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[Moonlady]

Very interesting. I've done something similar with tomatoes, but never thought to do it with potatoes!

[DREAMON]

I have to try that.

[kittykatkay]

CROEMER....first you talk about canned soup; now you're talking about peeling potatoes....what's next, catching you with chocolate cake in your mouth, uh huh!

[dkh]

great trick! thanks for sharing!!

[MickD]

I am waiting for Irshgrl's potato salad recipe !

[Jannabelle]

On 3/25/2014 croemer said:

I also found these comments below the 5 second tape:

I boil mine until soft, works pretty good.

another:

I use this method all the time for sweet potatoes. I cook them 3/4 done, slip the skins off and candy them for a holiday dinner. White potatoes would be okay for frying if you cooked them only enough to loosen the skin. I would NOT want to try to mash any this way though. I like my mashed potatoes light and fluffy. My mother used to do white potatoes this way for her hot potato salad.

Hmm I found this too for boiled eggs:

I also use this concept to peel boiled eggs. Pour the boiling water off of the eggs and rattle the eggs until they crack. Fill the pot of boiled cracked eggs with cold water and let stand for several seconds. The shell will slide right off.

Awesome, must try that, I don't like when eggs stick to the shell, when making stuffed eggs.

[azterry!]

Hey, where's that potato salad recipe, Irsh?

I love a good recipe for potato salad.

[mgm2]

On 3/25/2014 azterry! said:

Hey, where's that potato salad recipe, Irsh?

I love a good recipe for potato salad.

I want to know too. I wonder if it's anything like my mothers recipe?

[Irshgrl31201]

Sorry ladies! I forgot to put it on here last night. I am typing it out now.

[croemer]

On 3/25/2014 kdgn said:

Thanks lovescats! I appreciate that-

Croemer, to make hard boiled eggs easier to peel I do essentially what you posted minus the cracking of the egg shells. I boil them, dump the water out and then let very cold water run over them. Once the pan has cooled from the water, I let the eggs sit in cold water for several minutes. I take them out, dry them off, put them in a container and into the fridge they go. Once cold, they peel quite easily.

I have to wait until the eggs are completely chilled-I make a mess if they are warm or still too hot to handle.

I do this too with boiled eggs kdgn, but I peel right away as soon as the egg cools enough to touch.