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- So I travel for a living and I'd probably say that
when people see me on the streets,
the most common question that I get is
if I want to buy drugs.
And today I'm going to show you how to
not only cut your green onions,
but also how to store them so that they don't get wilted
and basically I just want you to
know how to
feel like you are the master of your green onions,
and that they
bow to you.
The first thing you want to do
is you want to line up the roots so that they're even.
'Cause you don't wanna cut into the wrong area of it.
You see how it's white and then it turns green.
I'm gonna try to get them all in one.
You know...
OK, yeah, you wanna also make sure
you get a knife where it's obvious
which side is the sharp side.
OK, now that we've removed the roots,
I'm going to put these aside for a second.
You could pick whatever size dices you want.
I'm going to work with a half-inch dice.
I got these green onions from the farmers market.
The farmers market is a little bit like going to jail
where you just gotta kick somebody's
(beep)
as soon as you get there,
otherwise they're gonna think you're weak.
And that's how you dice your green onions.
If you ever find that your green onions are wilted,
or slimy or limp or broken or anything like that,
chances are you're
(beep)
up the storage part of it.
And I'm just gonna show you two basic methods
for storing green onions that are going to
maintain moisture and basically bring you
a lot of joy.
And start with the paper towel method.
This is basically...
What we're doing is we're wrapping it in paper
so that we can maintain the moisture.
I don't seem to have any paper towels.
I have toilet paper which is paper as well.
It's one ply so I'm gonna try to
wrap it up quite a bit so that I can get the same thickness.
You wanna wring it out and then you wanna unfold it.
It might break apart a little bit but
I'm used to doing this with paper towels so
I didn't use nearly enough toilet paper.
And I think I might have dampened it a little too much.
So that's gonna keep moisture
in there
and you can get a couple extra days of storage on these.
OK, the second method is called the water bottle method
and I've just got a standard issue plastic water bottle here
and we just wanna find a place to cut 'em.
Since you know, green onions are
great at livening up salad, and rice bowls,
soups, stews, omelets,
cracker spreads,
french fries,
pizza,
cheese balls.
And we're gonna put some water
into it.
Probably just enough to cover the roots.
I like to find a window sill or something
where they're going to get some sunlight
because they actually still continue to grow.
Ah.
(beep)
All right.
Well, anyway.
That's how you store your green onions.
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