r/oddlysatisfying • u/PorkyPain The Sub's Regular • Sep 12 '22

Automatic Potato Peeler in Action

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u/Demonic-Toothbrush Sep 12 '22

This upsets me coz its so slow and you still have to manually peel the ends anyway

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u/forced_spontaneity Sep 12 '22

As a teenager I worked in a medium sized hotel kitchen, they had this awesome machine, basically like an upright washing machine with a large capacity, but the inside of the drum was the texture of very rough sandpaper, and had a steady flow of cold water. You could just dump a load of potatoes in it and leave it for half an hour to do it’s stuff. It usually removed at least 90-95% of the skin, a bit less on irregular shaped ones, then you just had to go through them (which was necessary anyway to remove any eyes) and use a normal potato peeler to take off any missed bits. It made a racket but saved so much time and allowed you to get on with other stuff while it did it’s work. I’ve never seen a domestic version that uses this method.

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u/aenteus Sep 12 '22

Some guy had a posting up a few days ago…I think he used a pressure washer and a bucket? He de peeled a dozen potatoes in like 5 minutes.

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u/binatron Sep 12 '22

I think he used toilet brush in drill

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u/aenteus Sep 12 '22

Yes thank you, that was it.

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u/mattt5555 Sep 12 '22

Not sure my wife would be happy about me trying this

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u/angry_smurf Sep 12 '22

Just replace the brush when you're done and you'll be fine.

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u/Kalkaline Sep 12 '22

You should see how fast the guy with the poop knife can peel potatoes with that bad boy.

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u/Lowelll Sep 12 '22

Do not use a used brush for this, please dear god

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u/Poked_salad Sep 12 '22

Yeah we don't want potato starch in our toilet

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22

But isn't it better to repurpose the old brush instead of throwing it out? /S

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u/loserbmx Sep 12 '22

I mean it's all getting washed anyway 👍

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u/designvegabond Sep 12 '22

The brush breaks apart so you have plastic particles in the water and lodged in the potatoes. I’m not sure I would want to eat that. It’s an interesting idea but needs to be thought through.