On Mar 24, 1:58*pm, Omelet > wrote:
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> *Damaeus > wrote:
> > In news:rec.food.cooking, Omelet > posted on Wed, 24
> > Mar 2010 13:17:00 -0600 the following:
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> > > *Damaeus > wrote:
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> > > > And I peel cucumbers, too, usually, but to make them prettier than just
> > > > "peeled cucumbers", I often leave a few green stripes down the side --
> > > > as thin as I can make them with a potato peeler (which I never use to
> > > > peel potatoes, by the way).
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> > > I don't generally peel potatoes either, but I sometimes peel apples for
> > > cooking and butternut squash.
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> > I peel potatoes. *I just use a paring knife. *I don't feel comfortable
> > using a "potato peeler" on a potato because the potato is so big. *At
> > least with long and skinny vegetables I can lay one end on the cutting
> > board and hold the other end between two fingers, then run the peeler down
> > a side. *With a potato, they're so big I'd have to hold one fully in my
> > hand and I've always been afraid of snagging my finger with the peeler.
> > I've never cut myself in the kitchen while cooking.
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> Peelers are pretty safe. *I've hit myself with one more than once and
> not cut myself. *Now the Chinese chef's knife is another matter, as is
> my very sharp little paring knife.<g> *I have a couple of good scars
> from kitchen cuts but no major injuries.
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> I never peel spuds. *I just clean/scrub them well. *I may peel sweet
> potatoes depending on what I am doing with them.
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> > > Removing the seeds is supposed to help make them burpless too.
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> > I've heard that, too. *Since I think the mouth feel of the seedy area of a
> > cucumber is not pleasant, if they reduce the burps from cucumbers, it's
> > just that much better that the scrapings go into the trash.
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> > Damaeus
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> Indeed.
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CBS Sunday Morning had a great story about the Peeler Man in New
York. What a great sales pitch he had about
those wonderful Swiss peelers.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...UpperPromoArea