Top tip for peeling potatoes......

[YorkieBard]

Although most of you will know about this - I thought I'd share, as it's made cooking so much easier for me.

It's not about a gadget - it's about the potatoes.

I have large hands (shovels more like) and so have always struggled with the task - even before I developed RA.

Is it me, or have potatoes recently got smaller?

Well logic & I put our heads together & solved the problem. They cost a few pennies more but baking potatoes are worth it.

I can hold them without too much finger bending or pressure & there is enough skin for me to wield the peeler at, without any danger to my skin. They mash & roast beautifully.

No more buying mash or tinned potatoes for my wife, (logic is her middle name) or me, I am a born again peeler!

I have an extra free tip as well - Never, ever eat yellow snow!!!

[medway-lady]

I buy and grow Lamorna harvested in October we’ve still got half a bag in store. A better tip is always buy dirty potatoes as they don’t go rotten or get eyes provided stored cold and dry.

[WilfDog in reply to medway-lady]

I bet they taste amazing Medway-lady! A great tip about buying dirty potatoes. Xx

[springcross]

That's a good tip YorkieBard. As for the yellow snow, I never would!!! Yuk!! 😆

[whitedog]

As a total non-cooking type the only potatoes I ever buy are baking ones or sweet ones that I can just prod and stick in the oven.

Even boiling rice does my head in - pack of Tilda basmati pilau in the microwave for 2 mins far easier and less likely to get burnt because I wandered off and forgot about it...

[Lolabridge]

I usually cook mine with the skins on wherever possible to retain the most vitamins: either the large ones baked in the oven or small ones steamed or boiled on the hob. I’m not a great fan of mash but love new potatoes crushed with butter or olive oil on them. That solves the peeling problem for me!!

[wilbertjellyfish]

I find roosters (red ones ) are good but the size varies in the bag. I do have an industrial peeler but it's currently out of action. I need to get it fixed.

[Ali_H]

my approach to peeling potatoes is…. Don’t bother, scrub them down instead! 🤗

[CinnamonRose in reply to Ali_H]

I don't even scrub them, a quick wash and a few slashes at an angle for baked or boil tiny ones just as they are🙂

[Popinjay]

you can also microwave them for 10 min Wrap them in wet kitchen towel Microwave 10 or 15 min depending on the size then cut in half scoop the potato out and mash with a little butter and milk

[CinnamonRose in reply to Popinjay]

Hadn't thought of that brilliant!!

[Peptink]

Great advice! 🥔

[DJK99]

Hi YorkieBard.

Well, the easiest thing would be.. not to peel them. I don't anyway, whether mashing, roasting (not that I eat that sort of thing as dreadful for my poor GI tract and guts issues, non existent pancreas.. but even if I did), in stews etc.. you name it - because, like all vegetables generally, all the goodness is in the skin.. Everything tastes much better too.. like potatoes.

I do give carrots a scrape if eating them raw, but if in a multi veg/bone broth soup(best thing I discovered last year for my guts and bones.. along with fresh turmeric, ginger, adding a splash of Apple cider vinegar with "the mother", splash of lemon juice, mixed herbs, with black pepper and.. cayenne pepper... amazing change to my guts and should be helping with the pain.. although sadly it's a tough call as so bad systemically!

And thanks for the tip re the snow... heheheh. Mind boggles...

D

[GranAmie]

Thank you for a much needed laugh!! I'm a decade+ older than you and gave up on using peelers yonks ago. I just rinse and hold the potatoes on end, then cut down the sides, rather like slicing from a vertical rotisserie... This way hardly uses any thumb pressure - mine no longer work for me.

[Thegreywitch]

I'm glad you have solved the problem. Might I suggest oxo peelers, these are the only ones I've been able to use for years. They have a chunky grip and don't slip in your hand.

[YorkieBard in reply to Thegreywitch]

Thanks Thegreywitch but been there, done it and got the oxo peeler T-shirt!

They are excellent. I would use Oxo cubes as well but I have coeliac disease.

[Happy5]

Love it , agree Baking potatoes is the way to go.