What's the most efficient way for peeling potatoes by hand?

freebee@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 231 points –

Like, I get comments from people telling me it's weird I always try to peel potatoes like I am trying to make the worlds longest 1-piece potato peel. To me it feels way for efficient and fun to continu down a potato in 1 peel, while circling around it, instead of randomly scraping a hundred different pieces of peel off and having to reintroduce the cutter knife to the potato for every piece.

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Given that the skin has up to 12 times the nutrients of the entire potato it covers I personally stopped peeling my potatoes in most situations. It also adds a great crispy texture when you're roasting or frying. With that said, you do you when peeling. If it's cathartic to peel it all in one piece go for it. Or you can cut the potato in half and simply use a knife to trim the skin off like a sweet potato.

That's not true. For a potato, about half the total fiber is found in the skin. No other nutrients are drastically reduced.

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You should NOT do this with Potatoes. Their skin contains Solanine, which is a nightshade toxin.

Other veggies and fruits yes, but not potatoes. Other nightshades like Tomatoes and Pepper are way different.

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Rather peel, peel is gross. I prefer simply boiled and salted, without skin.

Yeah, except for mashed potatoes the skin stays on.

Nope, skin stays in for mashed as well. Mashed red potatoes with skins, a few lumps & loads of roasted garlic!

Worth mentioning that different types of potatoes have more and less pleasant skins to eat, so it depends

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