Mom Cooking Tip 178

Now that summer has arrived and peaches are ripe, here is a quick and easy way to remove their skin before eating or cooking them.

Drop the peach into boiling water and let sit for about 10 seconds.  Remove it from the water and make a small horizontal incision near the stem end.  Gently try peeling the peach with your fingers, starting where you cut it.  The skin should pull right off.  If it doesn’t, drop it back into the boiling water for a few more seconds and try again.

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Question for Mom

Regular Peach (left), White Peach (right)

What’s the difference between regular peaches and white peaches? – Claire Z.

Price and flavor.  White peaches are rarely found in supermarkets.  When they are, they’re usually priced at a premium.  The skin of a white peach is rosy pink and white, much paler than the yellow/orange/red hues on the skin of a regular peach.  The flesh is white, not deep yellow, and the taste is a bit sweeter.  White peaches are more delicate and don’t bake as well as regular peaches, so don't use them for pies.  Instead, slice them and eat them raw for dessert or as a snack.

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Mom Cooking Tip 99

Kiwi Slices

Use an egg slicer to slice hard-boiled eggs and other foods into slender slices.  The foods, which need to be semi-soft, could include bananas, kiwis, strawberries, avocados, pieces of ripe peach, apple or pear (skin side away from the blades), as well as nearly-cooked carrots, potatoes, beets and other root vegetables.

Hard-Boiled Egg Slices 

Banana Slices

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Question for Mom

Any suggestions on what to do with an excess of peaches? –Molly R.

How about turning them into a quick dessert?  Spiced Peaches take less than 10 minutes to make.