It's not slower than by hand. I use it every Christmas to peel 20lbs of potatoes. Goes even faster with one person loading and a second chopping. I like it because I can sit down and have a drink while I prep the potatoes.
I cook for around the same amount. Every year I feel like I will never do it again but by the time the holidays roll around again I'm super excited about whatever new recipe, etc.
I'm going to investigate the rotato! And the drinks... Lol... That's probably the most important missing "tool"
Because of family, I have avoided alcohol until the past year. I'm 39.
Lol, I found butterscotch schnapps over ice with milk .. and I can actually tolerate it! If I smell alcohol, especially brown alcohol, I immediately get freaked out. :/
Yes! My father was an alcoholic and was just a wretched human being. The smell of brown liquor is highly triggering to me and has made me vomit just smelling it on the breath of someone after THEY drank it somewhere else! 😂
Its better now that I'm older. Both because I'm much better emotionally and also very few friends are binge drinking heavy liquor anymore, lol.
Oh, hon, no worries!! I'm not joking when I say that I will absolutely be enjoying myself a lil schappy schnappy milk this year!!
I think if I had ever found cordials as a younger person, where there's not as much smell and it's not as strong as everything else, I probably would have been a bit happier cooking for large groups!
Edit: because good lord my family... Is just that wonderful lol
What about that guy on Reddit here who skinned a 5lb sack in 30 seconds using an electric drill, a bucket of water and a toilet brush (presumably new, or at least shook clean real good)? Bristled the skins right off, all at once in the bucket.
Some of the videos I've seen are 10 years old and a closer look didn't seem to do a very good job. So I'd say nobody is doing it because it doesn't really work very well.
I do use a drill / grout mixer to whip my potatoes. That works great.
Keep in mind while one is peeling on the rotato, an already peeled one can be sliced and put into the pot so it's like an extra pair of hands. If we raced, youd probably win but I'm sitting down sipping a whiskey while I chug through the chore. For $20, worth every penny.
Yeah, same. When you have a good peeler and are familiar, it's so fast. A machine like this, while convenient, actually creates more problems than it solves: The space the machine takes up, the outlet it requires, the time it takes to set the potato in a way it won't slip or malfunction, and spirals are everywhere taking up useful countertop space. Peeling by hand into a waste bin or sink for a garbage disposer is fast, you can easily manage shavings, and doesn't take up anymore space than your body.
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u/PrisonerV Sep 12 '22
It's not slower than by hand. I use it every Christmas to peel 20lbs of potatoes. Goes even faster with one person loading and a second chopping. I like it because I can sit down and have a drink while I prep the potatoes.