Who Peels Your Spuds?

[HVC]

I like potato skins. So, no one.

I do too when they're in condition for it. But they rarely are.

But yes. Me. Absolutely always me or the folk in the restaurant/factory.

Condition?

[HVC]

To the non potato eaters, Fredrick the Great would be displeased with you.

[Sheilbh]

Barring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades 

I just don't use them much for cooking, and when I do I usually bake them with the skin.

So I would say same because generally speaking I don't. I think I've cooked potatoes once in the last year (and that was in a curry). My go to starch is rice - I get through a big 5kg bag basically every 2-3 months.

But literally in the last week - I can only assume in reaction to it suddenly feeling very autumnal - I've cooked two potato heavy dishes

[garbon]

So many demons.

[celedhring]

Barring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades 

I just don't use them much for cooking, and when I do I usually bake them with the skin.

So I would say same because generally speaking I don't. I think I've cooked potatoes once in the last year (and that was in a curry). My go to starch is rice - I get through a big 5kg bag basically every 2-3 months.

But literally in the last week - I can only assume in reaction to it suddenly feeling very autumnal - I've cooked two potato heavy dishes

Yeah, I tend to like much more the things I can do with rice than the things I can do with potatoes.

Except tortilla. I f****** love tortilla, but it's not something you can cook for just yourself, and not a dish you'd offer guests either.

[Josquius]

I like potato skins. So, no one.

I do too when they're in condition for it. But they rarely are.

But yes. Me. Absolutely always me or the folk in the restaurant/factory.

Condition?

Often skins are nasty. Roots sprouting, blemishes, so on.
Still perfectly edible inside... But I'm not using that skin.

[Barrister]

Barring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades 

I just don't use them much for cooking, and when I do I usually bake them with the skin.

So I would say same because generally speaking I don't. I think I've cooked potatoes once in the last year (and that was in a curry). My go to starch is rice - I get through a big 5kg bag basically every 2-3 months.

But literally in the last week - I can only assume in reaction to it suddenly feeling very autumnal - I've cooked two potato heavy dishes

I think I've said this - after getting my Zojirushi rice cooker we've been making a lot more rice.

But really - I think both pasta and potatoes have more nutrients than white rice.

[HVC]

I like potato skins. So, no one.

I do too when they're in condition for it. But they rarely are.

But yes. Me. Absolutely always me or the folk in the restaurant/factory.

Condition?

Often skins are nasty. Roots sprouting, blemishes, so on.
Still perfectly edible inside... But I'm not using that skin.

Buy fresher potatoes

Potatoes become my side roughly 30% of the time for meat and  100% for non sushi fish.

*edit* Actually, with filets I eat tomato rice

[HVC]

Barring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades 

I just don't use them much for cooking, and when I do I usually bake them with the skin.

So I would say same because generally speaking I don't. I think I've cooked potatoes once in the last year (and that was in a curry). My go to starch is rice - I get through a big 5kg bag basically every 2-3 months.

But literally in the last week - I can only assume in reaction to it suddenly feeling very autumnal - I've cooked two potato heavy dishes

I think I've said this - after getting my Zojirushi rice cooker we've been making a lot more rice.

But really - I think both pasta and potatoes have more nutrients than white rice.

A billion Chinese can't be wrong.

[Sheilbh]

I am the opposite of Mongers

Nutrients exist in food, I'm sure it'll probably all balance out in the long run. I'm all about cooking recipes I think are tasty and to enjoy. Could not care less about nutrients

Plus about 90% of what I cook is something to go on rice.

[HVC]

I am the opposite of Mongers

Nutrients exist in food, I'm sure it'll probably all balance out in the long run. I'm all about cooking recipes I think are tasty and to enjoy. Could not care less about nutrients

Plus about 90% of what I cook is something to go on rice.

Do you eat curry with potatoes? It's a nice change.

[Sheilbh]

I sometimes put potato in the curry - double starch.

[Barrister]

Going back to Mongers saying something about lentils...

I am far from a vegetarian, but for whatever reason when I order an indian curry I almost always order a chickpea or a lentil curry.  We ordered last week - got dal tadka.  Very yummy.

Or a year ago I made a supposedly "spanish" lentil soup - also really good.

I should use lentils more often.

[celedhring]

Lentils are awesome, my favorite legume. At least twice a week I make myself a lentil dish of some kind.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah I agree lentils are fantastic. Always insist on a dal when getting a curry (though normally as a side to share).

I think beans in general - I love chickpeas, butter beans, make a fantastic vegan black bean chilli. I think very under-rated in this country unless part of an Indian or in baked form