Easy Unique Way to Boil and Peel Potatoes
"Posted for my mom who has terrible arthritis in her fingers. This makes it so much easier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4W0qIPJmoo&feature=player_embedded"
photo by breezermom
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Serves:
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1
ingredients
- idaho potato (any quantity or type desired)
- boiling water
directions
- Bring a pot with tight fitting lid of water to a rolling boil.
- To prepare the potatoes take a very sharp knife and score the potato entirely around the center. With a pair of cooking tongs, place the potatoes into the boiling water and cover with lid. Let simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Remove potatoes and place into a bowl filled with water and ice. Let them cool to the touch; just a few minutes. Holding the potato in both palms on either end, with thumbs pull away the skin from the center removing all from the potato in 2 pieces. Repeat for all potatoes.
Questions & Replies
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Do you have to boil them longer to mash them after you peel them? I'd like to try this out when I make mashed potatoes because of my arthritis so I just wanna make sure I have all the information
Reviews
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I did this with sweet potatoes- I cooked for 30 minutes to get the potatoes tender, then dropped in cold water and the skins pulled off completely and easily! This was a great way to prep sweet potatoes for my smashed sweet potatoes recipe.
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Just tried this for first time and I am impressed ! Worked great in just minutes. I boiled 9 whole potatoes after scoring them ,drained boiling water,put cold tap water and ice in same pot and peelings came off easy and fast ! I had read reviews and was skeptical but it worked great for me !
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I tried a couple of different kinds of potatoes, and they both worked well. I usually don't peel potatoes, so I won't use this much, but it really does work. Thanks for posting! Made for 123 tag. -
Bravo! I’ll never peel white potatoes again! Now if you can create a dice the potato method, I’ll do a handstand. Such a time and mess saver. I so appreciate. -
ok so I tried this and I'm here to say it does not work!!!! I am so very upset I do no suggest trying this @ all.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
gailanng
United States
I'm just me, mother, grandmother...friend to many and a Louisianian. My Cajun and French Quarter Italian descent afforded me exposure to some of the best of foods. My passions are my family, decorating, cooking and gardening. Those very passions push me into constant awareness with always looking for something new to delight the senses, thus my favorite idiom...Inspire me, puuuullllllleeeeeeease! ...and I mean it, too. God Bless America!
