[CH] peeling chiles
Margaret Lauterbach (mlaute@micron.net)
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:49:28 -0600
Check your local thrift stores for a round funny-looking metal thing, ca 14
inches in diameter, domed lid. Open the lid, and if there's a heating coil
in the top of the lid, you have a table-top broiler in your hands. It's
great for roasting chiles indoors. People give them for wedding gifts,
bride tries to heat buns with them and burns the buns, so gives the
appliance to thrift store. They usually sell them for $2.50 to $3. The
trick is to pre-heat the broiler for ten minutes before you put the chiles
in on the holey metal rack. Then I turn the chiles so all sides are exposed
to heat, and put the puffed and or blackened chiles between damp tea
towels to cool. You can also broil meat and other stuff in the broiler
without taking your oven apart to clean the broiler. Margaret Lauterbach