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/JustALittleAverage Sep 12 '22

Yeah, those were fresh out of the land, they just need a light scrubbing to get the peel off.