Wash Potatoes After Peeling, Not Before
Potatoes grow underground in the mud, which makes them muddy . (This is science.) If you are going to eat all of the potatoes – the skins and everything else – you must wash them first. Baked potatoes, fried potatoes, skinless fries – these legs all need a good peeling as a first step before any further preparation or cooking is undertaken. But if you are going to peel potatoes (for mashed potatoes or other skinless food), you do not need to wash them first. Just rinse it off quickly after peeling.
Look, you are a busy person and you have things to do! Why waste your precious time cleaning up dirt from a surface that you intend to remove in bulk with a knife or vegetable peeler (preferably a Y-peeler , the best knife) in a few minutes? This is extra work, and if you are not getting a fair hourly wage for it, there is no need to extend the preparation of the potatoes. Plus, no matter how hard or how thoroughly you wipe, small patches and specks of skin will stick to the pile, so you’ll still have to rinse it out. And for what?
Optimize the potato process, kids. Simply peel the dirty potatoes, throw the skins into the compost, and rinse the peeled potatoes as quickly as possible. Peeled potatoes are slippery anyway (thanks to all this starch), so the dirt slides off immediately, and you don’t need to wipe it off. Then you’ll be ready to knead and make your way to the mountains of fluffy creamy mashed potatoes. Or make Taco Bell Taco Pie , also known as two crunchy Taco Bell tacos topped with mashed potatoes topped with bags of Taco Bell sauce. The choice is yours, my friend. Choose wisely.