How to Deseed a Jalapeno

The Munchie Musings YouTube channel shows us here in this video how to easily deseed a jalapeno without getting the juices all over your hands. If you've never worked with jalapenos before, the juices are very potent. Getting the juice onto your hands and then accidentally transferring them to your face or eyes can be a horrible experience. Even just having a fresh hangnail on one of your fingers can be pretty painful from the jalapeno juices getting into it. Personally, I'm a big fan of plastic kitchen gloves when working with produce like this or with meat.

How To Deseed, Cut, Chop, Dice, Slice, and Peel Tomatoes

Such a great and informative video! 'Monkey See' shows us all the basic techniques for tomatoes including how to properly cut open an Italian (great for homemade sauces and salsas) and Hot House tomato (great diced for taco night) and how to de-seed them (the insides can be used in homemade salsas), how to chop and dice tomatoes, how to slice a Beafy tomato (perfect for meaty hamburgers and sandwiches), and how to peel tomatoes (stewed tomatoes, soups, stews, etc.). 

When I first started, I just took the entire tomato and chopped it. I didn't pay attention to what type of tomato I was buying and I wasn't de-seeding them either. I always ended up with soggy tomato pieces. I finally figured out why - when you take the seedy part out the tomato becomes so much easier to chop and dice and it keeps it's structure better. Learning what types of tomatoes go best with what recipes and other food items can become so helpful to understand.

How to Cut and Deseed an Avocado

Another great video that not only shows an easy way to cut and deseed an avocado, but also shows how to use fresh lemon juice to prevent the avocado from oxidizing and turning brown.

How to Cut and Deseed a Spaghetti Squash

Deseeding A Cucumber