Peeling Potatoes

The safest and the best way to peel a potato is to use a peeler and not a knife. A vegetable peeler is a tool with a slit in the middle of the blade. It removes thin portions of the potato peel or skin, thus leaving more of the nutritious part of the potato to eat.

Hold the potato in one hand and take a peeler in your other hand. Always push the blade away from you as you peel. Slant the peeler downward and slowly peel the skin off.

Be sure to keep your fingers away from where the peeler will cut as this is the safest way. Personally, I prefer to peel the other way or in the opposite direction, as I am more comfortable that way.

If you are just beginning to learn how to cook, try out this method of peeling: Put the potato down on a cutting board, hold the potato end that is closer to you and shave the other end of the potato in strokes away from you, making sure to remove all black marks and skin. Keep turning the potato until the potato is completely skinned.  Rinse the potato in cold water.