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.

  • Thaolin@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    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.

    • Heikki@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

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

      Source

  • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Hey OP, I haven't read through the entire thread yet but I have a couple of suggestions. Fancy cocktails are a hobby of mine and a high quality peeler is essential for pulling thin, delicate strands of citrus zest for garnishes. The OXO Good Grips Y Peeler is a fairly popular one. With the added benefit of being able to replace the blades when they go dull. They also make a swivel peeler (the one in your picture) if you prefer that. My personal favorite is the Viski y peeler.

    There's also channel knives, they're made to specifically cut continuous long, thin strips of citrus zest so you may find those pretty fun to use on your potatoes. With a little practice, you could probably peel an entire potato without stopping once. Like peelers you have a couple of options. The Triangle knives are good. You would use them in a similar way to Y-peelers. I'm not sure what the form factor for these are called but they're used in a similar way to the peeler in your picture.

    Lastly, if you'd like a very quick (efficient) way of peeling them, you could always use an apple peeler. I can guarantee those will peel anything quicker than you could do by hand. And they're kinda fun to play with too

    And a tip: pull the potato, not the peeler. Use your had with the peeler as leverage, but keep it still and use your hand with the potato to move it through the blade.

    • mycatiskai@lemmy.one
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      10 months ago

      The Y peelers or as they were called in the kitchen I worked in "the lady's shaver" are great because you can cut on the back and forward motion.

      Carrots, potatoes, cucumber all peeled superfast by peeling back and forth instead of only one direction.

    • freebee@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      this is the quality dedicated response i'm looking for haha.

      I've considered before getting something like the apple peeler, but my girlfriend was like no it's just a gimmick we don't really need it, it will just clutter up the kitchen or get forgotten about in a closet. Guess I know what I want for christmas!

      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        Lol everyone's got their thing! I've wanted an apple peeler for a while too but I don't have much use for it. If you want something smaller and af a lower price point I really think you'd enjoy a channel knife. Once you get good with them you'll be peeling entire potatoes in one shot

      • oatscoop@midwest.social
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        10 months ago

        I bake with and can a lot apples -- an apple peeler is the fastest way to peel, core, and slice an apple.

        It just comes down to having the space and "need" to justify buying one.

  • mayonaise_met@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    Bucket of water with potatoes and a drill with a toilet brush for a drill bit.

    https://youtu.be/WaUoIS10dvA?si=I8U2LRj3Np0AvBPs

  • pisstoria [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    I kinda don't see the point of peeling that kind of potato. I get them entirely because of the thin skin and would just the bigger thicker skinned ones if I minded the skin.

    I've sometimes just scrubbed off the skin with some steel wool like stuff though.

  • treadful@lemmy.zip
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    10 months ago

    I want to know more about the peeler in the photo. I've never seen anything like that.

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I use a weed eater. Aka a string trimmer. It mostly just saws the potatoes in half unless I keep it moving. That’s what makes it efficient. The only inefficient part is meticulously placing thousands of potatoes on the floor with their non-peeled side facing up. I use my Spot robot for that, in the second garage. Spot lets me know when it’s time for another mass peeling.

    I’d let Spot just carve the potatoes himself with a little paring knife but we all know where that goes. 🤨

  • krayj@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I don't normally peel my potatoes, but when I do, I use the peeler like I'm whittling a piece of wood.

    But peeling oranges...I do the same thing you try to do with potatoes: I try to get the peel off in one single long spiraling piece.

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  • rich@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    Man I love potato skin

    If I peel potato skins, I usually keep them to make a vegetable stock.