Forgot how to boil potatoes

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Forgot how to boil potatoes

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Last night boiled potatoes but forgot to peel them ! I had no memory of how we usually eat them. Worse though I had offered to cook. It was as if i had no memory!
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Nowadays lots of potatoes are supplied so they do not need boiling because they are prewashed and new - it is not unusual for us to cook several varieties with their skins on.

Coincidentally, last week I was peeling some spuds and reminiscing about how now that they do not usually come with a load of mud attached.

I do hope the meal was retrievable and that you are not put off cooking.

Here is a quote from one potao recipe website: -

but we would recommend you leave the skins on. This ensures that the nutrients and flavours are not lost during cooking and you get all those lovely vitamins too.
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Re: Forgot how to boil potatoes

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Thanks it was retreived but ended up peeling par boiled spuds !
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We get good at retrieving situations.
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Unless I'm making mashed potatos I usually give them a quick wash /scrub before steaming or roasting them.
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Re: Forgot how to boil potatoes

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Andrew_S_Hatton wrote: Mon Nov 12, 2018 8:01 pm We get good at retrieving situations.
Aye there is that.

I attempted to make aranchi the other week... only I did a typically blokey thing and decided not consult any recipes. Anyway mid way through cooking I decided that the rice was never going to get stodgy enough to form into balls... so I salvaged a risotto out of it instead.
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