With All The French Fries Made DAily In The U.S. Ever Wonder How They Get Peeled?

fmdog44

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Watched a Food Network show on fast food restaurants and saw how millions of potatoes are peeled daily. Large white potatoes are on a conveyor belt and steam leaned then are pressurized with steam blowing the skins off the potatoes. I am always intrigued on how such things are done on such a massive scale.
 

An old fish fry in town still uses one of these Hobart Rumbler potato peelers.

It's sort of like a washing machine that whirls the potatoes around in water while sanding off the skins with an abrasive pad inside of the machine.

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I never peel potatoes, just give them a good scrub. The peels are the best part. Even in mashed potatoes the peels add a little bit of crunch and extra flavor.

There have been some interesting peeling methods, though. I remember years and years ago, maybe back in the 70's or 80's, they sold these rubber gloves that had abrasive palm surfaces. You just held the potato or carrot or ...… under running water and rubbed the vegetable between your hands. Worked pitifully. How do I know? You guessed it......I was such a sucker for gadgets back then.
 
[h=2]With All The French Fries Made DAily In The U.S. Ever Wonder How They Get Peeled?[/h]In 1953 the scraps from making all of those French fries became Tater Tots thanks to the creative founders of Ore Ida, Golden Grigg and F Nephi Grigg.

Ya gotta admire anyone that knows how to turn garbage into gold!




 


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