[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I bought my first potato peeler a few weeks ago. Before that, I used a knife. It's amazing how much more potato you have left over after peeling it with the peeler. It works even better if you take off the piece of Saran wrap covering the blades. I recommend getting one.

If you take off the saran wrap you have a better chance of peeling off your skin!

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Scorpyo

What a bunch of silly responses. Anyone can tell the square bottom part is a small harmonica.

My granny used the harmonica end for green beans. When you pulled the bean through it cut the bean in perfect Frenched slices, and removed the bean pod. The harmonica blades were very sharp Then canned the cut green beans. The peeler was used for any vegetables or fruit to skin it.

We also used the harmonica end to strip herbs away from the stalks. Quick and easy. Today I have a Julian attachment on my mandolin. And to remove herbs from the stalk I actually have a tool that has different size holes in it that you run the stock through and all the herbs stay on the other side. Both very expensive compared to what my grandmothers peeler did. I still have my granny’s peeler, and sometimes it works better than all my contraptions

[VM32162]

I had to peel potatoes when I visited our son. I went out and bought him a potato peeler the next day!! The potatoes looked a mess when I used the knife!

[RonI46]

I have used one but don’t recognize what is at the opposite end.

[dougawhite]

I use a double-ended peeler. One end is a normal blade, the other end has a surrated blade that is perfect for slippery skins like apples.