How to Peel an entire bag of Potatoes quickly
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Larry Gude
Strung Out
What a stunning waste.
MMM_donuts
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Reddit's IamA Potato Scientist, Ask Me Anything is one I really enjoyed. She says she never eats the potato skins: "in published studies, the skin had the highest amount of pesticide residue. While washing and cooking both reduced pesticide concentrations, peeling is the best bet!"
Here's the link. It was quite interesting. She had a much longer explanation why but I can't seem to find it......and I can't find where she would have deleted or edited it......
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1x92zy/iama_potato_scientist_ama/
Here's the link. It was quite interesting. She had a much longer explanation why but I can't seem to find it......and I can't find where she would have deleted or edited it......
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1x92zy/iama_potato_scientist_ama/
MMM_donuts
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Besides, no one eats white potatoes anymore. Clearly they're the root cause of obesity and diabetes. 
MMM_donuts
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warneckutz
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DEEKAYPEE8569
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I need to try that garlic peeling trick.
migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
Does she know how potatoes actually grow? In the ground, like a tuber?
As a farmer's kid I declare this false.
slotpuppy
Ass-hole
Does she know how potatoes actually grow? In the ground, like a tuber?
So you are saying that farmers wont dig up a potato, spray pesticide on it, then replant it back in the ground?
migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
So you are saying that farmers wont dig up a potato, spray pesticide on it, then replant it back in the ground?
MMM_donuts
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Does she know how potatoes actually grow? In the ground, like a tuber?
This is an explanation in that IamA:
Apart from pesticides and chemical fertilizers, at harvest time, potatoes are sprayed with a defoliant (herbicide) which kills all the above-ground parts of the plant for easier harvesting by machines. The defoliant also keeps the potatoes from sprouting as easily, if at all.
migtig
aka Mrs. Giant
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MMM_donuts
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"Monitoring of pesticide residues in potato tubers and their prepared products ("pommes frites" and chips) was undertaken. Experiments were carried out to determine changes in concentration due to the washing, peeling and cooking process (blanching and frying) to assess the stability of pesticides in potatoes and their products. Pesticide residues were quantified by using gas chromatography. Results show that malathion, HCB, lindane and p,p-DDD were predominant in potatoes and their products. The highest mean was detected in potatoes, followed by pommes frites, while the lowest mean was recorded in chips. On the other hand, potato skin samples were found to contain the highest levels of DDT and its derivatives, lindane and HCB. Peeling was necessary to remove the greatest amount of pesticides in the skin. Washing with water and/or other solutions as well as the cooking process (blanching and frying) helped to eliminate most of the pesticide residues from the potato tubers."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11434996
Now we've all been properly schooled on potato skins.
V
veritas
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Buy certified organic potatoes. Problem solved for skin-lovers.
Why? It doesn't appear to be removing a large amount of potato, I've seen a lot more waste by people using paring knives.