-garnish gene!
🤮🤮 cilantro is desgustang
I don't even think one could call it a team :p Its just how thinks are, my tastebuds are weird and say its soapy.
I think if its super fresh, its okay. I used it because I wanted to be fancy and made a butterchicken recipe for my friends, and used some in it. It was okay.
a few days later my mum tried to use the last of it in another dish and we both tried in vain to pick it out, it was so disgusting.
Not wanna try that ever out again though. it really was just.. bah!
I agree, it tastes like soap to me too!
me too taste like soap !
same, it tastes so bad to me and i always have to ask 'no cilantro please'
Can we talk about Rachel’s face when she asked Chris to cut the onion ? Like, cute little smile and cute voice tilting her head ! I feel like this is such a “girl move” 😂 I mean she was ADORABLE but do we all just ask things with our cutest face and voice so our boy friend/husband accepts something they wouldn’t accept udually ?
Like we know he might say know so we turn ourselves into little dolls so they can’t say no 😂
This is diabolicaly adorable 😂
Love Rachel ❤️
We fry bacon in the oven on a roasting pan with some baking paper, much easier than frying it in the pan.
Yep me too. It took me forever to know that there was a difference between wax paper and parchment paper 🤦🏼♀️
Same
I love the relationship that you have and it's so cute when you 'cheers' your food 🥰🥰🥰
Oh oh oh that parsley hack, I love it! I make tabbouli and need so much parsley in it and it's sooo tiresome to clean. Also I'm team CILANTRO IS THE BEST love it!!
Polarizing, not pulverizing! But that was funny! 😂
I put all my onions in the fridge and that keeps my eyes from watering. The cold neutralizes the enzyme that causes the eye sting.
I just wear my goggles that I used to wear when I went swimming. Always works
Binge watching you channel from past 3 days... love the content and your personality ❤️❤️
I literally went to search for today's video right as it appeared. What perfect timing. Lol
I literally love Christopher. I will never understand his T-shirts, but I love him.
I love Chris’s dnd shirt!!!
After having a rough day today and watching your videos to relax hearing "the paquator" absolutely made my day, laughing to the point of tears. Thank you
I love u. Ur such an inspiration I literally made a channel bcuz of uu and a few other ytbers ofcc😚😘
Ur funny but u keep giving us quality content😇
Simple food hack for powdered hot cocoa (or any powdered drink honestly): mix the powder with a little of the liquid it is made with first, hot water or warm milk for cocoa, to make sure there is no dry powder. Then fill the rest of the way. I find this makes the drink much smoother and consistent throughout. Pro tip: add flavored coffee creamer to hot chocolate 😊❤️
The hack with the potatoes is literally just ‚Pellkartoffeln‘ in Germany. We eat them with the skin on or without and we do this quite often at home so i was kinda surprised that this was new for people from the other end of the world hahaha 😂
I love watching you two together, it’s such a beautiful relationship ❤️
Oh and with the garlic, you just want to place the knife between the cloves and wriggle, I have never done it another way :)
If any of you is curious, the onion hack didn’t work because Onion is not “attracted to water”, the gas that the onion releases when cut reacts with water, creating acid. So probably those paper towels would be crying too if they could.
Best thing is to protect the eyes with contact lenses or some kind of shield, like swimming goggles
When I need a break from research or heavy topics I love watching your videos!
*any emotion*
Rachel: *flails arms everywhere*
Yayyyy I’m so happy she has these videos planned for us, and is ahead of the ball! Yayyy for 2021
I have always left the roots on the onion, and the gases seem to go to the roots. Done it this way for years and haven't shed a tear.
Wow I'm a potato lover for sure but who isn't 🤔 I'm definitely going to be using those hacks!! Thanks for the confirmation!! Love your videos 💖💖
Fun fact: onions make you cry because the sultry compound that they contain turns into sulfuric acid when in contact with moisture, but the moisture won’t “absorb” the chemical. 😁
You’re so ridiculously pretty! Literally glowing 😍😍😍
Rach: did I ever tell u I have great hand eye coordination?
Me: I'm pretty sure I've seen u drop over 100 beauty items on your bedroom floor.
Nope I'd never question ur coordination.
@@englishatheart Why can't ppl mind their own business? What does it matter to u?
I may have binged your videos today so not sure the original video. But I made the cheese filled loaded potato sticks. SO GOOD!!! I did some modifications as you had said it was lacking flavour. Spiced up my potato’s, added finely diced jalapeños and onions to the potato mix. SO GOOD!!!
100% would make again!
Going to try the burger onion rings too.
I needed to watch this video before just for the potato hacks!
A great tip I learned while working in restaurants for chopping onions is to stick your face in the freezer for a few seconds. Instantly stops the burn and ur eyes from watering!
For real? 😂😂
@@anastasiap.6807 haha yup! Used to have to cut dozens at a time when I worked at Quiznos and we would just step into the walk-in freezer whenever it got to be too much
I used to have to cut tons of onions and would walk in the freezer for a minute if I started crying. At home if I start feeling the onions I stick my head in the freezer and fan my eyes. Totally works.
@@CoyRat Right?! Crazy, but it totally does work! 🙂
I'm team cilantro for sure. It just enhances everything it's in. 😊😊😊
Contact lenses really help with onions, that's why I am the one who has to do it at home ALL the time 😂
Same here....lol
Literally love you Rachael, you get me to ugly laugh out loud always and I thank you for that 💕
This is my only goal in life.
You should try your subscribers fav recipes!!! Ly Rachel!🥳💕
I was taught that if you keep a small bowl of salt beside you when cutting your onion it helps with the tears. I always have found it to work! I would suggest trying it
“It’s just like a butter spreading knife..” aka Butter Knife? lol do they not call it that in Canada?
We do call it that.
the easy breezy (beautiful cover girl) parsley hack got me😂😂
Rachel please taste test indian recipes please, would love to see you try them, love your energy so much ♥️
Do you have any recommended placed to get Indian recipes? It’s my favourite food to go to a restaurant for but I never seem to be able to get it as good at home!
@@CGGinge yeah..
The one I have tried and have always loved are
1. Cooking shooking
2. Bharatzkitchen
Both of them have channels in both english and hindi languages so yeah
And if language is not a problem then you can also try
Kabita's kitchen and nishamadhulika
These two are really amazing too
@@vaishnavibaghel7244 there is actually another of called “home cooking show” there is one in English,Tamil, and Telengu. I use the Tamil cause I live in Chennai.
@@outstaynding ohh never saw that channel, would see for sure.. thanks for suggesting 😊
I saw somewhere years ago to light a candle next to where you are chopping an onion to reduce tearing and it works for me. I love the potato hack for making scalloped or au gratin potatoes. 🌞
How many times did she say “parsley” instead of cilantro?
but they aren't the same...?? or are you a parsley/cilantro expert and can tell the difference..
@@Imjust_KEN I can’t tell if you are joking or not, but they might look similar but don’t taste remotely the same.
@@imnotquiteconvinced I'm not joking, I'd use different expressions if I were, but it is hard to tell the difference between them and they do taste similar imo, parsley is just a much more milder flavor.
@@Imjust_KEN 😮 for me they are incredibly different , like as different as any two random other fresh herbs.
She said the hack was for parsley, but she only had cilantro. She was saying parsely because it was supposed to be parsely.
I adore Christopher so much 😂 y’all are just too cute
The paper towel hack I learned was to cut the onion ON TOP of the wet paper towel and it worked for me!
I’ve done the scoring the potato hack for years. For even better flavor, bake the potato in the oven. The skin still slides off, but the roasted potato tastes so much better. I bake my potatoes for mashed potatoes and it’s always a big hit. I do the same for my sweet potato casserole.
Best thing I ever did for my "potato peeling speed" was trying out different peelers. The peeler I have now has the blade vertical and not horizontal and it more like a single edge razor blade. It's amazing how fast and thin you can peel potatoes with it.
Hope the description makes any sense. Who knew describing a potato peeler is this hard 😅
Well yeah, most people think a peeler is just a peeler, but it's not. They're different peelers for different things actually. While they all work for anything, some designs are better for certain things. I'm fine with any peeler because I just grew up peeling with a sharp knife lol, we didn't have any peeler
You can that first potato hack with tomatoes too! Learned that in culinary school 🙌🏻
I'm gonna try the fork hack with my kiddo. Update: I just tried it with my four year old and it worked well. I'm always afraid he'll get his fingers but the fork keeps them far away.
hmm cilantro! cilantro coconut chutney with my samosas, cilantro on my pav bhaji, cilantro on my tacos, cilantro with my cilantro😍💕 I do keep a pair of swim goggles in the kitchen drawer and use them whenever I cut onions 😅
Those waffle bowl things basically work like rose cookies. The first one is Meh but it gets better as you go
I think the real onion hack in this video was to wear contacts! 😆 Notes taken! 🧐🧐
The grater hack would be so helpful for the large amounts of parsley needed for tabbouleh!
I literally was sitting here doing weird mouth things going what about the mouth and then Chris said it 😆
Also, my onion hack is to place it in the freezer for 5 mins before you cut it. Life. Saver.
Favourite onion cutting hack, place a fan blowing between the cutting surface and your face. Cutting under your vent fan can help too. Basically just blowing and/or sucking the onion gasses away from your face and replacing it with fresh air. Freezing the onion works too, but ain't nobody got time for that.
I live in Ireland so it is in my nature to be really fast at peeling potatoes
My hack is for baking w/ raisins. I've always disliked raisins in baked goods UNTIL I got married. My mother-in-law taught me to presoak my raisins in water before adding them to my recipe. I usually soak them in warm water at the beginning of the recipe. I use them to make my hubby's childhood favorite Pumpkin Nut Bread. Since raisins are soaked, they don't get dry & chewy during baking. It works well for oatmeal raisin cookies also.
actual hack to stop you from crying while cutting onions: soak them in ice water for a few minutes before you cute them! i did this every time i had to cut bags of onion as a prep cook and it works every time.
I’ll have to try this! We fill a sink with hot hot hot water with steam coming out and that works. I’ll try the ice at home!
I usually keep a pencil or a match or something between my teeth while i cut Them, so i breathe from my mouth. Works for me.
Team cilantro here!!! FYI I recommend using *every* part of the cilantro plant. The stems are edible and actually elevate the flavor of the cilantro. :)
hack: use almond flour in brownie recipes, makes chewiest brownies
I don’t think she can use that. I believe she’s said in videos she’s allergic to nuts
@@gertskook Yes, she doesn't eat any kind of tree nut.
that onion hack was the best thing i've ever seen lately :D that was hilarious !!
Cilantro tastes like soap for me, but apparently there's a 50/50 chance you have the genetics that make it taste like soap so...
There’s also a gene for finding sprouts bitter! I have to drown them in gravy and seasoning to choke them down!
I have the gene that makes it taste like soap. If it's only a little, chopped fine and mixed in with something I can tolerate it. Big flakes are a nope. It tastes like hotel room soap smells to me.
@@dizzybee4176 I've always compared it to dish soap but that's also the only soap I've tasted (it was an accident)
Dizzy Bee same, kinda. It has to be completely blended for me to tolerate it. I had a salad yesterday with small chopped cilantro (we call it coriander in England) and I couldn’t stand it lol. I still ate it bc let’s not waste perfectly good food but it was completely covered in hummus.
Louisa Coote no way I thought everyone found it bitter. So what is it meant to taste like??
Omg I thought you had 5M+ subscribers! You really deserve it🥰
That whole contact lens shielding onion shenanigans is so true. Before lasik I could cut onions no porblem... After lasik, tears streak down my face as I say to myself... Why me?!
Same! My little eye shields are gone 😭😂
Don't cut the root. If you cut the onion in half vertically, stop before the knife separates the root. Then put the onion on its side and cut from head to heal. Been doing that for years and never cried again... well, for onions that is.
Lucky! My contacts do not shield me from them. But I have contacts for dry eyes so they allow my eyes to breath more than with regular contacts. Hmm...wonder if that's the difference. 🤔😊🤷🏻♀️
Can you tell me your experience with lasik 😁 planning to do it but im just too scared
Same! 🤣🤣🤣
I was literally doing the onion trick as I watched it! It works for me!!
It’s funny that your contacts shields you from onions because when I got mine I became like 10 times more sensitive of onions
I have to say I'm jealous of your contacts. I've worn them for decades and I start bawling almost every time I chop onions.
Hi Rachel. Can you please test out famous Indian baking channels on TH-cam that substitute eggs with yoghurt. I have always wondered if that would work. Love from Malaysia ❤️
Ooh could you please name some?
Fave food hack is mayo on the outside of the bread instead of butter for a grilled sandwich. It's so crispy and amazing!
It helps to wet the knife when cutting onions.
Yaay!! Rachel is back!!
Hello rachel and have you thought about live streaming on twitch and starting your own podcast in the future
I too have the super power of being immune to onion chopping. Comes in handy especially on Thanksgiving. Lots of onions for that meal 😊
My latino mom would quake if she saw Rachel peeling a potato 😂🥴
In my country we blend the cilantro with all kind of spices and little bit of sweetness from sugar and lot of sour from tamarind . It is like a dip for all the fried food basically as side dish . You can check it up as "cilantro chatni" its great for nacho dip too . All the love .
Has anyone ever told Christopher he looks a little bit like Drake Bell, or am I late to the party? 😂
I always grab bag of frozen broccoli/cauliflower drizzle with coconut/olive oil blend toss with seasoning and/or parmesan cheese turn on 425 let it roast for 20-30 minutes. Always comes out nice and toasty.
Wait how is everyone else getting their garlic cloves?? I just put the knife in between the cloves and pop one out. I never cut around it🤔
Everyone is generally breaking off a chunk and then peeling it which sucks lol.
That potatoe hack with the fork will now save my fingers 🤣 I've literally got the peeler into my nail twice 😖
But the boiling one is also dope! Might need to try them both!
Also I'm team Cilantro! 😋
No cilantro for me. Both my and my bf have the soap gene. Tried it once an never again. Ruined a whole dish because I forgot to have him nibble it beforehand to see if it was soap for him too.
Every video Christopher comes close and closer to being Captain America 😂 or at least the Canadian/Finnish version lol
When I have to cut onions I just point a small fan at the onion. Then my eyes don’t water lol
I put a metal teaspoon in my mouth, which helps!
The ONLY advantage of having bad eyesight. Cutting onions without crying!
When ur early and dont know what to say...
Yesss
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I'm shocked that you called the two potato hacks "hacks", because for me they are both completely normal tasks while cooking with potatos..
yes, and if she'd used a towel to hold the hot potato she could have peeled the potato without scoring it first. Just get a start and off it comes.
In Germany that is the normal way to cook potatoes.. With the skin on... Because the goodness is just under the skin. We have a 3 prong potato holder to stab the hot potato so it is easier to peel it when it comes hot out the pan.
Yay! I'm early!
Never been more ready for a video 🙌🙌