Like, I get comments from people telling me it’s weird I always try to peel potatoes like I am trying to make the worlds longest 1-piece potato peel. To me it feels way for efficient and fun to continu down a potato in 1 peel, while circling around it, instead of randomly scraping a hundred different pieces of peel off and having to reintroduce the cutter knife to the potato for every piece.

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    Given that the skin has up to 12 times the nutrients of the entire potato it covers I personally stopped peeling my potatoes in most situations. It also adds a great crispy texture when you’re roasting or frying. With that said, you do you when peeling. If it’s cathartic to peel it all in one piece go for it. Or you can cut the potato in half and simply use a knife to trim the skin off like a sweet potato.

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      That’s not true. For a potato, about half the total fiber is found in the skin. No other nutrients are drastically reduced.

      Source

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      You should NOT do this with Potatoes. Their skin contains Solanine, which is a nightshade toxin.

      Other veggies and fruits yes, but not potatoes. Other nightshades like Tomatoes and Pepper are way different.

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        Fresh or properly stored non “green” potatoes should be safe to eat with the skin, as the solanine content is usually below the threshold of 100mg per kg, as I understand it according to this Source. What I found interesting is that the Solanine apparently accumulates in frying oil (it starts breaking down at about 170°C according to Wikipedia) which might be troublesome since some places swap frying oil infrequently.

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        Not if you remove eyes, sprouts and green parts. What you want to avoid is green flesh. If you scratch under the skin and its green pitch it.

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          The toxins exist throughout the skin, but in smaller concentration than in the sprouts and green parts. Doesn’t mean that the skin is inherently unsafe to eat, but you probably should peel it if you eat potatoes regulary, or if you’re cooking for children, old people or someone immunocompromised.

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            Toxins exist in the water you drink and the air you breathe, unless you distill the water to the point of actually being dangerous to consume.

            A small concentration of toxins is absolutely unavoidable. The presence in potato skins is pretty negligible.

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            They are in such small concentrations that your body tends to eliminate them. They do not accumulate.

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            I think cooking goes a long way to dealing with the toxins, also. Raw potatoes are very toxic.

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      Worth mentioning that different types of potatoes have more and less pleasant skins to eat, so it depends

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        Nope, skin stays in for mashed as well. Mashed red potatoes with skins, a few lumps & loads of roasted garlic!