This is the fastest way

The peel is edible, but a matter of taste

There are many healthy ingredients right under the potato peel. When peeling, a large part of it is removed along with the peel. It looks different if the bowl is eaten or removed after cooking.

If you like the taste, you can eat the potato with its skin in a boiled or baked state without any problems. In order to minimize the risk of pollutants, these tubers should preferably come from organic farming.

Peel the raw potatoes with a knife

The easiest way to peel raw potatoes, for example for french fries, is the classic way with a knife.

• a so-called peeler is ideal
• is often referred to as a potato peeler
• removes the peel only very thinly
• hardly wastes any of the tuber

A small, sharp and slightly curved knife is also suitable for peeling the potatoes. However, a sure instinct is required here so that the peel is not peeled off too thickly.

• suitable for uneven potato tubers
• also for touching up after using the peeler

The speed with which these two tools remove the shell can be optimized through regular practice. Given the amount of potatoes that are eaten in every household in this country, there should be plenty of opportunity to do so.

Washing: before or after?

Anyone who grows potatoes in their own garden knows only too well how much soil can adhere to the freshly harvested tubers. The coarse remains of earth are removed before storage; potatoes should be cleaned with a vegetable brush before peeling.

Potatoes bought in stores have already been cleaned so well that most of the time no visible remains of earth can be seen. It is very practical to first remove the skin from the potatoes and then wash them thoroughly.

Remove damaged shell parts

Not all tubers are always perfect. If small areas of the peel are green in color, they should be removed very generously, as the poisonous substance solanine has formed in them.

Brown spots and small shoots need to be cut out generously. Tubers that have already sprouted should be thrown away.

Tips and tricks for boiled potatoes

For peeling boiled potatoes, we have a few tips and tricks that make the knife almost completely superfluous.

1. First clean all the tubers under running water with a vegetable brush.
2. Score the skin of each potato once all around with a sharp knife.
3. Cook the potatoes well.
4. Just before the end of cooking, prepare a sufficiently large bowl with ice water. Choose a size so that the potatoes will also fit in later.
5. Pour off the hot cooking water.
6. Immediately add the hot potatoes to the ice water, where they should stay for about 10-20 seconds.
7. Then take out one potato after the other, loosen the two pieces of shell with your hands or a knife and pull them off the potato.

With somewhat misshapen potatoes, it may be that a few spots have to be touched up with a knife.

Conclusion for quick readers:

• Edibility: When cooked, the peel is edible; not everyone likes it; generally do not eat raw potatoes
• Raw potatoes: use a peeler or a small, sharp and slightly curved knife
• Procedure: peel off the tuber thinly; On the other hand, remove green and brown areas generously
• Washing: Wash the potatoes only after peeling them; Exception: heavily contaminated tubers
• Boiled potatoes: Peel with a knife possible; but a few tricks make the job easier
• Step 1: wash the tubers thoroughly; Cut into the shell all around; Cook potatoes
• Step 2: Prepare a large bowl of ice water; Rinse hot potatoes for 10-20 seconds
• Step 3: take the bulb in your hand; Loosen and pull off the shell halves by hand