"Roy" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 9:09:33 AM UTC-6,
> wrote:
>> Normally I boil rose potatoes for potato salad, but there were none
>> to be found last week. So these were mill-run red potatoes. I set
>> the water boiling as I scrubbed them and dug out the eyes. When the water
>> boiled I chucked them in.
>>
>> They were done after 30 some minutes, so I drained and peeled them.
>> To my surprise, the stem ends of almost all of them had acquired an
>> unpleasant black hue. I cut them off, but why?
>
> You cook them and then peel them???? Most people peel them first and
> then cook them.
> ====

Did you take a poll on this? I have seen recipes that say to peel after
cooking.