On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:45:23 -0700 (PDT), Sheldon >
wrote:

>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

Now that is a potato!

Anthony
>
>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