Do potato peelers work?
 

My girlfriend wants me to get a higher end potato peeler see

The reviews on the thing are great but I'm skeptical that if the potato isn't a perfect shape it might have issues. Does anyone have experience with these things? As far as I'm concerned anything that gets her away from eating out of box meals and instead making fresh dishes is a big win.

Anyone have one?

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they work wonders on apples, dont imagine a potato would be much different.

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QFT; I'm wondering why I have never see one used on a potato. Size and shape are largely irrelevant as the blade is held against the fruit by a spring loaded elbow. With a small amount of practice you can accomplish the same effect by hand. Those machines are a better fit for peeling a large amount fruit where hand strength would seriously begin to falter over time.

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Cheaper and faster. http://www.fantes.com/peelers.html
http://www.fantes.com/images/4489peelers.jpg

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The trick to peeling potatoes faster is spearing the end of the potato with a fork. This makes a sturdy handle and you can then attack the potato with a good peeler like an Oxo without fear of flaying your fingers.

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For years I peeled potatoes by hand like a friggin' caveman and then I learned it's much easier to just hit them a couple times with the lawn mower.

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Now that's what I call excellent advice. Thanks

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My potato peeler's name is Kelly and she works very well. So well, in fact, that I rarely worry about peeling potatoes. I also sleep with my potato peeler. I suggest you also get yourself a good potato peeler.

Note.....calling her 'potatoe peeler' can cause a malfunction in the potatoe peeling process.

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The peelings of potatoes and apples are where the nutrients are! :confused_ma:

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i rarely peel a potato unless it has a green skin...just wash well and use them however...grated for hash browns, cubed for soups and stews...etc...

since this thread is under survival prep, it would seem wasteful to me to peel a potato under survival-like situations...

i believe in a survival-like situation there will be very little waste...we would collectively go back in time where nothing got thrown away, but saved just in case...every once in a while my roots show through from growing up monetarily poor and i wash and save glass jars from the store instinctively, and laugh to myself about it later...

inside my noggin lies a strange paradox...today, i have no problem buying expensive candles to burn in the house simply because i like them, but because i was once poor i catch myself washing and saving the glass containers they came in...too funny...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniont...1f26focus.html

The peel of the potato isn't a nutritional powerhouse; the vitamins, minerals and fiber come primarily from the flesh. The peel does, however, contain a small amount of iron and fiber, and it provides a good contrast to the smooth texture of the flesh. The peels' whole-food goodness puts them in a different league than a snack chip. There's absolutely nothing unsafe about eating potato peels, provided there is no greenish discoloration. I say this because potatoes can produce solanine, a bitter-tasting toxin that affects the nervous system. Solanine is produced when the potato is exposed to sunlight or allowed to sprout. It is most concentrated in the sprout, but it is also present in potatoes that have a greenish tint to the skin.

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I never peel a tater. The peel is the most nutritious part.

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I have one of the peelers in question.....I haven't tried it on a potato, but I don't think it would work all that well due to the irregular shapes of potatoes. Plus, I wouldn't bother to get the thing out for a small amount of potatoes or apples either.....the vegetable peeler shown above or a paring knife does a quicker job. Now, if you're peeling a bushel of apples, get it out.

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looks like the one i have. works fine for apples and pears, except sometimes the outside cutter gets clogged on a soft spot. never tried it on potatoes. i like fresh cut fries, not peeled, and the baking/boiling potatoes we grow are yukon golds that you can just eat the peel, even mashed.

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Hella funny!

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look at this one in action!!!! Too much money though.

http://www.lehmans.com/videos/applePeeler.html

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Anybody can make things complicated, there is an art to keeping things simple.

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I know someone who is in the management of the food supply chain for McDonald's, and he was told that the only reason for not peeling potatoes for things like french fries was that it was less cost. Nutritional benefits had no part in the decision, beyond confirming the fact that nobody was likely to die from eating it.

Also, skin-on fries taste awful--and even worse, the skin-on fries taint the oil so that any peeled fries done in the same oil taste like peels from then on.
Yuck.

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French fries are junk food, and the point of junk food is not to be nutritious, the point is the taste. If you don't eat the stuff very often, it doesn't need to be healthy.

-end-

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we have one that cores , peels and slices apples..It has worked well for years but I don't know it you want your potatoes sliced. The peeler on amazon looks sort of funny and didnt get great reviews. Check out the Pampered Chef. They have great quality products and the prices are fair.

https://www.pamperedchef.com/orderin...9&words=peeler

https://www.pamperedchef.com/orderin...PrntItmId=2430

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Peel a potato? BLASPHEMY!! :36_1_30: That's where all the vitamins and minerals are. Just wash it real good, or peel or cut away bad parts.

Brown rice is better than white rice cause it still has all it's vitamins and minerals

Whole wheat flour vs white flour

molassis vs white sugar

The list goes on and on

sb

PS I can see how a potato peeler might be necessary if the said spud has been sitting in a root callar all winter and looks like something a horse dropped.

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I bought a plastic "rotato" peeler at a thrift store for $2. I use it to remove kiwi skins. It works great. :)

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Others have posted pics of their potato peelers. Please post yours.

I read this post to my girlfriend, she said she was the best peeler I would ever have.

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I have 2 different ones , the one pictured and an older one .Bought both at a yard sale , the one pictured was brand new and the older one like used a few times . both work great and only cost me $5 for both . The one pictured is also sold at Cracker barrel restraunts , they had them on sale for @ $12 last time I was there , about a month ago. The older one is blue and clamps onto a table the other one is a suction cup , it does hold good though. I bought them to peel and slice apples to dry . They both do taters realy good too.I knew one person that took the skins and saved them for potato soup the next day .just a thought for no waste.

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Wife has it for apples,works well.

This is THE best peeler for potatoes:
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/b...wisspeeler.jpg



For some reason it just works much better than the type already posted...

And trust me, I peel a lot of potatoes....

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Yeah, I get all my nutritional information from McDonalds. :rofl:

Sears has good health information too. Oh, and WalMart.

No offense, just ribbing you!

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Hehe, McD's probably have the best nutritional advice there is - they just don't practice it. When you sell that amount of food and are blamed for making the world obese, you employ a lot of experts, then ignore everything they say.

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They will if they have to, but they'd much rather draw unemployment.:bear_tongue:

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Remove the eyes and cut the skin all the way around. Drop the spud into boiling water for a few seconds. Twist the ends in opposite directions and the peel slides off.

But I really prefer potatoes with skins on.

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Exactly. It's for production....

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Damn fine peeler.......

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Thanks for the picture. I bet you will get many years of service from your peeler.

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Why would you want to peel potatoes??