O/T Potato peeler...Kinda

Fullers Farmalls · Jul 27, 2011

My dad wants a way to skin his potatoes. We can a lot and he likes to take the skins off. We plant about 50lbs of seed potatoes a year. Basically he wants it for all the small ones we get as he takes the skin off then we can can them. Any suggestions for what to do? He wanted to make one of a cement mixer or something close to that with brushes to take the skins off but I don't think that'll work. Suggestions? Thanks -Keith

Anonymous-0 · Jul 27, 2011

Go to a restaurant supply house and you can buy a potato peeler. It has something like sandpaper on the sides and when it spins it removes the skin. You have water hooked to it to rinse away the skins.

JDNewbie · Jul 27, 2011

Here is how they did it on Gilligan's Island!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4W0qIPJmoo

I suppose if you had a couple large pots you could peel them pretty quickly this way. I've never canned potatoes so I don't know if cooking them first will work.

Paul Janke · Jul 27, 2011

The potato peeler I used for making french fries about 45 years ago had a bottom that looked like coarse sandpaper on a plate with three humps on it. This was horizontal and turned to tumble the potatoes. The top was doughnut shaped and you ran water in the top while peeling. There was a door on the side you opened to allow the potatoes to spill out. It was used to do anywhere from 100 to 200 pounds of potatoes per day. I think it took between thirty minutes and an hour to do the actual peeling for 100 pounds.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Jul 27, 2011

I'm not sure if the company is still in business or not, but one by the name of Torode did make an inexpensive and simple peeler.

The potatoes and water is put into it and a rough bowl interior scuffs the skins off.

I purchased one at a thrift store but have yet to make a large batch of potato salad or ?? in order to justify using it. One recently sold on Ebay for $25. I paid $2.99 for mine.

One like this may very well be too small for your needs. I don't remember the # of pounds it will peel at once. Sorry.

Mike in Mn. · Jul 27, 2011

I have never heard of anyone canning potatoes in this area. What's the procedure, I like to try new things, thanks.

Fullers Farmalls · Jul 27, 2011

Thanks guys. Thats what I wanted. I'll keep my eyes open. Appreciate it.

WAYNE-N-TX · Jul 27, 2011

When I was in the army, they had a machine that had rough sandpaper in the bottom, that could peel a tater in a heart beat. One of the best jobs in KP.

old bc · Jul 27, 2011

Google is your friend. This the result of a Google search for potato peelers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xyIHrZByw
Potato Peelers

Wilson · Jul 28, 2011

some time ago I read of a method boiling water then cold water and skins about fell off can't rember it all

IOWA NORTHEAST · Jul 28, 2011

Boil some water, the hotter the better using a turkey deep fat frying set up if you want a larger scale operation.

Take a raw patatoe, and cut a ring around it's belly deep enough to cut through the skin. Drop the potatoes into the boiling water for fifteen min or so.

Grab the potatoe and put it under ice cold water. Then pull the potatoes sin of like you would remove a pull over shirt. It is fool proof. Extreeeeeem hot and extreeeeem cold makes them slid right off. The exception is the potatoes that have arms and legs sticking out, or real deformed potatoes.

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