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By: Vone

Vone — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:42:05 +0000

It looks pretty cool – but I just keep the skins on, for everything; mashed potatoes, potatoe salad, roasted potatoes. It’s part lazy and past tasty and I’m sure there are good nutrients and stuff in the peel.

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By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:56:46 +0000

I can’t believe how fantastic MaryAnn looks!

For Alicia who says it is wasteful to boil the potato for 15 minutes, don’t forget that you are also cooking the potato! If you were going to boil the potato anyway then you are not wasting anything. I often do it this way when making potato salad. I cook until the potato is done (15-20 minutes) then take them out and let them cool a bit the pull the peels off. I actually think the potato tastes better when cooked in the peel! Don’t forget to salt the water generously!

If you like eggs in your potato salad, you can also boil the eggs right with the potatoes.

There are no extra dirty dishes involved either. You would use a pot anyway to cook your potatoes and if you use an ice bath, the bowl isn’t dirty, just rinse it out and put it in the drainer. I never use an ice bath though, I just let them cool a bit until I can stand to touch them!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:22:28 +0000

Does this work with Sweet potatoes or yams, I wonder? Those are so hard to peel!

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By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:12:30 +0000

I’ve seen this before, and it is neat, but it’s SO wasteful! Using water JUST to peel them, then the electricity or gas for boiling it for 15 minutes. Plus as Mary above commented, now extra dirty dishes. It’s insane. I’d rather exert an absolutely minuscule amount of energy, and just peel them. I could have them peeled, diced, the peeler washed dried and put away, and the potatoes in the recipe in that 15 minutes.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:04:34 +0000

wow that’s cool!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:30:20 +0000

I feel embarassed that as an Idaho girl I didn’t already know this trick! Idaho potatoes rock!

By: LaQuita

LaQuita — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:09:39 +0000

That was awesome. I’ll have to try that the next time I’m making mash potatoes! Thanks for the great find.

By: dymphna

dymphna — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:43:41 +0000

That Really is Cool….shared this link on my blog

Thanks
http://deefna.blogspot.com/2010/01/cool-way-to-peel-potato.html#links