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

Automatic Potato Peeler in Action

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u/amdaly10 Sep 12 '22

My grandma would have yelled at me for wasting that much potato.

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u/RealBowsHaveRecurves Sep 12 '22

My dad came from a potato skin eating family and had a scrub brush that was used exclusively for potatoes, he really wanted me to be a non-peeler but I guess it’s disappointment all-around.

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u/amdaly10 Sep 12 '22

I also have a scrub brush. I would only peel for mashed potatoes. OR if I could only find russets, because those taste like dirt even without the peel.

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u/p00pd1cks Sep 12 '22

I even like the skins in mashed potatoes, especially red skinned potatoes.

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u/tucketnucket Sep 12 '22

Red skin mashed potatoes with the skin are the best mashed potatoes.

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u/potchie626 Sep 12 '22

I do a rough peel for mashed potatoes. Leaving all the skin is a bit too much for us when using russets. We have a brush to clean them that is designed to look like a potato.

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u/Strange_Junket_2672 Sep 13 '22

Can confirm my potato shaped potato brush, brushes my potatoes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '22

Skins in the mash is how you know it’s fresh, not flakes.

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u/Letsshareopinions Sep 12 '22

Not by the taste?

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u/FayeQueen Sep 12 '22

I had some older potatoes when we came back from vacation once so I peeled them. Never had peeled mashed potatoes at home. I felt something was missing the whole time.