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My mom sent this, and I'm intrigued. Has anyone ever tried it?
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UPDATE: 1/23/10:
I did this last night when making the potato soup. I had 10 potatoes, scored the skin, popped 'em in the pot and boiled for 15-20 mins (till fork-soft). Rather than doing each potato separately, I filled a large bowl with ice and water and plopped the potatoes in to cool for a few minutes. The skins came off beautifully! They were also cool enough for me to dice and add to fresh water, with carrots, to make the soup. Easy-schmeasy!
Another benefit ... the younger ones can "shuck the skins" much easier this way than peeling raw or when hot!
Thanks, Paula for posting 
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I'm so glad you posted this -- I'm making potato soup for dinner tomorrow and HATE peeling as it either takes off too much potato or I can't get all the skin off. I'll let you know if Dawn Wells' directions are "dummy proof" 
Who knew Dawn Wells would look so good all these years later?
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I'm willing to try it again. I once tried boiling them till they were done and then sliding the skin off (Martha Steward online gave me that tip). I wasn't really happy with that b/c it took off a layer of potato and was a mess. Neither did I score it.
I would try Well's way. Only partially cooking would leave the potato intact better and scoring the skin might make it easier to get off. Still, boiling, plunging, ice, bowls, pots . . . maybe more work than it saves?
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Okay can't wait to hear if this really works. I can't peel potatoes...I have an asthma attack when I do (most folks find this amusing...it kind of is!)
I literally get hives on my hands, itch itch itch burn burn burn, like crazy. Then my nose starts to drip and all of a sudden I'm coughing and out of breath. And then I use my inhaler. This in the amount of time it takes to peel about 10 potatoes! I hope this works! My dc have had to take up peeling but they aren't as thorough as I'd like! 
ps-and more amusing...I can eat them no problem! I can even eat cooked skins! It guess whatever dust/mold they have on them does me in!
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Yes, this actually does work  , but I know this not because this is how I peel potatoes, but rather because I don't peel them at all! When making mashed potaotes or using potatoes in chowder-type soups, I just scrub the potato clean and toss them in the boiling water, after I'm ready to use the potato for the meal planned, the peel always slids off. The peel does have nutritional value.
I never use the water in which it was boiled, however, I do often use the peel...but I only buy organic potatoes. I don't think I'd recommend using the peel of a non organic potato, too many alkaloids remain on the skin that cannot be washed off (aka, pesticides).
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We don't peel potatoes, ever. We grow our own, so I know they aren't covered in chemicals and since I use a light weight growing medium, the skins are super thin.
This method looks very labor intensive. When I worked in my family's restaurant, we used a counter-top mounted apple peeler to peel the potaoes also. Very easy!
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DO you think it matters which way you move your peeler to peel? Growing up, We always peeled away from the body, and I was always finding that difficult. My mom showed me how pull it towards me, and I think it goes much easier.
Kacky, do you have an apple peeler/corer/slicer? Maybe you could try that for the next time you make mashed potatoes.
This method looks very interesting, but I'm wondering about the time and steps as well.
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Cool. My mom used to blanch tomatoes to peel them this way, but I never thought to do it with Potatoes!
Though, I must admit, I usually just boil them whole and them use a ricer to smash them, and the peels collectin the ricer. However, for sliced potato dishes (like au gratin) it looks perfect!
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Hijacking for a minute ....
LeeAnn ... how do the counter-top peelers work when the potatoes are all different sizes/shapes? I can't even get those apple-peelers one to work without having a big mess!
I too usually just scrub and cook with the skin -- even for mashed potatoes, making sure I really whip 'em in! However, for potato-soup, I like them diced without the skins ....
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I first saw that video before Christmas, and so I tried the cooking technique when I was making Christmas dinner. It worked just fine (though I cooked my potatoes a little longer than 15 minutes), and is certainly much faster than peeling potatoes the old-fashioned way. I used russet potatoes then. This week I tried this technique with Yukon Gold potatoes, and it worked like a dream. Probably because the skins on Yukons are so thin.
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Mary, the peeler is designed to hover over the surface. It is a small pivoting blade so it can handle irregular surfaces.
It is very old. Our restaurant was over 100 years old. I liberated the peeler when my family sold the business (along with a lot of other antiques as the new owner told us he was going to gut everything and modernize  )
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I think it does depend on the peeling techinique and tool used.
Kacky my hands break out too if they're dry.. tomatoes too.. I think it's the starches.. so if my hands are moisturized well I have much less problem. Also you could rinse and peel so that you don't get dust going.
how long does it take to cook whole potatoes anyway?
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Mary G wrote:
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I make a baked potato soup all the time and I hated having to wait for them to cool then peel them, for the same reasons you do. So one day I peeled them before baking them and they turned out great! I peeled them, then wrapped them in foil sprayed with cooking spray. I can take them straight out of the oven, smash 'em up and add them to the soup. SO much easier!
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