Sqwertz wrote:
> Anthony Ferrante wrote:
>
> > I may just end up getting a wider peeler and maybe I won't hate doing
> > it so much.
>
> A wider or longer peeler will not save you any time when peeling
> round objects. �Think about it.

Very true... but peeling larger potatoes are a great time saver... the
volume increases by the square of the diameter. I recently bought a
large sack of spuds at Sam's Club and upon opening it was amazed at
the size, each weighed more than a pound, some nearly two pounds.

The two smaller ones are 1 1/4 pounds each, the larger reads 2
pounds... with my trusty old fashioned swivel peeler with carbon steel
blade that I've used for more than 45 years I can easily peel those 4
1/2 pounds of potatoes in under 3 minutes.

That's a potato:
http://i30.tinypic.com/2mfkm74.jpg

If you know you are going to be peeling spuds simply choose larger
potatoes... besides it's sorta pinheaded to peel a bunch of marble
sized spuds, besides being tedius you'll pare away about 25pct.

SHELDON