Ive just spent 4 minutes peeling an onion

[soupyspoon]

A small one

I know it was 4 minutes because I set the oven to pre heat and it takes 4 minutes

I cut the onion in half thinking that it would be simple, then spent that whole time chipping off shards of skin with my thumb nail which got it under the nail, got the skin stuck to my fingers with the onion juice and gouged out bits of the onion with my thumb nail and the knife where I was trying to lift off the skin

I have no idea how they do it on these tv shows where they just peel it off like they're taking off a t shirt or something.

This is one of the reasons I buy frozen diced onion in bags from the supermarket. Life is too short. Ocado sell frozen peeled pearl onions because life is most definitely too short to peel a load of those.

I buy frozen diced ginger and pre cut butternut squash. Both pains in the proverbial.

I buy frozen pre-cut veg whenever possible. It’s not just that they’re quicker & easier, it’s that I can just use as much as I need.

Oh, I hate it when an onion does that, and there’s no way of telling from the outside if it’s going to be one of those buggers.

Just cut in further and lose a layer when it's one of those. Life's too short.

Frozen diced onion is one of the best cooking hacks there is. It's years since I chopped a onion! No tears either.

Just take the first layer of onion off, then it takes no time.

It was very small to be fair. A layer may have been all it had

Plus I needed it sliced on this occasion but this year is the year of the freezer arrangement so Im going to be putting a lot more frozen pre prepared veg in there for just this reason.

Soak the onion in water for a minute or so before peeling

Pour boiling water over it. Just like tomatoes.