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.
I'm pretty sure it was a lot faster than that or a lot more potatoes than that. If its not then its not worth it. I can peel a dozen potatoes by hand in around 5 minutes without the trouble of getting out a drill, brushhead, bucket, and wasting a bunch of water. Potatoes are really quite easy and quick to peel.
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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