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On 8/11/2019 2:41 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2019-08-11 1:05 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 14:59:02 -0400, Dave Smith >> > wrote: >> >>> This afternoon I picked up some peaches to make a pie. I had hoped my >>> wife would peel them while I made the pastry. No such luck. She was >>> busy, but she suggested I try scalding them to loosen the skins. That >>> reminded me of the discussion here a weeks or so ago.Â* I noted the >>> approximate times it took to work. >>> >>> Since we had a few nice, ripe peaches left over in the fruit bowl I >>> started with them.Â* I gave them two minutes in a pot of boiling water >>> and then dunked them into cold water so I could handle them. I just had >>> to pierce the skin to start it and then I could peel it off with no >>> effort.Â* The notÂ* quite as ripe ones needed about another minute. The >>> two that were a little under ripe were s another store. They got >>> about 4 >>> minutes and were easier to peel than they would have been without the >>> scalding, but the skin did not fall away like it did with the ripe >>> ones. >>> The skin had to be pared off with a knife. >>> >>> Â* The pie is in the oven now.Â* The timer just went off for the oven to >>> be turned down. >> >> I am surprised about the length of time.Â* When I canned peaches I got >> them direct from the fruit farm and they were ripe (if you snugged >> them in your palm your could feel that there was some give, same way >> you would check an avocado or tomato)Â* I would put them in boiling >> water for 30 seconds or less and the skins would slip off. > > That's my experience too. > Â* Our recent peach frenzy worked well with between a minute and a minute and a half . Next time try cutting a shallow X on the bottom of the peach . A nice ripe one will almost jump out of the skin . -- Snag Yes , I'm old and crochety - and armed . Get outta my woods ! |
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