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These days, I really enjoy removing the skins from chick peas. You soak them overnight, boil them for two hours, and then you can squeeze them out of their ski
by phugoid 16y ago
These days, I really enjoy removing the skins from chick peas. You soak them overnight, boil them for two hours, and then you can squeeze them out of their skins.
It's very repetitive and boring, and lets my mind drift. Plus you get smoother hummus if you remove the chick pea skins first.
- eitally 16y agoUpvoted... for reminding me what it was like the time we blanched raw almonds and had to skin them. Totally boring, but immersive.
- adrianwaj 16y agoSoak with a zip of lemon juice or vinegar and cook with a snip of Kombu seaweed and it'll take less time.
- silentbicycle 16y agoCooking provides lots of tasks that sound boring (and are easily handled by food processors, etc.), but are still very grounding to do my hand and focus on 100%. I really enjoy making bread. Kneading dough feels very real after hours of debugging bad Algol code. Also: You forgot to mention garlic!