taters

[eyeguy 54]

kina like poking an egg lol

[RebelSS]

Wondermous! What will they think of next!! 

[leechlake]

as you can see in video the spud is a pretty perfect oval.  I've tried this and if the spud has a dent or something then it's game over because it tears.  Best bet is liking mashed potatoes with skin on.

Also you better have asbestos in your finger tips, that potato is hot.  If you pick the right potato and cook it exactly right it's golden.

 

 

Edited October 29, 2015 by leechlake

[Boar]

thats really cool, but Im a tater skin lover, big white russets, 400 degrees for an hour, nice and crispy, scopp out tater and fill with butter sourcreams and cheese and bacon, yummer!

[eyeguy 54]

I eat the skins also,  just though the vid was kinda neat.  just nuked a red in the wave and inhaled it.  

[Finns]

Was it 'poked' on one end or both? 

[eyeguy 54]

heehee

[leech~~]

Don't think that would work with a thicker skinned russets.

 

[reinhard1]

That is a cool video, but I have always been a skin on guy.  Fried, in stews, soups, or mashed, they all have to have the skin on. One exception would be when I make my German dumplings.  good luck.

[RebelSS]

I had to try that last nite prior to making mashed taters with my chicken. The ends smushed, it shot off the cutting board when I jerked my hands away because I burnt my fingies, fell on floor, and split open. It doesn't work.  

[delcecchi]

Yeah, the video sort of glosses over the problem of handling a potato right out of boiling water.   They don't call something that is hard to handle a "hot potato" for nothing.

[leechlake]

ever seen that video on skinning a deer using a rock and a rope and an atv or winch?  Hide peels off like butter, except when you live in Minnesota and you shot the deer in November on a Saturday and your trying to do it Tuesday and the deer isn't warm still.  I think the same guy that invented that is the potato peeler.

 

 

 

[RebelSS]

I shoulda just stuck with my Popeil Spud 'o matic. 

[smurfy]

ever seen that video on skinning a deer using a rock and a rope and an atv or winch?  Hide peels off like butter, except when you live in Minnesota and you shot the deer in November on a Saturday and your trying to do it Tuesday and the deer isn't warm still.  I think the same guy that invented that is the potato peeler.

 

 

 

we do this ocassionally. we have used a tennis ball or baseball. even cold it works somewhat OK  wants you get it started. 

[eyeguy 54]

I had to try that last nite prior to making mashed taters with my chicken. The ends smushed, it shot off the cutting board when I jerked my hands away because I burnt my fingies, fell on floor, and split open. It doesn't work.  

let it cool a bit next time wimp...  

looks to me like they were cooled before peeled

[RebelSS]

Looks to me like they were "prop" potatos.....plastic with a latex skin. Think it's the same English bloke that does the Ginsu knife commercials. "Look, after cutting a nail in half, it still slices through a tomato!!  *squish*

[leechlake]

I couldn't sleep last night much thinking about this potato situation.  So I took the day off from work and called my buddy Larry who is a welder.  He's always game for a day off and since he works for the State of Minnesota he has 4,343 days of accumulated vacation, counting double time situations and whatever is in their contract on an annual basis.  I told him the plan and he also said he didn't care what happened since he has the best health insurance that money can buy (doesn't cost him a dime though).  He's 27 years old by the way.

He came into my kitchen with two welder's masks and some gloves that NASA is working on in case they ever make it to the Sun and want to touch it.   My wife was leaving the house and I told her our plan and that we were also going to make a pot roast and beer was a main ingredient, so when she returned if she saw beer cans it was merely for the recipe.  She left and we had a beer.  I grabbed the potatoes out of the pantry and put them in a pot with some water to boil.  We had a few beers while our experiment boiled away.

Larry suggested I grab the fire extinguisher out of the closet.  Great idea...I looked around for about five minutes and finally found it.  Safety first I always say.   

Finally, the timer went off and we took the spuds off the heat.  I told Larry that "eyeguy" said they needed to cool, so we had a beer.  Larry asked me about this page and I explained it to him.  He was confused but asked, "if I'm hearing you right you sit around and talk to these people about, killing mice, deer, fish, and also recipes?"   I affirmed what he said and we had another beer...it was now time to attempt the first potato.

Larry helped me put on the mask and gloves.  He then went to his truck and grabbed some sort of Hazmat style suits.  We were also out of the original 12 beers so he brought some beer back too.  He helped me put the Hazmat suit on and I asked him if he needed help.  He couldn't hear me through my mask though so I just started on a potato.  I sliced it in the middle and grabbed the end to pull the skin off just like the video.  I could feel the heat of the spud even through the NASA experimental "Sun Gloves".  I pushed and pushed and finally  the potato shot out of my Sun Glove and hit Larry in his mask, richocheted off of it, broke my wifes favorite vase, landed on the floor and my dog saw it and grabbed it, she dropped it and then picked it up again and dropped it and ran off whining.

We are at the vet right now with the dog.  I never knew there was such a thing as 4th degreeburns but she has them.  The vet said that the saving grace was that the skin never came off of the potato and that slight insulation probably saved the dogs life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2015 by leechlake

[RebelSS]

This is just horrible; an absolute travesty. All because some foreign kipper thinks he has a better way. Leech's poor dog may never recover totally from the burns, nor from the embarrassment caused by one stupid hot potato. My heart goes out to him. I'm glad he's now safely back home Leech, and I hope he's able to keep the frozen washcloth in his mouth and on his head, it'll help alleviate any oral swelling. Some cool, soft food , such as cat-flavored jello and beef flavored pudding, may be needed for the next couple weeks.  Hopefully he'll be back at it soon, soft-mouthing those ducks and pheasants. Thank you for the pic, I hope you don't mind my posting it to show the consequences of fooling around with hot 'taters. 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2015 by RebelSS

[smurfy]

 and someone here posted I gotta few screws loose?????????

[leechlake]

Thanks Reb.  Frankly, I'm not bothered by the hun yuck that posted the You tube video as much as I'm mad at "eyeguy".   I can forgive and forget though because, even though I don't know "eyeguy" I'm 100% positive he's an awesome guy.  If he was my neighbor I'd be happy he was.

New problem is that Larry's brother's Uncle is a Canine Personal Injury attorney.  He called my wife and my wife called Canine Protective Services on me!!!  Larry's on administrative paid leave, my dog can't retreive until January, and i'm facing 2-4 years in the St Cloud joint making license plates and poking eggs for my inmates.  If I make kitchen duty.

 

 

 

 

[RebelSS]

I can vouch for the fact that eyeguy is an upstanding person. He sent and  arranged for me to pick up a bag of some plant material  that...O for god's sake!! It was Sumac, before ya get all bent outta shape...that we were unable to get together on. I'm sure he did not foresee the unfortunate circumstance that come with fooling around with a "hot potato".  I did that one other time, not realizing that she was uh...er, never mind. Different kind. 

 

 

i'm facing 2-4 years in the St Cloud joint making license plates and poking eggs for my inmates.  If I make kitchen duty.

 

 

 

 

Terrible, just terrible. Ya want I should send ya my eggs-tra special peel-a-tron?

 

Edited October 29, 2015 by RebelSS

[leechlake]

I just read my post "poking eggs for my inmates"!!!  That's it I'm not going there, no poking.  May disappear to lakeiwantabethere and try to blend in with the crowd.  

 

 

 

[RebelSS]

I didn't care to point that out. Never use the word "poke" and "prison" in the same sentence. 

Edited October 29, 2015 by RebelSS

[eyeguy 54]

ok guys,  get back on your meds... 

[Bobby Bass]

I just want to point out that we do not have crowds of poking future wandering inmates here at Lake Iwanttobethere. Might be hard for Leech to Blend in here although there are a lot of people wandering around town wearing orange jumpsuits but deer season is almost here..Bobby