Loosely related to my earlier post

[conuly]

Use of convenience foods does not actually reduce cooking time.

I gotta say, that surprised me.

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[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Chopping onions is the worst! It's my least favorite part of making my most favorite recipe, tortilla soup. I no longer do all the chopping by hand,* but the thought of chopping onions still keeps me from making tortilla soup as often as I would like to.

*I thought my eyes were going to fall out the first two times I did it all by hand! Now, I cut the onion in half. I store one half, and cut the other into quarters. I put the quarters into my mini food processor one at a time and let it do the work. My eyes still sting a little.

[conuly]

My sister broke the lid of my food processor.

[neurotica0.livejournal.com]

Bummer.

I feel kind of bad about the mini food processor because Nathan got it for me for $4 and it has rendered our $40 (standard size) food process nearly useless. That full-size bad boy is so much more difficult to clean that I opt to make several runs with smaller portions through the mini processor instead of hassling with the large one.