I know, right? Major slimy cleanup is never fun in the morning!

I don’t have that happen to my oatmeal because I usually cook it in a saucepan on the stovetop, but it does happen to my muffins in a mug all the time and YES it drives me nuts! I also hate peeling hard-boiled eggs – I have never been able to peel one without it ending up looking like yours! Haha

You can run your hard boiled eggs under cold water for a while as soon as they are done. That should help to produce a nice clean peel 🙂

Ok, that makes sense!  I knew they were different, but it would be nice if there was consistency on the store shelves! haha.  Sometimes I just scratch the skin to make sure its orange underneath so I’m not surprised when I get home!  I guess you’d need to investigate if you had a garden or else you could buy seeds for yams and end up with white sweet potatoes! Ha!

Thanks Angela!! 🙂

Thanks Lily! Great tips on the eggs! I will try the pinch of salt trick.  You’re probably right, they probably we’re as fresh as I though, as they could have been sitting at the store for a while.  I wonder if age has anything to do with how they peel…hmmm. How interesting in Mexico they keep eggs at room temp…

Thanks Jill!  The only other writing I’ve done is a feature on Shape.com for a recipe, another recipe in Oxygen Magazine, and some articles on local news sites (recipes and articles).  I’m not sure how they found me, as I hadn’t contacted them.

About eggs, I was always taught that, too (I grew up with our own eggs, our own EVERYTHING but wheat and rice–including spring water; I live in the Ozark Mountains) but a trick I was taught was to put a pinch of salt in your boiling water. Can’t swear it helps but that’s what I do!

A week “old” isn’t at all old for eggs, btw. While Westerners keep eggs in the fridge, even in Mexico, they still keep eggs on the counter. Often, in a basket rather like this:  http://remodelista.com/img/sub/475_summerhill-bishop-egg-basket.jpg
Eggs bought in stores are often on the shelf longer than a month. I’ve kept our freshly-laid eggs well over 2 months (refrigerated and they’re totally fine).

Although the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) has traditionally been referred to as a yam in parts of the United States and Canada, it is not part of the Dioscoreaceae family. 
 So the Yams (yellowish starchy ones) are actually sweet potatoes too, just a different variety.