12 Ways to Peel a Potato

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  • Peeling potatoes is very easy. There is no need to figure out other ways to peel a potato. In fact there is no need to peel them at all.
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  • @drakdragon
    @drakdragon Рік тому +6291

    You forgot the method where you ask the potato to lay down on the couch and tell about it's childhood, building up trust until the potato opens itself up to you.

    • @ConstantlyDamaged
      @ConstantlyDamaged Рік тому +201

      No. We don't hold truck with couch potatoes around here.

    • @SATX_
      @SATX_ Рік тому +13

      😬

    • @pjp13579
      @pjp13579 Рік тому +66

      My brain read this with his voice

    • @sadge6873
      @sadge6873 Рік тому +42

      What about asking a potato out for a date assuming she or he depending on what gender your potato has'd not reject you and it'd eventually lead to greater relationship what means potato'd open up to you as well just in more romantic way?

    • @seymourglass26
      @seymourglass26 Рік тому +69

      @@sadge6873 Buddy, that takes a long time, and I'm trying to make dinner. Romancing a potato usually takes at least a few nights out, unless you're with something a little less classy like instant mashed potatoes.

  • @ZoeAlleyne
    @ZoeAlleyne Рік тому +1436

    Large Hashbrown Collider needed to further explore potato physics.

    • @cineblazer
      @cineblazer Рік тому +32

      It's just like your everyday spud cannon, but government-funded and 27km in diameter!

    • @DaniMartVtbr
      @DaniMartVtbr Рік тому +7

      Quantum Starch Particles.

    • @imnimbusy2885
      @imnimbusy2885 Рік тому

      Atomic Peeling of the Starchicle has allowed for 90% peeling efficiency in nuclear power-peeling stations. Worries of nuclear fallout from unstable Potato-Peel decay has even reached the White House!
      Plans to decommission all current and future power-peeling stations are underway!
      Could this be the tipping point for all Starch Science across the Farmers Field?!
      Tune in next time to figure out whether your son could be peeling potato’s to send secret encoded messages to commies! (Or having a rouse with Starchsexual perverts such as himself!)

    • @eriktabbers3599
      @eriktabbers3599 11 місяців тому +2

      Carbology with the specialization in potato sciences. ❤

    • @AllYourBaseAreBelongToU5
      @AllYourBaseAreBelongToU5 10 місяців тому +1

      That’s how they found the Hashbrown-Frozen Particle.

  • @benLXIX
    @benLXIX Рік тому +270

    instructions unclear, all my skin is missing

  • @adde9506
    @adde9506 Рік тому +493

    If you are planning to cook your potatoes one at a time, don't buy them in the five-pound bag. They suffer from separation anxiety and will taste of fear and loneliness. Bag potatoes should always be cooked in groups of 3 or more.

    • @Orynae
      @Orynae Рік тому +25

      And the ones left in the bag feel grief for the potato they lost, and grieving potatoes eventually start to sprout gnarly green and pinkish-purple shoots. Those are bitter, and kill the grief-stricken potato slowly and painfully by draining its innards, so you want to avoid that.

  • @edwardhisse2687
    @edwardhisse2687 Рік тому +719

    Also if you dont feel like peeling your potatoes and you buy them unwashed - the coarse side of the dishwashing sponge is exellent at cleaning them fast and efficiently

    • @kngbowser
      @kngbowser Рік тому +97

      you're wasting nutritious dirt that way

    • @ohmygahdbilly
      @ohmygahdbilly Рік тому +49

      @@kngbowser good thinking, dirt is full of anti-oxygens.

    • @edwardhisse2687
      @edwardhisse2687 Рік тому +38

      ​​@@kngbowser i get my organic dirt from the neighbours yard

    • @ethelredhardrede1838
      @ethelredhardrede1838 Рік тому +5

      @@edwardhisse2687
      How many pets do they have and are they allowed to go outside?

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 Рік тому +3

      True. I use a (seperate) dish washing Sponge for cleaning (root) veggies as well. People think it's odd, but it's so much more effective, then just rinsing them.

  • @xel1673
    @xel1673 Рік тому +122

    You can also crack potatoes open like an egg, pouring out the potatoe-y innards for easy separation of the skin shell. But this only works if you get fresh potatoes straight from the potato coop after an adult female potato has laid the baby potato.

  • @tximinoman
    @tximinoman Рік тому +143

    I've learned a lot about cooking and potato physics. Thanks for the video.

  • @Icantdothisanymoreplskillme
    @Icantdothisanymoreplskillme Рік тому +88

    Idk why the "you couldn't peel yourself if you tried" made me laugh so hard 💀

  • @Erhannis
    @Erhannis Рік тому +283

    I've actually found that the BLUNT side of a knife works surprisingly well for peeling vegetables - you angle the knife TOWARD the direction you're cutting (like the knife is falling forward on its face as it runs forward) and scrape the outer layer off. Primary downside is it tends to mist you with vegetable juice. So, just wait until the heat of summer to peel your vegetables and then it's an upside.

    • @adde9506
      @adde9506 Рік тому +12

      Used to peel steamed potatoes with the back of a paring knife all the time. I had to fight my boss to keep from having that knife sharpened.

    • @sshlept8070
      @sshlept8070 Рік тому +3

      Especially carrots.

    • @yarnicles4616
      @yarnicles4616 Рік тому +7

      Ah yes. "Now I can peel a lemon this way!" 5 minutes later: *screaming*

    • @michaelsorensen7567
      @michaelsorensen7567 11 місяців тому +6

      Alternatively, peel potatoes near your laundry that needs to be starched

    • @ReatExists
      @ReatExists 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@adde9506did you use the blunt side of the knife in the fight

  • @SirPembertonS.Crevalius
    @SirPembertonS.Crevalius Рік тому +90

    Missed opportunity for potato teams with shirts vs skins.
    Also, the sharper your pile of knives is, the more likely your potato is to peel in one throw lads! ;D

    • @cineblazer
      @cineblazer Рік тому +3

      For sure. I remember being super frustrated when it was taking me two or three throws to get the knife-pile technique to work, but after a quick sharpening and some more practice I finally got the hang of it! Dedication pays off!

  • @pbabiesinspace6112
    @pbabiesinspace6112 Рік тому +21

    I don't know if this is written by just one person, but their ability to keep these videos fresh after so long is incredible. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @lobbert3922
    @lobbert3922 Рік тому +53

    Now I know why my potatoes are all scratched up when I peel them now…Its because I haven’t been using shaving cream on em

    • @cineblazer
      @cineblazer Рік тому +4

      You might also consider switching your razor to this video's sponsor, Henson Shaving. Upgrade your potato peeling to aerospace-grade :P

  • @Grabbahold
    @Grabbahold Рік тому +171

    I shall now devote my life to fully understanding potato physics. It’s an area in which we still have so much to learn.

  • @isaacm1929
    @isaacm1929 Рік тому +19

    You can also impale some unpeeled potatos to scare every other potato into peeling itself.

  • @KestrelHarper
    @KestrelHarper Рік тому +11

    I'm having a blast imagining how much fun it was to build that Newton's cradle and even more so when that whole peeling-with-a-drill scheme actually panned out (at least long enough to get the clip that makes you look like a genius).

  • @Ahrpigi
    @Ahrpigi Рік тому +7

    Potato skins on fries are divine, potato skins in mashed potatoes is a crime against humanity on par with raisins in carrot cake.

  • @abbynormal7525
    @abbynormal7525 Рік тому +59

    Let’s also not forget the method of getting someone else to peel the potato for you. That is my favorite.❤

    • @sluggy1739
      @sluggy1739 10 місяців тому

      Nona is that you?

  • @Maouww
    @Maouww Рік тому +13

    Thanks for this video, I was doing it all wrong - I thought doing icebreakers with my potatos would help them come out of their shells - but I see now that they're just thick skinned.

  • @sensudubs4421
    @sensudubs4421 Рік тому +27

    Everyone asks, "how do I peel the potato?" but nobody asks" how do I feel as a potato?"

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight Рік тому +18

    Very _apeeling_ way to peel potato! Thank you!
    Have you ever be bored at peeling potato normally that you accidentally made a Newton's pendulum? xD

  • @ZFilms11
    @ZFilms11 Рік тому +10

    Thanks for the help! I was using a broom!

  • @MedEvil1c
    @MedEvil1c Рік тому +21

    I applaud such varied and advanced techniques in potatoe skin removal and physics. i look forward to your work in tomato 🍅 🤓

  • @kit_kat_hi
    @kit_kat_hi Рік тому +9

    I think it’s time to switch my major from history to potato physics

  • @AvastarBin
    @AvastarBin Рік тому +18

    This guy's videos are like the april fools version of every other cooking videos

  • @Alex-sz1ys
    @Alex-sz1ys Рік тому +8

    Lmfao I always imagine him filming these videos at home and it makes me laugh. Like that potato nudist colony scene. Can you imagine someone walking in on a dude video taping beach-going potatoes? If he has a significant other or roommate, I wonder how many ridiculous scenes they have walked in on

  • @MellowdyGaming
    @MellowdyGaming Рік тому +5

    I usually make a small hole in the potato after pealing, putting a teaspoon of gunpowder and detonating it from a corner of my kitchen. The potato automatically blows up into french fries ready to be eaten.

    • @DerGully
      @DerGully Рік тому

      This is a very advanced and very american way of cooking.

  • @yousuckatcooking
    @yousuckatcooking  Рік тому +194

    What is method #13?

    • @ZFilms11
      @ZFilms11 Рік тому +5

      Broom.

    • @b3xism
      @b3xism Рік тому +61

      Has anyone ever tried with asking nicely?

    • @vhummos
      @vhummos Рік тому +35

      Right after birth, still undressed

    • @somerandomnification
      @somerandomnification Рік тому +2

      Newton's Cradle was the 13th method - I counted.

    • @armenkasparian6535
      @armenkasparian6535 Рік тому +12

      Wang jangle the potato until it peels

  • @RootedHat
    @RootedHat Рік тому +2

    Good to see some classic old technique being used

  • @gozzilla177
    @gozzilla177 Рік тому +8

    I sent my potato to a therapist and even though it's the most expensive method, the therapist peeled back the emotional layers for me!

  • @PratyushTewari
    @PratyushTewari Рік тому +12

    Hahah. Man I was really hoping that you will add waxing a potato as another option.
    I guess there is part 2 coming up with so many more ideas in the comments. 😅

  • @herrgnarf5947
    @herrgnarf5947 Рік тому +4

    Just bond up with the potato, get to know each other, fall in love. At some point the potato will undress herself.
    Now you can draw her like one of your french fries.

  • @notablediscomfort
    @notablediscomfort Рік тому +12

    I find it's easiest when the potato is first born and you just have the doctor peel it but personally I would rather let the potato grow up totally intact and decide as an adult if it wants to be peeled or not.

  • @nuolu866
    @nuolu866 11 місяців тому +1

    It’s so relaxing to watch this dude’s video. I watch it everyday at lunch break. Lol.

  • @DavidFrostbite
    @DavidFrostbite Рік тому +6

    Fully onboard with accepting the potato as it is - definetly not because i'm lazy

  • @randallradke1279
    @randallradke1279 Рік тому +4

    One of the best channels out there. So simplistic, so funny, so creative

  • @MarciaBaker1205
    @MarciaBaker1205 Рік тому +3

    Hi ysac good to hear from you I have to say I like the nudist Beach potatoes because they are already salted.

  • @watrgrl2
    @watrgrl2 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for expanding my potato peeling knowledge and for bringing a little sunshine and laughter to my heart.

  • @superkev1099
    @superkev1099 Рік тому +2

    thank you so much.. its been an emotional rollercoaster on your journey of cooking. I can honestly say hand on heart ... I am a better person because of your videos . thanks

  • @quarkhead5044
    @quarkhead5044 Рік тому +17

    Potato physics just might be able to find us another habitable planet

  • @champagne.future5248
    @champagne.future5248 Рік тому +1

    I’ve never seen so much effort put into so short a video

  • @semlapa9864
    @semlapa9864 Місяць тому +1

    this chef is legend, i am subscribing everything he offered, let's go!

  • @edible_lemon
    @edible_lemon Рік тому +2

    What am I doing, its almost 2 in the morning, I have a test tomorrow, and I'm sat here watching how to peel a potato. I'm going to bed.
    But thanks.

  • @thomp9054
    @thomp9054 Рік тому +4

    If i didn't suck at cooking before i definitely do now

  • @jeaniecameron295
    @jeaniecameron295 Рік тому +1

    I NEEDED this video.
    Life has gone so crazy and the future looks bleak....but omg. That is one peeler you got there!

  • @elainewitwer7488
    @elainewitwer7488 Рік тому

    Thank you. I’ve learned so much. I love your videos

  • @MrPP41
    @MrPP41 Рік тому +1

    This is the most useful video on youtube. Thank you!

  • @beanieduchet2928
    @beanieduchet2928 Рік тому +3

    This man is a genius!

  • @WilliamMiller.
    @WilliamMiller. Рік тому +1

    This cooking channel hits diffrent

  • @LordCurtis
    @LordCurtis Рік тому +2

    Life changing. Thanks !

  • @TheproGamer_Z
    @TheproGamer_Z Рік тому

    This is the best video I have seen so far in UA-cam!

  • @benrybczynski5798
    @benrybczynski5798 Рік тому +2

    Finally, a use for my comically oversized Newton's Cradle frame.

  • @bduffy1215
    @bduffy1215 Рік тому

    There is 1 thing i dislike about your channel........I have to wait a long time for new content!! Love all that you do!

  • @brb__bathroom
    @brb__bathroom Рік тому

    Frog off, you're now my favourite cooking show

  • @sweetypuss
    @sweetypuss Рік тому +1

    i still wonder what his secrets are. his in-depth knowledge of editing, camera tricks, and stop motion is amazing

  • @efrijim700
    @efrijim700 11 місяців тому

    I love this guy.

  • @food_cooking.
    @food_cooking. Рік тому +4

    감자 깎는법으로 이렇게 웃을수 있는 영상이
    매우 흥미롭고 재밌었어요🤣👍
    당신의 영상은 항상 재밌는 반전이 매력인것 같아요 최고에요^^

  • @ghostrider919
    @ghostrider919 Рік тому

    So much to learn indeed my friend

  • @More-Cowbell-SlideGuitar-Harp
    @More-Cowbell-SlideGuitar-Harp Рік тому +1

    I always come for the cooking tips, but stay for the comedy. this is better than actual new comedy shows

  • @Abelhawk
    @Abelhawk Рік тому +2

    You can also leave the potato out in the sun until it gets such a bad sunburn its skin peels off.

  • @novAviator01
    @novAviator01 Рік тому

    Thank you for the videos

  • @qrapefru1t150
    @qrapefru1t150 Рік тому

    Thank you for enlightening us

  • @sonyavincent7450
    @sonyavincent7450 Рік тому +1

    The potato nudist colony will stay with me for a long time.

  • @lforlight
    @lforlight Рік тому +3

    Newton's Cradle requires hard objects of similar if not identical mass to transfer the energy and momentum from one side to the other with minimal losses. So make sure your potatoes aren't baked before doing that, otherwise they'll squish.

    • @adde9506
      @adde9506 Рік тому +1

      Raw red potatoes, got it.

  • @carl_h
    @carl_h Рік тому

    I needed this information

  • @XEyedN00b
    @XEyedN00b Рік тому +2

    If you don't like peeling potatoes I have a recipe where they end up like they are cooked in fireplace embers. Wash unpeeled potatoes and leave them in the water. In a bowl mix 3 spoons of flour, 2 teaspoons of sweet paprika and 2 teaspoons of salt. Throw one potato at a time into the bowl so that it coats completely (potato needs to be wet to begin with). Put coated potatoes on a baking tray, into the 200°C oven for at least 40 minutes, up to 60 if taters were on the bigger side.
    Creamy and delicious, serve with butter and salt

  • @user-kd2qu2lb2q
    @user-kd2qu2lb2q 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for this great video. From today onwards I aspire to become a potato physicist to aid the world in understanding the dynamics of potato.

  • @thatgirlinokc3975
    @thatgirlinokc3975 Рік тому +2

    😂 passive aggressive statements are always a good idea!

  • @xpndblhero5170
    @xpndblhero5170 Рік тому +1

    "Well, I guess you've noticed something strange about dad.... But I'm still dad." 😅
    🤣🤣

  • @ikeetkreeft1973
    @ikeetkreeft1973 Рік тому

    you cleaned well today, im proud

  • @tonythehappynerd7241
    @tonythehappynerd7241 Рік тому

    Finally, I’ve finished every YSAC video up to here!

  • @sailesh11101
    @sailesh11101 6 місяців тому

    This is funny. Love it.

  • @jordansanchez676
    @jordansanchez676 Рік тому +3

    These are good ways to peel a potato thank you

  • @blzrdphoto
    @blzrdphoto Рік тому +1

    Yay I saw some cutco! I love my cutco knives.

  • @NazgulGnome
    @NazgulGnome Рік тому +3

    Have you tried scaring the potato out of its skin? It takes some practice, but works really well.

  • @brendakrieger7000
    @brendakrieger7000 Рік тому

    Fascinating🥔

  • @corro202
    @corro202 Рік тому

    Awesome video.

  • @user-nw2op1is3m
    @user-nw2op1is3m Рік тому

    I came here thinking I would find a better way to peel potatoes. I learned nothing yet I was fully satisfied.

  • @freepoco2
    @freepoco2 Рік тому +2

    One of Paul Simon’s more obscure songs

  • @ziaelizabeth
    @ziaelizabeth Рік тому

    Amazing video

  • @Bejeodiehrubridjehfoekdjriwknr
    @Bejeodiehrubridjehfoekdjriwknr 5 місяців тому

    Im definitely using the drill method from now on

  • @KJ99otis
    @KJ99otis Рік тому

    Nailed it!

  • @ult1873
    @ult1873 Рік тому

    Thank you!

  • @frozenranch6702
    @frozenranch6702 Рік тому

    i remember watching you as a kid!

  • @Kampfkecks70
    @Kampfkecks70 Рік тому

    Thank You!

  • @broitsmikey
    @broitsmikey 10 місяців тому

    The potato drill was actually genius

  • @Merennulli
    @Merennulli Рік тому +1

    Newton's potatoes are also critical for making shoestring fries.

  • @HiPumpkin50leslie
    @HiPumpkin50leslie Рік тому

    That was so much fun! 😅😊❤

  • @Henri.d.Olivoir
    @Henri.d.Olivoir Рік тому

    Coincidentally, I was thinking of you publishing a video yesterday!

  • @moja__
    @moja__ Рік тому

    Very educational

  • @ryanblystone5153
    @ryanblystone5153 Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @Brievel
    @Brievel Рік тому

    I'm not fully awake yet and just watched a fever dream so thank you for that.

  • @murwur
    @murwur Рік тому

    Waw I like this content is just up my alley

  • @donthorpe6301
    @donthorpe6301 11 місяців тому

    PRICELESS!

  • @Alustar22
    @Alustar22 Рік тому

    This guy is a menace, and I'm all for it!

  • @ralphineharris2008
    @ralphineharris2008 Рік тому

    I love post-Italy Emma 😊

  • @Salty_Gacha_Gamer
    @Salty_Gacha_Gamer Рік тому +2

    Ah yes, Potato physics my favourite area of study. I've been preparing a thesis on Potato being used as a replaceable cell and the newtonian motion of potato underground during it's growth phases.
    P.S. Potato can actually be used as a small low voltage DC battery XD

  • @OutdoorKitchenMatisKochkanal
    @OutdoorKitchenMatisKochkanal Рік тому +1

    I tried to peel a potato once, and it ended up looking like a Picasso painting. Who knew potatoes could be so abstract? 🥔🎨

  • @CherylThePearl1
    @CherylThePearl1 Рік тому

    It was very silly, but it was fun to watch

  • @shifukoala5543
    @shifukoala5543 2 місяці тому

    I just noticed the peels on the side of the 'bathtub'. Made me laugh out loud

  • @ftswarbill
    @ftswarbill Рік тому +1

    *Never a dull video. Thanks for the laughs.* 😃👍