Re: ~How to peel a potato in 5 seconds~ And why di... - Page 2

Preds · ‎12-17-2012

On 3/24/2014 croemer said:
On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
My next door neighbor in Australia is a sweet old man from Ireland who taught me this trick. He came over to my house when I moved in and brought me potato salad (the BEST I HAVE EVER HAD) and a bottle of whiskey to introduce himself. A couple weeks later I invited him over for dinner if he would make the potato salad in front of me so I could see what he did to make it taste so great. This is how he peeled the potatoes.

Well you could have shared with US!

Neat idea .... invite friends over and have them prepare the meal. Love it! LOL

Fate whispers to her, "You cannot withstand the storm." She whispers back, "I am the storm."

croemer · ‎03-10-2010

On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 3/24/2014 croemer said:
On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
My next door neighbor in Australia is a sweet old man from Ireland who taught me this trick. He came over to my house when I moved in and brought me potato salad (the BEST I HAVE EVER HAD) and a bottle of whiskey to introduce himself. A couple weeks later I invited him over for dinner if he would make the potato salad in front of me so I could see what he did to make it taste so great. This is how he peeled the potatoes.

Well you could have shared with US!

I am going through my recipes now!!

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Cakers1 · ‎03-09-2010

croemer: What a neat trick! I know you can do that with those little pearl onions - just boil with skin on and then give them a little squeeze - the onion pops right out. I don't even use the ice bath for those.

And of course smashing a garlic clove instantly ""peels"" it.

Thanks for the tip!

croemer · ‎03-10-2010

On 3/24/2014 Predsfan said:
On 3/24/2014 croemer said:
On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
My next door neighbor in Australia is a sweet old man from Ireland who taught me this trick. He came over to my house when I moved in and brought me potato salad (the BEST I HAVE EVER HAD) and a bottle of whiskey to introduce himself. A couple weeks later I invited him over for dinner if he would make the potato salad in front of me so I could see what he did to make it taste so great. This is how he peeled the potatoes.

Well you could have shared with US!

Neat idea .... invite friends over and have them prepare the meal. Love it! LOL

Yeah...that Irsh is one smart woman.

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Irshgrl31201 · ‎03-18-2010

On 3/24/2014 Predsfan said:
On 3/24/2014 croemer said:
On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
My next door neighbor in Australia is a sweet old man from Ireland who taught me this trick. He came over to my house when I moved in and brought me potato salad (the BEST I HAVE EVER HAD) and a bottle of whiskey to introduce himself. A couple weeks later I invited him over for dinner if he would make the potato salad in front of me so I could see what he did to make it taste so great. This is how he peeled the potatoes.

Well you could have shared with US! ${#emotions_dlg.mad}$

Neat idea .... invite friends over and have them prepare the meal. Love it! LOL

LOL!! Well, I don't normally do that but he doesn't measure anything and could only tell me the ingredients so I had to watch him make it so I had an idea of how much of each ingredient that went in. He polished off a half a bottle of Bushmills while we were cooking so hopefully he was alright with it!!

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croemer · ‎03-10-2010

On 3/24/2014 Cakers1 said:
croemer: What a neat trick! I know you can do that with those little pearl onions - just boil with skin on and then give them a little squeeze - the onion pops right out. I don't even use the ice bath for those.

And of course smashing a garlic clove instantly ""peels"" it.

Thanks for the tip!

You're welcome everybody! I can't wait to try it myself.

As one poster said I usually eat the sin when I bake a potato but this will really make quick work of potato salad.

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Irshgrl31201 · ‎03-18-2010

Croemer, I thought I had the recipe on file on my computer (I am at work) but I don't. I will post it when I get home today. I love it and hope you will too.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
JFK

Preds · ‎12-17-2012

On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
On 3/24/2014 Predsfan said:
On 3/24/2014 croemer said:
On 3/24/2014 Irshgrl31201 said:
My next door neighbor in Australia is a sweet old man from Ireland who taught me this trick. He came over to my house when I moved in and brought me potato salad (the BEST I HAVE EVER HAD) and a bottle of whiskey to introduce himself. A couple weeks later I invited him over for dinner if he would make the potato salad in front of me so I could see what he did to make it taste so great. This is how he peeled the potatoes.

Well you could have shared with US! ${#emotions_dlg.mad}$

Neat idea .... invite friends over and have them prepare the meal. Love it! LOL

LOL!! Well, I don't normally do that but he doesn't measure anything and could only tell me the ingredients so I had to watch him make it so I had an idea of how much of each ingredient that went in. He polished off a half a bottle of Bushmills while we were cooking so hopefully he was alright with it!!

He cooks like I do. Measure .... what measure? *hiccup* ${#emotions_dlg.laugh}$

Fate whispers to her, "You cannot withstand the storm." She whispers back, "I am the storm."

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

Does anyone know if you have to do them one at a time or can you dump the whole bunch into the ice bath?

kdgn · ‎03-09-2010

On 3/24/2014 beammeupscottie said:
So cool! I wonder if you take all the potatoes at once from the boiling water to the ice bath or have to do them one at a time?

Since the video says to leave the potato in the ice bath for 5 seconds I would think leaving a bunch in longer would make the skins soggy? Lower the temperature of the ice water?

I don't boil a lot of potatoes at once for potato salad so this method would work for me.

Maybe you could be ""peeling"" one potato as another one is in the bath. Production-line style.