Peeling Potatoes

There is a video on youtube of Mary Ann from Giligan's Island with a cooking tip on peeling potatoes. It's an ingenious technique, I think. Reading the comments, though, some people make the argument that in the time it takes for her to peel one potato (it sits in boiling water for 15 minutes), they could have used a peeler and gone through a whole bag. Well, true the video only shows one potato peeled, but I'll be using it for multiple spuds. Also, I make a big mess with a potato peeler. But, really, it's up to you, the cook, which method you use. Probably if I did only need one potato, I'd use a peeler. This Thanksgiving, though, when I'll be using lots of potatoes for mashing, I'll be using the method in the video. It will give me 15 minutes of prepping other dishes and getting ready for company. :)

Also, Kathy Maister of StartCooking.com has a similar way of peeling tomatoes. And this way is super fast and super easy. I've used it when making Tomato Basil soup. There's a video, but the link is broken right now. Here's an explanation and pictures from her site.