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Peeling potatoes in one fell swoop

I hate peeling potatoes… but damn do I love mashed potatoes. I need to practice this skill in order enjoy my potatoes with less work.


  • http://rbenson.wordpress.com ryanB

    They have funky shaped potatoes in my opinion

  • R031E5

    ZOMG!!! Amazing!! That’s to save me lots of time!

  • Crateman

    Must try it.

  • http://5thirtyone.com Derek

    do try… i don’t have any potatoes to try with.

  • http://jump4jay.com Jay

    Funky shaped potatoes? How are yours shaped? look normal to me.

  • chris

    so boil it for a few min, then put in ice cold water for like 10 sec?

  • Brice

    I wish my potatoes mad that sound when I peeled them.

  • http://ikonq.com ikonQ

    1. Cut fine line in the skin.
    2. Heat up the potatoes
    3. Put in Ice Cold Water for 10 Seconds
    4. Retreive and Peel

  • http://5thirtyone.com Derek

    brice: lookslike ikonQ has the steps laid out. i have no recollection of my japanese classes and could not read the video captions.

    everything makes sense though. slit the potato. boil, then dunk in ice cold water.. follow that with a gentle twist and pull to slide the skin off. a friend of mine said that there is a similar method for defeathering chickens (which i am not at all rushing to see).

  • Dylan

    It Works! Although I did not cut the line in before boiling, but after, but the method works, would anyone care to see a vid?

  • Justin

    That’s groovy. I gotta try that. and yes, Dylan–love to see you video :)

  • http://5thirtyone.com Derek

    dylan let me know if you have a video.. i can post a “reader proved this method works” clip in this post ;)

  • Dylan

    Though mine didn’t work as well as in the vid, but it was my second time trying it, and it worked pretty well. I’ll email it over, Just a sec . . .

  • http://5thirtyone.com Derek

    posted… thanks dylan.

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