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Like, I get comments from people telling me it's weird I always try to peel potatoes like I am trying to make the worlds longest 1-piece potato peel. To me it feels way for efficient and fun to continu down a potato in 1 peel, while circling around it, instead of randomly scraping a hundred different pieces of peel off and having to reintroduce the cutter knife to the potato for every piece.

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[–] pisstoria@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

I kinda don't see the point of peeling that kind of potato. I get them entirely because of the thin skin and would just the bigger thicker skinned ones if I minded the skin.

I've sometimes just scrubbed off the skin with some steel wool like stuff though.

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You can heat them, then rapidly cool them in cold water and the Peel will slip right off.

Might not be the most energy efficient way.

[–] ShadowRam@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you can understand the accent, this is the best way to peel potato's,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drVqGhjI558

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[–] czech@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Boil them with the skin on and use the back of a small knife to easily remove the skin after. This is how we'd make mashed potatoes where I once worked.

[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don’t. That is a thin skinned potato.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Pic isn't mine. First search engine result of a potato with my favorite kind of peeler. I buy the same thin skinned potatoes tho :)

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If efficiency is the goal, spiral is good. If speed is the goal, rapid cuts are best. If both speed and efficiency are the goal, go mechanized.

[–] roastgoat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If I need to peel a potato, I go around the flat sides in a single motion and then 3 or 4 peels on each flat side to take the rest off. Mostly just keep the skin on.

[–] rich@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Man I love potato skin

If I peel potato skins, I usually keep them to make a vegetable stock.

[–] MicrosoftSam@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I rest one side of the potato on a cutting board and then work my way around it with a peeler (from top to bottom). Afterwards I do the edges separately. Takes about 15-20 seconds per potato.

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