Easy way to peel a potato

[Karen G]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4W0qIPJmoo

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Or you can use a potato peeler, complete the task in one minute instead of fifteen minutes, and not pay for the electricity and gas required to boil water on the stove and make ice for the ice water.

 

[#1 Cowboys Fan]

I thought it was pretty cool; no wasted potato in the process.

By the way, did any TUGgers like Ginger better than Mary Anne (not me.)

Pat

 

[PigsDad]

Or you can use a potato peeler, complete the task in one minute instead of fifteen minutes, and not pay for the electricity and gas required to boil water on the stove and make ice for the ice water.

I think the point here is that you would only do this when you were going to boil the potatoes anyway. After you peel them, just just put them back in the boiling water to finish the cooking.

Kurt

 

[wackymother]

I never peel a potato. I just scrub and trim the potatoes, boil them, and make the potato salad with the peels still on.

 

[Karen G]

Or you can use a potato peeler, complete the task in one minute instead of fifteen minutes, and not pay for the electricity and gas required to boil water on the stove and make ice for the ice water.

I think the idea is to actually cook the potatoes, too. If you just peeled them and didn't use gas or electricity to operate the stove, you'd just have peeled raw potatoes.

 

[ricoba]

My mom always used a similar method to this for potato salad when I was a kid growing up.

She cut them in half, boiled them and let stand for awhile, before sliding the skin off and then diced them for the salad.

I like potato's but I do find peeling rather tedious.

 

[nicklinneh]

I never peel 'em, even for mashed potatoes. Almost all the nutrients are in the peel; what's inside is mainly starch. -ken

 

[swift]

I don't peel potatoes, vacuum floors, wash the dishes, take out the garbage, clean the hallway bathroom, bring the groceries in or put them away. That what kids are for.

 

[sstamm]

I have used this method to peel tomatoes for canning, or peaches, but never potatoes.

With tomatoes or peaches you plunge them into boiling water for about 30 seconds, until the skins split, then put them in ice water. Then the skins slip right off.

I don't bother with this if I have only a few to peel, but if I'm canning or freezing, it sure saves a lot of time and hassle.

 

[pjrose]

I never peel a potato. I just scrub and trim the potatoes, boil them, and make the potato salad with the peels still on.

I never peel 'em, even for mashed potatoes. Almost all the nutrients are in the peel; what's inside is mainly starch. -ken

I don't either, the peels are about the only good thing about potatoes, IMHO.

I don't peel potatoes, vacuum floors, wash the dishes, take out the garbage, clean the hallway bathroom, bring the groceries in or put them away. That what kids are for.

Attention parents of young kids - start with these expectations NOW, when the kids are very very young! It'll make everyone's lives better, and cut way down on arguing and nagging.