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[Rukh O'Rorke]

Dec 1, 2023 18:10:20 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

In my mailbox this morning was this article about easy peeling of potatoes. Supposedly, no peeling tool needed.

A Simple Trick for Peeling a Potato, No Peeler Required
Even if you have one, you might end up preferring this genius technique.

How to Peel a Potato Without a Peeler
The trick comes from—where else?—social media. I first saw it on @thegoochpage, which is a tips and tricks-focused account run by a former Ringling Bros. circus clown (Ah, I love the internet).

Here’s how to do it, per the video’s instructions: First, use a pair of kitchen shears to score all the way around each potato’s skin. Hold the potato vertically, so the cut is around the middle like a belt. When they’re all scored, drop the potatoes in a pot of boiling water for a few seconds. You’re not trying to cook them, so you don’t need to set a timer. In the video, the potatoes aren’t even fully submerged in the water. Use tongs to remove the potatoes and drop them in a bowl of ice water. That stops the cooking process and makes the potatoes cool enough to handle. Now here’s the fun part: Just pick up each potato and give the skin a gentle tug. It should slide right off.

Complete article here: A Simple Trick for Peeling a Potato, No Peeler Required

How is that a trick? I could have them all peeled and cleaned before all that falderall!

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I prefer not to peel potatoes unless I have to. Potatoes with peels are healthier for me than those that are without. 

[chiver78]

Dec 2, 2023 12:11:16 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

Dec 1, 2023 18:10:20 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

In my mailbox this morning was this article about easy peeling of potatoes. Supposedly, no peeling tool needed.

A Simple Trick for Peeling a Potato, No Peeler Required
Even if you have one, you might end up preferring this genius technique.

Complete article here: A Simple Trick for Peeling a Potato, No Peeler Required

How is that a trick? I could have them all peeled and cleaned before all that falderall!

I didn't click the link, but "peeling tool" ?? it's called a paring knife. 

[Tennesseer]

Dec 3, 2023 18:39:37 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Dec 2, 2023 12:11:16 GMT -5 Rukh O'Rorke said:

How is that a trick? I could have them all peeled and cleaned before all that falderall!

I didn't click the link, but "peeling tool" ?? it's called a paring knife. 

I don't peel potatoes. When I make mashed potatoes I keep the skins on. Looking up paring knife, it is a knife. When taking the skin off a cucumber, I use a vegetable peeler. And I would use that on a potato too. Therefore, peeling tool.

[chiver78]

Dec 3, 2023 18:53:35 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Dec 3, 2023 18:39:37 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

I didn't click the link, but "peeling tool" ?? it's called a paring knife. 

I don't peel potatoes. When I make mashed potatoes I keep the skins on. Looking up paring knife, it is a knife. When taking the skin off a cucumber, I use a vegetable peeler. And I would use that on a potato too. Therefore, peeling tool.

a paring knife is definitely a small knife, yes. I don't peel cukes often, but when I do it's after I've already chopped a good sized chunk, and I just use the chef's knife when the chunk is on its side. 

I'm actually a little surprised that this didn't ring a bell for you, from a childhood novel that I read in school....I'd have figured you did as well - The Great Brain, by John D Fitzgerald. one of the stories told was how the title character 'bought' help in completing his punishment at boarding school - peeling potatoes, and how they were found out - by the telltale marks on the hand from the paring knife. 

[Tennesseer]

Dec 3, 2023 19:10:03 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

Dec 3, 2023 18:53:35 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

I don't peel potatoes. When I make mashed potatoes I keep the skins on. Looking up paring knife, it is a knife. When taking the skin off a cucumber, I use a vegetable peeler. And I would use that on a potato too. Therefore, peeling tool.

a paring knife is definitely a small knife, yes. I don't peel cukes often, but when I do it's after I've already chopped a good sized chunk, and I just use the chef's knife when the chunk is on its side. 

I'm actually a little surprised that this didn't ring a bell for you, from a childhood novel that I read in school....I'd have figured you did as well - The Great Brain, by John D Fitzgerald. one of the stories told was how the title character 'bought' help in completing his punishment at boarding school - peeling potatoes, and how they were found out - by the telltale marks on the hand from the paring knife. 

looked up the book. Looks like I was a senior in high school (or a bit older) when first published. Not required reading in senior year. We young men at least were more worried about being drafted and dying for nothing in the Vietnam war than paring/peeling potatoes.

[chiver78]

Dec 3, 2023 20:16:38 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Dec 3, 2023 19:10:03 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

a paring knife is definitely a small knife, yes. I don't peel cukes often, but when I do it's after I've already chopped a good sized chunk, and I just use the chef's knife when the chunk is on its side. 

I'm actually a little surprised that this didn't ring a bell for you, from a childhood novel that I read in school....I'd have figured you did as well - The Great Brain, by John D Fitzgerald. one of the stories told was how the title character 'bought' help in completing his punishment at boarding school - peeling potatoes, and how they were found out - by the telltale marks on the hand from the paring knife. 

looked up the book. Looks like I was a senior in high school (or a bit older) when first published. Not required reading in senior year. We young men at least were more worried about being drafted and dying for nothing in the Vietnam war than paring/peeling potatoes.

ah, shit. you're that much older than I am. my bad. I didn't realize it was published that late, the stories were set quite early 1900s.