Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Recipes
Peeling potatoes when you have arthritis >

Peeling potatoes when you have arthritis

Peeling potatoes when you have arthritis

Old 11-25-2012, 06:14 AM
  #11  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 5,397
Default

This always the method my family uses to make potato salad. Along with making the peeling eaiser it keeps the potatoes from absorbing as much water. Baking works too for regular or sweet potatoes.
romanojg is offline  
Old 11-25-2012, 10:31 AM
  #12  
Super Member
 
nstitches4u's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Independence, MO
Posts: 3,560
Default

Thanks for the tip. After peeling potatoes and sweet potatoes for the gang on Thanksgiving, my fingers hardly bend at all. lol
nstitches4u is offline  
Old 11-26-2012, 07:17 AM
  #13  
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Circleville, OH
Posts: 89
Default

If you want to try some really excellent mashed potatoes, try Ore-Ida's Steam N Mash. Real potato cubes that you cook in the bag in the microwave. Directions say 10 minutes, but I do 11-12 minutes. Just add your milk, salt and pepper, mash as you usually do. My family actually prefers them. There are several different varieties as well - garlic and sweet potato.
Karen1956 is offline  
Old 11-26-2012, 07:50 AM
  #14  
Member
 
kyrose's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Kentucky
Posts: 74
Default

A trick I use is frozen southern-style hash browns. The cubed type. Great in soups and stews. No peeling or dicing. Just pour out the amount you need, fasten the bag with a clothespin and put back in the freezer. For roasted or mashed, I leave the peel on. More vitamins and fiber that way.
kyrose is offline  
Old 11-29-2012, 07:48 PM
  #15  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Org. Texas now Florida
Posts: 846
Default

I boil potatoes in their jackets for my potatoe salad too. It gives the salad a richer taste.
I rub the skins off and then cut them in cubes when they are cool. Don't cut them when they are hot or you will have mashed potatoes. lol Miracale Whip Mayo, relish, onion, and 6 boiled eggs chopped. People love it.
syl
ThreadHead is offline  
Old 11-29-2012, 08:41 PM
  #16  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Only the Shadow Knows........
Posts: 968
Default

My Momma would boil potatoes with the skins on and then peel them when cool for potato salad. I just leave the skins on reds and purples.

I have a peeler that slips over one finger like a ring. It's much easier than gripping that peeler for all those taters
COYOTEMAGIC is offline  
Old 11-29-2012, 08:46 PM
  #17  
Super Member
 
slk350's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ft. Myers, FL
Posts: 1,925
Default

I cook red skinned pototoes with the skin on , esp. good in a potato salad. Also mashed with onions and garlic
slk350 is offline  
Old 01-20-2013, 02:16 PM
  #18  
Member
 
Annieflower's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 77
Default

Great ideas here and having arthritic hands all my life makes for many challenges. Thank you so much for all the wonderful ideas and I make red, yukon gold smashed potatoes while adding sour cream, milk, parsley, and other herbs. Whatever suits your fancy and the Kitchen Aid mixer helps for making potatoes for a large crowd. Bon Apetite!!!!!
Annieflower is offline  
Old 01-24-2013, 08:33 AM
  #19  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 683
Default

I got that kind of ring peeler a couple years ago and wish I had it long before. So much easier. Also if you can stand to watch Dawn Wells ,who was Mary Ann on Gilligans Island on TV in the 70's, she shows how to peel potatoes in a video on YouTube.
LenaBeena is offline  
Old 01-30-2013, 08:52 AM
  #20  
Power Poster
 
BellaBoo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Front row
Posts: 14,646
Default

I don't peel white potatoes at all. Waste of my time. I buy Yukon Gold for the thin mild skins. If the family wants no peels then they can make instant or be here to peel the potatoes or not eat them. Either choice is fine with me.
BellaBoo is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Suz
Recipes
22
01-22-2018 04:43 PM
Central Ohio Quilter
Recipes
25
12-12-2013 04:44 PM
amma
Recipes
34
12-12-2011 11:15 AM
BellaBoo
Main
62
01-23-2010 10:03 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


FREE Quilting Newsletter