How to Peel a Potato - Page 3

monster · 03-31-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

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What energy? The water boils the potato. .

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Originally Posted by glatt

Keeping the water boiling for an additional ten minutes requires the burning of additional fuel. It is wasteful and stupid when the end result is exactly the same either way.

that energy.

Or perhaps you just need to glance at the pan to get water to boil?....

spudcon · 04-01-2010, 03:03 PM

Thanks to Classicman for alerting me to this thread. Maryanne can peel my spud anytime she wants.
Okay, being the Spudman, I'm going to weigh in now before thread drift happens, and a lot of fiction is taken as truth.
First, potatoes are evil, so they deserve to be boiled and flayed.
Second, There are no vitamins in the skin. Squirell was almost onto the truth. It was an invented legend to stop people from enjoying the full flavor of the potato. The only thing the skins have in them is behavioral modification compounds, put there by the government to control the masses. This has been proved many times, but the web pages mysteriously disappear.
As you were.

classicman · 04-01-2010, 03:09 PM

Yo spud - where ya been? fightin' the fight?

spudcon · 04-01-2010, 03:16 PM

Yeah, they're everywhere now, ever since healthcare bill passed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgf_odxpCoQ

spudcon · 04-01-2010, 03:29 PM

Beside rice, potatoes are cultivated and eaten by almost every culture on Earth. They grow almost anywhere, and are a very hardy plant. They are consumed in a great variety of forms, and are an ingredient of countless dishes. Now, close your eyes and visualize a potato.

(really do this and then go on)

What feelings did that image evoke? Hunger? A recipe idea? A painful and deeply embarrassing sexual experience? Think deeper. I will bet that somewhere, profoundly inside, that potato evoked some sense of well-being - that in its essence, a potato is to us in whatever small way, a thing whose presence comforts us.

Why should we be comforted by the idea of a potato? That’s ridiculous, as if it’s some idol to be worshiped. But then, consider this: A power mad country, who we all know who we’re talking about, gains control of the entire globe. They solve all hunger problems, so that no person shall ever go hungry again, but in the face of this new order, they also decree that all potatoes shall be banished from the Earth, wiped clean as by the hand of God.

A huge campaign of destruction would ensue. To grow them would be punishable by death. Now, go to that place of comfort the potato afforded you a moment ago and ask yourself “would you fight back”? Would you fight for the potatoes? And you know what? I think you would. Therefore, you must ask yourself, why would I fight an underground partisan campaign, potentially gaining a French accent, to defend potatoes? Because ironically, the “mad” government is right. Potatoes are everywhere man. We do not cultivate potatoes, they train us to aid in the expansion of their numbers until they may strike at humanity. There is, in a word – a potato conspiracy...

http://www.hill-tv.com/Deadside%20Potato.htm

Cloud · 04-02-2010, 10:54 PM

fun looking recipe using whole boiled potatoes: I'm definitely going to try these!

Crash Hot Potatoes

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 09:35 AM

Oh, I'm going to try those too!

monster · 04-05-2010, 09:41 AM

but they still have their skins on!

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 09:43 AM

I like clothed potatos and nekkid potatos both the same.

monster · 04-05-2010, 09:46 AM

how about your men? And your hobos?

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 07:27 PM

I just made these potatoes. They're good! I could improve upon it: drizzled too much olive oil and I didn't have a paint brush so I could do better at just coating the top. I didn't have a potato smasher thingy so I just split them and smushed them with a glass then arranged it better with a fork.

They were the yum.

Cloud · 04-05-2010, 08:51 PM

haven't made them yet, but def going to; would be great for kids!

spudcon · 04-05-2010, 10:52 PM

I repeat-BEWARE!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2010, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

fun looking recipe using whole boiled potatoes: I'm definitely going to try these!
Crash Hot Potatoes

They look great.

04-01-2010, 03:03 PM	#32
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Thanks to Classicman for alerting me to this thread. Maryanne can peel my spud anytime she wants. Okay, being the Spudman, I'm going to weigh in now before thread drift happens, and a lot of fiction is taken as truth. First, potatoes are evil, so they deserve to be boiled and flayed. Second, There are no vitamins in the skin. Squirell was almost onto the truth. It was an invented legend to stop people from enjoying the full flavor of the potato. The only thing the skins have in them is behavioral modification compounds, put there by the government to control the masses. This has been proved many times, but the web pages mysteriously disappear. As you were. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

04-01-2010, 03:09 PM	#33
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Yo spud - where ya been? fightin' the fight? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-01-2010, 03:16 PM	#34
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Yeah, they're everywhere now, ever since healthcare bill passed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgf_odxpCoQ __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

04-01-2010, 03:29 PM	#35
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Beside rice, potatoes are cultivated and eaten by almost every culture on Earth. They grow almost anywhere, and are a very hardy plant. They are consumed in a great variety of forms, and are an ingredient of countless dishes. Now, close your eyes and visualize a potato. (really do this and then go on) What feelings did that image evoke? Hunger? A recipe idea? A painful and deeply embarrassing sexual experience? Think deeper. I will bet that somewhere, profoundly inside, that potato evoked some sense of well-being - that in its essence, a potato is to us in whatever small way, a thing whose presence comforts us. Why should we be comforted by the idea of a potato? That’s ridiculous, as if it’s some idol to be worshiped. But then, consider this: A power mad country, who we all know who we’re talking about, gains control of the entire globe. They solve all hunger problems, so that no person shall ever go hungry again, but in the face of this new order, they also decree that all potatoes shall be banished from the Earth, wiped clean as by the hand of God. A huge campaign of destruction would ensue. To grow them would be punishable by death. Now, go to that place of comfort the potato afforded you a moment ago and ask yourself “would you fight back”? Would you fight for the potatoes? And you know what? I think you would. Therefore, you must ask yourself, why would I fight an underground partisan campaign, potentially gaining a French accent, to defend potatoes? Because ironically, the “mad” government is right. Potatoes are everywhere man. We do not cultivate potatoes, they train us to aid in the expansion of their numbers until they may strike at humanity. There is, in a word – a potato conspiracy... http://www.hill-tv.com/Deadside%20Potato.htm __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

04-02-2010, 10:54 PM	#36
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	fun looking recipe using whole boiled potatoes: I'm definitely going to try these! Crash Hot Potatoes __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-05-2010, 09:35 AM	#37
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh, I'm going to try those too! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-05-2010, 09:41 AM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	but they still have their skins on! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-05-2010, 09:43 AM	#39
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I like clothed potatos and nekkid potatos both the same. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-05-2010, 09:46 AM	#40
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	how about your men? And your hobos? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-05-2010, 07:27 PM	#41
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I just made these potatoes. They're good! I could improve upon it: drizzled too much olive oil and I didn't have a paint brush so I could do better at just coating the top. I didn't have a potato smasher thingy so I just split them and smushed them with a glass then arranged it better with a fork. They were the yum. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-05-2010, 08:51 PM	#42
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	haven't made them yet, but def going to; would be great for kids! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-05-2010, 10:52 PM	#43
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I repeat-BEWARE! __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

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