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Got to wondering about this as I found myself laboriously peelings some spuds, something I only do a couple of times a year, so I thought I'd who peels or processes your spuds ready for you to cook then?

Edit:

Oops messed up one of the options, the one that says "I Do"  :sad:

I like potato skins. So, no one.

I'm sorry Mongers but you're missing the most obvious answer:

my kids!

Quote from: Barrister on November 07, 2024, 05:19:02 PMI'm sorry Mongers but you're missing the most obvious answer:

my kids!

 :lol:

Bilko like cookhouse duties?

I'm serious though - I probably should get my kids more involved in cooking than I do, but the three things that are 100% kid duties are:

-setting the table
-peeling potatoes
-grating cheese

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 05:18:09 PMI like potato skins. So, no one.

Same.

We don't peel them

I never thought about making my children peel potatoes.

They are not going to like you BB when I tell them where I got the idea.

:lol:

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 07, 2024, 06:06:06 PMI never thought about making my children peel potatoes.

They are not going to like you BB when I tell them where I got the idea.

:hmm:

My parents always had us involved in food prep once we were physically able.

My parents wanted to keep me out of the food as much as possible after I coated the dog with grease and sugar.

Quote from: garbon on November 07, 2024, 06:09:01 PM

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 07, 2024, 06:06:06 PMI never thought about making my children peel potatoes.

They are not going to like you BB when I tell them where I got the idea.

:hmm:

My parents always had us involved in food prep once we were physically able.

I find my childrens too slow for an effective meal prep. I make them do the kitchen logistics.

However, I hadn't thought about only asking for potatoes peeling.

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 07, 2024, 06:06:06 PMI never thought about making my children peel potatoes.

They are not going to like you BB when I tell them where I got the idea.

:shifty:

It's a perfect kid's task.

You give them a veggie peeler, so they can't seriously hurt themselves.  Just give them a bag of potatoes and tell them to go to town.  At worst they might skin their finger which might hurt, but they can't chop off a finger or anything.

As I said - same thing with grating cheese.  Or shucking corn or peas in the summer.

Given the season you can probably find them an old timey black and white stripped prison suit on the cheap. Really round out the ambience :D

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 07, 2024, 06:12:36 PM

Quote from: garbon on November 07, 2024, 06:09:01 PM

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 07, 2024, 06:06:06 PMI never thought about making my children peel potatoes.

They are not going to like you BB when I tell them where I got the idea.

:hmm:

My parents always had us involved in food prep once we were physically able.

I find my childrens too slow for an effective meal prep. I make them do the kitchen logistics.

However, I hadn't thought about only asking for potatoes peeling.

Well yes, trainees are always slower.

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 06:18:41 PMGiven the season you can probably find them an old timey black and white stripped prison suit on the cheap. Really round out the ambience :D

Like what - I'm supposed to slave away making supper while they play on the Playstation?  Fuck that.

If they want to eat, they can help cook.

Trying to get them more involved in doing dishes also.  Making progress there.

Depends on who is cooking and whether they need to be peeled.

Quote from: Barrister on November 07, 2024, 06:25:28 PM

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 06:18:41 PMGiven the season you can probably find them an old timey black and white stripped prison suit on the cheap. Really round out the ambience :D

Like what - I'm supposed to slave away making supper while they play on the Playstation?  Fuck that.

If they want to eat, they can help cook.

Trying to get them more involved in doing dishes also.  Making progress there.

I approve of your methods, just trying to inject some whimsy :lol:

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

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

I don't cook them either, not a huge fan of them and my wife often cooks them so I stick to rice, pasta, lentils etc when I'm cooking.

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 05:18:09 PMI 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.

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 08, 2024, 03:56:23 AMI don't cook them either, not a huge fan of them and my wife often cooks them so I stick to rice, pasta, lentils etc when I'm cooking.

I'm learning there are some demons on Languish.

I voted incorrectly. :lol:  But I peel them.  It's kind of weird too because there's a specific dish that my wife does most of the prep/cooking for, but she always wants me to be the one to peel and cut the potatoes and garlic for it (it's garlic mashed potatoes, which we have as a side with roasted broccoli and chicken thighs).  She'll do all the rest of the cooking for that dish. :hmm:

Oh wait, no I didn't vote incorrectly.  mongers messed the poll up, but I missed that in his initial post. :sleep:

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 08, 2024, 03:56:23 AMI don't cook them either, not a huge fan of them and my wife often cooks them so I stick to rice, pasta, lentils etc when I'm cooking.

Yes RH, I'm also not a fan of the potato, I think it's because there's not enough protein/nutrition in them as compared to pasta, oats, wheat and lentils etc.

Quote from: mongers on November 08, 2024, 10:53:09 AM

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 08, 2024, 03:56:23 AMI don't cook them either, not a huge fan of them and my wife often cooks them so I stick to rice, pasta, lentils etc when I'm cooking.

Yes RH, I'm also not a fan of the potato, I think it's because there's not enough protein/nutrition in them as compared to pasta, oats, wheat and lentils etc.

I feel like you're wrong - at least vis-a-vis pasta/wheat or oats.  (I like lentils when I have them, but don't eat them much)

There's a reason poor people around the world can survive on a diet of almost nothing but potatoes - nutritionally they're fairly complete.

As for peeling them - really that's just for mashed potatoes.  Which we don't do a ton of - roasted potatoes are much easier, and you can definitely leave the skins on.  But on Christmas / Thanksgiving, or if making a shepherd's pie, you need mashed potatoes, and they need to be peeled.

A lot of the nutritional value of a potato is lost when you peel it. I like slicing up a potato and frying it in a pan as part of my my breakfast.  Skin on, of course.  True, it does not have a lot of protein, but it has a lot of other vitamins and minerals that pasta does not have.  It's a bit of a miracle food actually.

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 10:58:14 AM

Quote from: mongers on November 08, 2024, 10:53:09 AM

Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on November 08, 2024, 03:56:23 AMI don't cook them either, not a huge fan of them and my wife often cooks them so I stick to rice, pasta, lentils etc when I'm cooking.

Yes RH, I'm also not a fan of the potato, I think it's because there's not enough protein/nutrition in them as compared to pasta, oats, wheat and lentils etc.

I feel like you're wrong - at least vis-a-vis pasta/wheat or oats.  (I like lentils when I have them, but don't eat them much)

There's a reason poor people around the world can survive on a diet of almost nothing but potatoes - nutritionally they're fairly complete.

....

Maybe we're partially talking past each other, personally I can't eat big plates of food, so I guess I'm biased toward more nutritionally dense foods.  Hence I love peanuts.  :)

I got to wondering:

https://foodstruct.com/compare/potato-vs-pasta

-pasta is denser, and thus higher in calories
-potatoes are higher in fibre
-pasta is higher in vitamins A, B1, B2 and folate
-potatoes are higher in Vitamin C and b6 (pasta has no vitamin C)
-potatoes are much higher in mineral content
-potatoes have a high glycemic index, and not very good for people with diabetes

So look, I love pasta and certainly it's a regular part of my diet.  But I wouldn't turn up my nose at potatoes for health reasons.

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 11:05:10 AMI got to wondering:

https://foodstruct.com/compare/potato-vs-pasta

-pasta is denser, and thus higher in calories
-potatoes are higher in fibre
-pasta is higher in vitamins A, B1, B2 and folate
-potatoes are higher in Vitamin C and b6 (pasta has no vitamin C)
-potatoes are much higher in mineral content
-potatoes have a high glycemic index, and not very good for people with diabetes

So look, I love pasta and certainly

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 11:05:10 AMI got to wondering:

https://foodstruct.com/compare/potato-vs-pasta

-pasta is denser, and thus higher in calories
-potatoes are higher in fibre
-pasta is higher in vitamins A, B1, B2 and folate
-potatoes are higher in Vitamin C and b6 (pasta has no vitamin C)
-potatoes are much higher in mineral content
-potatoes have a high glycemic index, and not very good for people with diabetes

So look, I love pasta and certainly it's a regular part of my diet.  But I wouldn't turn up my nose at potatoes for health reasons.

it's a regular part of my diet.  But I wouldn't turn up my nose at potatoes for health reasons.

Thanks BB that was interesting.

Quote from: Josquius on November 08, 2024, 04:08:23 AM

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 05:18:09 PMI 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?

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

Quote from: celedhring on November 08, 2024, 02:58:54 AMBarring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades  :lol:

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 :ph34r:

So many demons. :o

Quote from: Sheilbh on November 08, 2024, 01:55:33 PM

Quote from: celedhring on November 08, 2024, 02:58:54 AMBarring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades  :lol:

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 :ph34r:

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.

Quote from: HVC on November 08, 2024, 12:46:27 PM

Quote from: Josquius on November 08, 2024, 04:08:23 AM

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 05:18:09 PMI 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.

Quote from: Sheilbh on November 08, 2024, 01:55:33 PM

Quote from: celedhring on November 08, 2024, 02:58:54 AMBarring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades  :lol:

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 :ph34r:

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.

Quote from: Josquius on November 08, 2024, 03:20:36 PM

Quote from: HVC on November 08, 2024, 12:46:27 PM

Quote from: Josquius on November 08, 2024, 04:08:23 AM

Quote from: HVC on November 07, 2024, 05:18:09 PMI 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 :P

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

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 04:04:55 PM

Quote from: Sheilbh on November 08, 2024, 01:55:33 PM

Quote from: celedhring on November 08, 2024, 02:58:54 AMBarring the occasional tortilla, I haven't peeled a single potato in literally decades  :lol:

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 :ph34r:

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.

I am the opposite of Mongers :lol: :ph34r:

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 :blush:

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

Quote from: Sheilbh on November 08, 2024, 04:12:44 PMI am the opposite of Mongers :lol: :ph34r:

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 :blush:

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

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

I sometimes put potato in the curry - double starch.

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.

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

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 :lol:

Even good 'ole French Canadian split-pea soup is really good.

Fava beans are great too. Though I need me some meat to flavour it :D pork belly and chorizo  :wub:

We're so old - this thread has turned into sharing recipes.

Pretty far from the KAPland roots of sharing pics of nekkid ladies.

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 04:45:06 PMEven good 'ole French Canadian split-pea soup is really good.

My dad actually made a fantastic ham and pea-soup - one of the few genuine family recipes I can say got passed down.

But beans and a really unctuous cut of meat (ham, pork belly, bacon, pancetta) just works so well :mmm:

Edit: Also, incidentally, mushy peas are actually split-peas not peas peas.

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 04:46:34 PMWe're so old - this thread has turned into sharing recipes.

Pretty far from the KAPland roots of sharing pics of nekkid ladies.

As a fat man I'd have been fine with either back then too :lol:

What's everyone's Zojiroshi model?

Yes, we're old. IIRC, funkmonk and Garbon are the only 2 younger than me and I'm 40.

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 08, 2024, 05:04:09 PMWhat's everyone's Zojiroshi model?

Yes, we're old. IIRC, funkmonk and Garbon are the only 2 younger than me and I'm 40.

:hug:

I've got this one.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/zojirushi-micom-rice-cooker-steamer-warmer-brown-3-cups-0430306p.html

I kind of wish we'd gotten a bigger one at the time, but I didn't realize how much we'd use it.

I'm making some really good spuds right now in the air fryer.

I got a rice cooker a few months  ago... Just in time for my son to decide he no longer likes curry or rice in general.

Quote from: Josephus on November 08, 2024, 05:42:00 PMI'm making some really good spuds right now in the air fryer.

 :bowler:

I am on Team Potato skins.

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 05:16:37 PM

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 08, 2024, 05:04:09 PMWhat's everyone's Zojiroshi model?

Yes, we're old. IIRC, funkmonk and Garbon are the only 2 younger than me and I'm 40.

:hug:

I've got this one.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/zojirushi-micom-rice-cooker-steamer-warmer-brown-3-cups-0430306p.html

I kind of wish we'd gotten a bigger one at the time, but I didn't realize how much we'd use it.

I take that as a recommendation on the model. I have a 15 year old 12$ rice cooker. It always overcooks the rice nowadays.

Quote from: Josquius on November 08, 2024, 05:50:35 PMI got a rice cooker a few months  ago... Just in time for my son to decide he no longer likes curry or rice in general.

These fucking kids. I tell you man. My son won't eat potatoes (demon) in any form, my daughter won't eat rice. My daughter likes ramen but not the son.  There's barely anything they both like. <_<

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 08, 2024, 08:28:19 PM

Quote from: Barrister on November 08, 2024, 05:16:37 PM

Quote from: Grey Fox on November 08, 2024, 05:04:09 PMWhat's everyone's Zojiroshi model?

Yes, we're old. IIRC, funkmonk and Garbon are the only 2 younger than me and I'm 40.

:hug:

I've got this one.

https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/zojirushi-micom-rice-cooker-steamer-warmer-brown-3-cups-0430306p.html

I kind of wish we'd gotten a bigger one at the time, but I didn't realize how much we'd use it.

I take that as a recommendation on the model. I have a 15 year old 12$ rice cooker. It always overcooks the rice nowadays.

Yeah, we had an older, cheap rice cooker.  I mean it worked, but what I noticed is you had to immediately turn it off wen it finished because it would overcook and dry out the rice immediately.

The Zojirushi not only A: has a timer so you can just set it in the morning and have rice at suppertime, B: does a perfect job of keeping the rice warm but not overcooking/drying it out, and C: I just very forgiving if you happen just a little too much or too little water.

Highly recommended.