How Do You Peel Potatoes?

[Lee]

Do you use a knife or a potato peeler? To me the knife is quicker, you can poke the eyes out at the same time.

But I do use a potato peeler to do carrots, unless someone has a better way.

 

[Pinky]

Peeler, all the way! .. and it has a point on it for poking out the eyes of the potatoes.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Do you use a knife or a potato peeler? To me the knife is quicker, you can poke the eyes out at the same time.

But I do use a potato peeler to do carrots, unless someone has a better way.

Paring knife for me.

Potato peeler when doing carrots, though if carrots wash-up well, I sometimes forego peeling them depending on what kind of recipe I'm using them for.

 

[timoc]

I just say, "Darling, would you peel some spuds!"

 

[JonDouglas]

Peeler.

 

[Chet]

How do I peel potatoes? Grudgingly since I live alone and do my own cooking. Damn potatoes!

 

[MarciKS]

Do you use a knife or a potato peeler? To me the knife is quicker, you can poke the eyes out at the same time.

But I do use a potato peeler to do carrots, unless someone has a better way.

I use a knife. I also use the knife on the carrots too. I take my paring knife and scrape it down the carrot with away from me.

 

[jujube]

I don't. Everything i do with potatoes (including mashed) is done with the peels on. That's the best part of the potato.

 

[Lee]

Peeler, all the way! .. and it has a point on it for poking out the eyes of the potatoes.

All these years and I am ashamed to admit that I never thought about the end of the peeler. Shame on me. Maybe a try your way.

 

[MarciKS]

i find the peeler to be more time consuming & a pain because you gotta stop & get the peel out of the slot all the time.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I don't. Everything i do with potatoes (including mashed) is done with the peels on. That's the best part of the potato.

Peels on whenever I prepare baby potatoes, but as for thicker skinned russet potatoes, off the peel comes, unless I'm baking them.

 

[MarciKS]

One time our supermarket had these giant bakers on sale. I got one and that was the dryest potato I'd ever had. Couldn't even swallow it hardly. You guys ever get any of those?

 

[Pinky]

One time our supermarket had these giant bakers on sale. I got one and that was the dryest potato I'd ever had. Couldn't even swallow it hardly. You guys ever get any of those?

Yup!

 

[Lee]

One time our supermarket had these giant bakers on sale. I got one and that was the dryest potato I'd ever had. Couldn't even swallow it hardly. You guys ever get any of those?

Are those the Idaho Potatoes you are talking about? Not a fan either, but loaded with sour cream helps it slide down.

I like yellow potatoes.

 

[Liberty]

Do you use a knife or a potato peeler? To me the knife is quicker, you can poke the eyes out at the same time.

But I do use a potato peeler to do carrots, unless someone has a better way.

Don't use either one...cut in half and boil the potatoes, cool them and then just lift off the skin...it comes right off.
For fried potatoes, I leave the skins on. For mashed, or smashed, or potato salad I boil the potatoes first.

 

[Glowworm]

Same here, boil with the peel on then just lift off the skin afterwards.

 

[Jondalar7]

When I was about 11 there was a winter we had very little to eat and no extra for snacks. I had two little sisters and myself that wanted after school snacks. We had plenty of potatoes so I would peel the potatoes with a paring knife and let the peeling be extra thick. I fried the skins for our snack and we had potatoes for dinner every night.

 

[Jeweltea]

I very seldom peel them. I like the small, potatoes with the thin skins and just leave them on. However, when I do peel them, I use a peeler.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I use a peeler similar to this one on raw potatoes.

When I make potato salad I usually cook the potatoes with the skin on and peel/scrape the skins off with a paring knife while they are still hot.

 

[Gaer]

paring knofe. i've never used a potato peeler.

 

[charry]

With a small knife , but always hack them to look like peas

 

[dobielvr]

I use a knife. I also use the knife on the carrots too. I take my paring knife and scrape it down the carrot with away from me.

Me too...the knife on the carrots.
Peeler for the potatoes.

 

[Jules]

In prime season, potatoes & carrots aren’t peeled.

It took me ages to realize that my peeler wasn’t working well because it was dull. Well duh, $5 well spent.

I use my peeler to create carrot slivers for salads. When the core becomes too thin, I chop it up for soup.

 

[win231]

I don't. Everything i do with potatoes (including mashed) is done with the peels on. That's the best part of the potato.

Me, neither. Most of the nutrition is in the peel. Also, most of the fiber.
When baking potatoes, I wrap them in foil; that makes the peel soft & easy to eat.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I use a peeler for potatoes . I love the skins on a baked potato, I usually give my hubby the insides and I eat his skins loaded with butter and sour cream.. I noticed when we go to a restaurants and I order mashed potatoes they come with the skins mixed in. I wonder if they are getting lazy or is it the "in" thing to do? I like my mashed potatoes smooth and creamy, so now I ask before I order.
I'm not sure how well they scrub potatoes in a restaurant so if I get a baked potato I don't eat the skins.
I scrape carrots but have used the peeler on the tough part of asparagus, broccoli or the tough outer stalks of celery.