On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 7:17:42 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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.

Don't need a poll...observation over a lifetime is good enough.
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