On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 2:08:40 PM UTC-6, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> On 12/26/2015 10:28 AM, wrote:
>
> > One of the first things I learned to do in the kitchen was
> > peel potatoes.
>
> That was my job, too.
>
> > UGH! I hated that job as I simply couldn't
> > peel them without wasting most of the potato. That infuriated
> > my mother as she thought I was doing it on purpose. My dad
> > bought me one of those potato peelers, aka vegetable peeler, and
> > peaced reigned in the kitchen. To this day I cannot peel a
> > potato with a knife and get those paper thin peelings, so
> > that gadget and I are the best of friends.
>
> At least we always used a peeler, I didn't have to do it with a
> knife.
>
My mother could peel a potato and you could almost read
through it as the peeling was soooo thin. She was from an
era that there were so few kitchen gadgets. I need to find
a picture of the 'whisk' she used to beat egg whites before
she got an electric mixer.
>
> > This the like the one my dad bought:
> > http://www.amazon.com/Linden-Sweden-...=potato+peeler
>
> Those things really hurt my hands.
>
> nancy
>
>
Mine, too. But I was glad to have it to peel those
spuds. A paper towel wrapped around the handle did
make it a bit more comfortable and keep the potato
starch off my hand.