SC - Gold leaf

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

On 10 Jul 1997, Marisa Herzog wrote:

>                       nut skinning (was Redactions)                7/10/97
> 
> > After you toasted the hazelnuts did you rub the skins off?  Or did you
> > leave them on.  I happily spent part of the weekend squeezing the skins off
> 
>   I don't know how it would work for hazelnuts, but to de-skin almonds:  drop
> the lot of them into boiling water for just a few seconds, until the skins
> start to balloon a bit, then quickly scoop them out with a strainer so they
> don't get water logged. lay them out on a table between two dish towells and
> knead the bundle for a few minutes.  It goes faster this way than trying to
> pop each little nut out of it's skin [ ;) ].


And on a similar line.  Is there an easy way to deshell quantities of
pistachioes?  I recently had to deshell about 2-3 cups worth for an event
and still have a few scars where I gave myself some slices.

Kael


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