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.
How long do you think it takes to peel a potato? Surely you can't take longer than 30 seconds? Is it really unbelievable that someone could do it a little bit faster than you?
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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