Loss of nutritional value aside, I can see this method reducing waste in a cost effective kitchen. Absolutely, no waste on that potato! Interesting, none-the-less!
@clmason33172 the idea that potato skins are full of nutrients is a myth. The skins contain nothing but cellulose (which the human body can't break down), a slight lipid (oil) residue from when the cells were living at one time, and pesticides since the skin is the plants first line of defense against foreign contaminants. The only thing that skins are good for is adding fiber to your diet to help you poop. Just FYI =)
Put the beets (without even cleaning them) into a pot, cover with water, check with a fork to see when they are tender.
Take the whole pot, put in the sink, empty boiling water (& dirt & scum from unwashed beets), fill the pot with cold water while still in the sink and the beet skins slip right off!
Beautiful, glossy, smooth and perfect peeled and boiled beets! ;-)
About potatoes...
We organic, & leave the skins on for extra fiber and nutrients.
Thanks Dawn. My Son Mark worked with you in LA on a stage play a few years ago. I forgot the name of it right off, I think you were working with Ziggy and Maybe James Earl Jones. He sent me your autographed picture. You're still as pretty as ever. I still have the picture and always will. (At least for a few more years).
I'd much rather watch Dawn Wells in 1965 peeling off that red and white gingham top and those little blue hot pants. Ginger I love you, but oh, that Mary-Ann! R-r-r-r!
15 minutes when you could have it peeled in 2. But then, I guess this is for people for have trouble peeling potatoes. So this actually is a good tip. =)~
For those of us who are allergic to potato skin, this is great! It's a lot easier to handle a potato with gloves this way than to peel them with a peeler.
Before anyone says it to me (as many often do), the majority of nutrients are not found in the skin, but rather more fiber. Most of the nutrients are in the potato itself.
The only way to make good mashed tatos is to leave the skin on while you are boiling them. The skin acts as a natural barrier and holds in all the flavor. I've been peeling potatoes like this forever, its the easiest way. Only 10 seconds of work per potato as opposed to about a minute.
i could boil it for 15 minutes and then put it in ice water... OR i could get someone else to peel the potatoes and then i just cook them... i like my idea!
Let's see... It took 15 minutes to boil the potato. With a good potatoe peeler I could have had 10 potatoes peeled in 5 minutes. Sorry, but this don't do it for me...
I had to quarter the potatoes and put them back in the boiling water till fork-tender before draining and making mashed potatoes. When you have a lot of potatoes to prepare (like for Thanksgiving) this is much easier than using a peeler for me since my hands go numb with carpal tunnel and I tend to nick my knuckles with a peeler. Just remember to scrub them well before boiling.
OMG some of these posts. Yea you could have peeled a whole bag of potatoes by the time she peeled one but you would still have to cook them. So you are killing 2 birds with one stone and cooking them then peeling them. I would say "duh" but that would be rude
Why would you waste 20 minutes of ur life waitin for it to boil when you could be peeling them with a peeler. i cudve peeled a whole bag within the time she did one
@w4taup Ya, but then you'd have to BOIL IT. So 20 minutes to boil + 10 seconds of dunking in icewater = 20.10. Your method: 10 minutes to peel + 20 minutes to boil = 30 minutes. You leave out the whole boiling process, der hey.
good question but good idea if you were making scallop potatoes. I have an issue with my hand cramping when peeling potatoes so I'm gonna give this a try.
@getwithit02 I cut mine in half first before boiling then they're cooked in about 25 minutes and I just let them cool (without the ice water) and the skin comes off pretty easy after that.
11 million hits to watch potato peeling, I dont think so. Really, its to watch " Mary Ann " peel potatoes ! Man, Ied love to be shipwrecked on a deserted island with her anytime !!
@denivalcory I was thinking the same thing....Once she said "throw out the potato peeler and get a REALLY SHARP KNIFE", I was thinking this isn't going to end well. I could have used the peeler and finished the pototo in only 1 minute without dirtying up 2 large dishes.
It would definitely come in handy when you have to make mashed potatoes for dozens at Thanksgiving or in the summer for potato salad. One potato, not a big deal, but several potatoes, definitely hate peeling them. And how could peeling a potato possibly be considered good exercise? That is just dumb.
I love Dawn Wells! and her idea of cutting the skin around the 'waist' is smart. I boiled potatoes whole the other day and tried to peel them...hot!! I thought of putting them in a plastic bag, to make them sweaty, so you could slip them off - like how you do for roasted peppers. this just makes it easier. And you dont really need that much ice, its the cut that helps the skins come off so smoothly. Nice one MaryAnn!!
One can always buy organic and eat the mineral rich skins. Excellent in potato salad. Reds look especially beautiful cut up with the skins left on, although any skin colour is acceptable. (IMO, I'd rather peel than do this)
Kinda pointless... with a good bird's peak pairing knife or a comfortable and sharp peeler, the peeling process should take mere seconds - the knife/peeler should easily slice off the skin with minimum pressure applied. Besides, potatoes cooked with the skin on taste quite different from the peeled ones. I mean really, is it that hard to spend two-three minutes to peel a whole pot of potatoes?
Dawn, thank you so much for the tip but did you or some of the younger women now-a-days know that you can peel tomatoes the same exact way? If you have tomatoes from your garden or some of your tomatoes start to get soft but not rotten you can do this same method. Greeneyesmom
don't you have plants (inside or outside) that would like a little water after the ice has melted? and isn't it true that it's better to have a full freezer than a half-empty one. taking the space to make ice could actually be the green approach.
Thank God I have Money to buy peeler......why to waist so much ice.....m sure you cannot reuse it for drinking......save water man thats the need of an hour. Yes when you get tired after peeling you can use this ice for drinking :-)........I will it take as nice alternative......
I think that if you're willing to just throw them in cold water and wait a little longer than it takes to make a youtube video, you could get the same results. Don't get hung up on the ice cubes. Great to see Dawn, I'm 45 and married, but I don't think I ever got over my crush on Mary Anne, lol.
You must be kidding! All of you! Wasting energy on ice cubes? If you have them, use them. If you don't, just let the potatoes cool down in the fridge or whatever. it's good info for those who don't know the tip.......geez! and yeah so she looks good but what does that have to do with anything ..........
Great video for those in a hurry. But the environmentalist won't like it. It uses energy. Someone asked about the peelings? Somebody who has had their colon removed can't eat the peelings.... too much roughage. Yes, the potato does need to finish cooking but then chop in desired size pieces and finish. No big deal!
I aways had a huge crush on Mary Ann ... couldn't care about Ginger. But now she has revolutionized the potatoe peeling industry I'm more than smitten.
Who in tv has not had work done? At least Ms. Wells is still ADORABLE! What a fun video and she was clearly paid by Idaho Potatoes, so ripping on her taking 20 min to cook one is just silly. You go Dawn, your video was sweet and is a hit on Facebook !!
Why even peel it? I figured skin has nutrients too. Is there something I don't know about why skin is bad? Dawn is the cutest woman to ever crawl the face of the earth. Better than Sally Field,,,Joyce DeWitt..Rachel Ray and all those other look-a-likes.
Forget all that. Mary Ann makes my water boil even at 60s something ! Ied still love to eat her " Coconut cream pie " all night long. Sex and food have a very fine dividing line ! Shes almost a regular " Rachel Ray " ! BUT... Dawn is better and Ied peel her potatoes, anytime !!!
And you need to stop relying on your microwaved brain. It is elementary that when a person puts a potato in a microwave that it is NOT a potato when you take it out!!! The DNA is changed. THAT IS CALLED RADIATION.
Did you know that a potato has a higher glycemic index than sugar? Talk about spiking your blood sugar and then crashing! We shouldn't even be eating them anymore.
the Professor had difficulty with some of the technical jargon as req'd by his character. To his credit he was the first to admit this Gilligan's Isle trivia factoid. The series was in fact titled Gilligan's Isle originally but the powers that be were concerned with the literacy question so they opted for the more readily consumable: Gilligans Island. (and not Gilligan's Isthmus). :)'
Dawn Wells (aka Mary Ann) was beautiful when she was on Gilligan's Island, and she's still beautiful. I have always wanted to eat one of her coconut cream pies! We love you Dawn (Mary Ann).
lol. Dawn is a lefty so let's look at her carbon footprint. Electricity or gas usage to boil water (also a precious commodity) and the electricity and water (see earlier comment) to manufacture the ice to put the potato in. Bad lefty!!
Good Idea. However, that particular potato is not a boiling potato but a baking one. And I usually boil my potatoes the day before I want to make my salad, put them in the fridge and the next day, yes I can pull the skin off with my fingers since in the boiling process the skin naturally splits.
if anyone is really listening, she isn't saying the potato is fully cooked..just enough that you can get the skin off. But really , by the time you score the potato and cook it enough to put in the ice water..then finish cooking it..well isn't it just as easy to peel the damn thing...
Oh, rocklionZ81, for heaven's sake - can't you recognize a full face lift, lid lift and even her hands have had something done!!! These are not the hands or face of a 71 yr. old woman....
This also works for boiled eggs, difference only is after adding ice to the eggs after boiling them for ten minutes is add 2 tablespoons of baking soda, bammm, they slide out of shell. Just amazing..dont ya love the internet :)
Why not try and see? I can't see it being fully-cooked but it would depend on how far she scored the potato, temperature of the water (which depends on altitude), etc.
Cool idea, but why would you peel the potato at all? Most of the nutrients are in the peel! The peel also makes the dish more appealing, not so bland looking and very tasty
Ever since I remember my mother has been doing the same to peel potatoes. She lacerates them slightly, boils them and keep them in normal water for a while and later just slides the peel over.
You need not use ice cold water, that is very energy inefficient (to waste ice), for something so trivial as potato peeling. It won't take much time for the potatoes to cool in normal water, moreover you need only the surface to cool.
Why waste all that energy making ice cubes for this purpose? It only takes a few seconds to manually peel a large potato, and it's exercise that's good for you!
@JimT161 So I assume you don't bother running your freezer unless you're making a few ice cubes for your next glass of lemonade? In the time saved by not peeling the potato manually, you could run your push mower and get some real exercise.
If you're already running a freezer anyway, you're not "wasting" energy making ice cubes; I guess you don't cook for a lot of people; else you wouldn't be making pronouncements that smack of moral judgement - like peeling potatoes is good excercise. When you're also husking corn, chopping for green salad, making dressings, peeling & coring for fruit salads, baking bread, etc., those seconds add up, and are therefore, valuable as hell!
Go ahead and hand peel the pots - I'll take the hint!
You don't want to use a microwave because they kill your food by molecularly restructuring it... it is dead and even unhealthy! Go ahead and google dangers of microwaving food... we tossed ours out and use the old fashioned stove. And as far as large spuds go... keep boiling them after the skin if off... maybe even chop them up a bit first. To hot? Use rubber gloves.
@tviman You need to stop relying on google to provide you with an education. Microwaves do not "restructure" food. Any heat will change the quaternary and possibly the tertiary structure of proteins, that is called cooking.
@vgferenzi HAHAHAHA PEOPLE ARE NOT USING MICS CUZ THEY CAN LEACH PLASTIC CHEMS INTO FOOD , AND IT KILLS NUTRIENTS IN FOOD FASTER THAN REG COOKING , STAY AWAY FROM MICS
What she doesn't tell you is that unless the potato is pretty small, it's not ready for mashing after just 15 minutes of boiling. You're going to have to put the skinless pot
Hi Dawn,
I am sorry, but this tip is no good.
You waste to much energy.
Don't peal the potatoes and don't cook them soft.
If they are close to be cooked, pour the water of and put the cooking pot under a blanket in your bed to keep the heat,
Some 15 or 20 minute, they are fine cooked.
I loved the famous Idaho potatoes, even with big caves inside.
amende 4 months ago
What a great system. She's still cute.
Sequoia145 11 months ago 9
yep she`s still a keeper
pipefitters1 11 months ago 5
Loss of nutritional value aside, I can see this method reducing waste in a cost effective kitchen. Absolutely, no waste on that potato! Interesting, none-the-less!
clmason33172 11 months ago
@clmason33172 the idea that potato skins are full of nutrients is a myth. The skins contain nothing but cellulose (which the human body can't break down), a slight lipid (oil) residue from when the cells were living at one time, and pesticides since the skin is the plants first line of defense against foreign contaminants. The only thing that skins are good for is adding fiber to your diet to help you poop. Just FYI =)
gobo760 6 months ago 2
What a tip! Love it! Thanks.
Magilla43 11 months ago 2
Been doing beets like this for years!
Put the beets (without even cleaning them) into a pot, cover with water, check with a fork to see when they are tender.
Take the whole pot, put in the sink, empty boiling water (& dirt & scum from unwashed beets), fill the pot with cold water while still in the sink and the beet skins slip right off!
Beautiful, glossy, smooth and perfect peeled and boiled beets! ;-)
About potatoes...
We organic, & leave the skins on for extra fiber and nutrients.
DrElenaM 11 months ago 3
in reply to w4aup.... your going to boil the potatos anyways.... so you would save time! Its much faster and wayyy easier this way!
LeahMarieA1 11 months ago
Thanks Dawn. My Son Mark worked with you in LA on a stage play a few years ago. I forgot the name of it right off, I think you were working with Ziggy and Maybe James Earl Jones. He sent me your autographed picture. You're still as pretty as ever. I still have the picture and always will. (At least for a few more years).
Oldiesfanman 11 months ago 2
I'd much rather watch Dawn Wells in 1965 peeling off that red and white gingham top and those little blue hot pants. Ginger I love you, but oh, that Mary-Ann! R-r-r-r!
themredweirdoshow 11 months ago
15 minutes when you could have it peeled in 2. But then, I guess this is for people for have trouble peeling potatoes. So this actually is a good tip. =)~
DarkRubberDucky 11 months ago
do i hear a Scandinavian accent there, Dawn? i still watch the reruns sometimes, you're my fav of the lot
desirefirst 1 year ago
For those of us who are allergic to potato skin, this is great! It's a lot easier to handle a potato with gloves this way than to peel them with a peeler.
Before anyone says it to me (as many often do), the majority of nutrients are not found in the skin, but rather more fiber. Most of the nutrients are in the potato itself.
schatze78 1 year ago
Thanks Dawn. I'll bet you are great at mashing them too! :)
KB4QAA 1 year ago
i`ve seen this before but it was to people from china
ulysses1981 1 year ago
Would the same procedure happen with an apple or orange lol?
quizmasterdave 1 year ago
11 million views? wow.
LegionLives 1 year ago
And she is still Beautiful!
7DARKHELLS 1 year ago
I am a chef and this is ridiculous. peel, cook, eat ..
c0oldave 1 year ago
Great, now let's see what she can do with a banana.
woodyi59 1 year ago
I wasted all these decades peeling the darn things??
MaddyKarasMom 1 year ago
The years have been good to Ms Wells
aetas4500 1 year ago
The only way to make good mashed tatos is to leave the skin on while you are boiling them. The skin acts as a natural barrier and holds in all the flavor. I've been peeling potatoes like this forever, its the easiest way. Only 10 seconds of work per potato as opposed to about a minute.
apaget 1 year ago
ima try that
peachplum581 1 year ago
why would anyone want to peel potatoes?? the peel is the best part. just wash them and eat them, for crissakes.
rumbumbacca 1 year ago
A little Ginger would make this recipe even better.
madamerotten 1 year ago
I'm sure this works great! I'm going to try it.
teacher5628 1 year ago
Ginger or Mary Ann?
MrNYCman530 1 year ago
she's not old
wolfgirlie52 1 year ago
i could boil it for 15 minutes and then put it in ice water... OR i could get someone else to peel the potatoes and then i just cook them... i like my idea!
leonard03 1 year ago
I did this and it's a joke! II had a horrible mess. Don't throw away your peeler!
thenurse911 1 year ago
She is still cute !
guitarsurfer2010 1 year ago
Loved you then, love you now, Dawn!
GreenmanWood 1 year ago
And now the spuds are cold and hand is frozen from poking them around in ice...... my dinner is RUINED!!! :P :P
Dellolicious 1 year ago
Let's see... It took 15 minutes to boil the potato. With a good potatoe peeler I could have had 10 potatoes peeled in 5 minutes. Sorry, but this don't do it for me...
JourneyzPath 1 year ago
I had to quarter the potatoes and put them back in the boiling water till fork-tender before draining and making mashed potatoes. When you have a lot of potatoes to prepare (like for Thanksgiving) this is much easier than using a peeler for me since my hands go numb with carpal tunnel and I tend to nick my knuckles with a peeler. Just remember to scrub them well before boiling.
musziklovr 1 year ago
Maybe you could have, but they wouldn't be peeled & cooked!
barbe76 1 year ago
I wish Mary Ann would bake me one of her famous coconut cream pies. We love you Mary Ann! God bless you!
santafe37s 1 year ago
OMG some of these posts. Yea you could have peeled a whole bag of potatoes by the time she peeled one but you would still have to cook them. So you are killing 2 birds with one stone and cooking them then peeling them. I would say "duh" but that would be rude
cscoley 1 year ago
She's a sweet woman.
TimeOutGirls 1 year ago
Amazing young looks for 72 years old! Wow.
AmericanSoapBox 1 year ago
Born in 1938 : Still looks very beautiful !
unimogman404 1 year ago
NICE TIP ,DAWN!
tommyriantoro 1 year ago
LOVE the comment about he Professor too!
peace2baby 1 year ago
I'm tossing my peeler! Good for you Dawn!
peace2baby 1 year ago
She is still so hot! She could peel my potato any time!
3656761 1 year ago
I usually don't peel my potatoes. They're much better with the skin on...and you don't lose all the vitamins that are in the skin.
pfisk82 1 year ago
I've done that with tomatoes but I didn't know you could do it with potatoes!
MrsSarb 1 year ago
Thst's a very good idea, think I'll try it sometime.
Oh, and you still look great Dawn. ;)
rothchild17 1 year ago
Very cool.... clean way to peel a potato!
Falcon38A 1 year ago
I'll take the potato... AND EAT IT! :3
brittles9898 1 year ago
lose the puppet.
10toria19 1 year ago 39
She's adorable!
voispoed 1 year ago 8
WTF! give me back my peeler!
jax72 1 year ago
Why would you waste 20 minutes of ur life waitin for it to boil when you could be peeling them with a peeler. i cudve peeled a whole bag within the time she did one
w4taup 1 year ago 7
@w4taup That is so effin' funny!
godoylego 1 year ago
@w4taup DUH the potato is cooked knucklehead
AjaxForeskin 1 year ago
@w4taup Ya, but then you'd have to BOIL IT. So 20 minutes to boil + 10 seconds of dunking in icewater = 20.10. Your method: 10 minutes to peel + 20 minutes to boil = 30 minutes. You leave out the whole boiling process, der hey.
HoneyNVinegar 1 year ago
@w4taup - if you have to cook the potatoes anyways, it actually saves time!
Sillyna511 1 year ago
@w4taup when you dont have a potato peeler lol
alcoolable 1 year ago
@w4taup 15 MINUTES :) lol
ulysses1981 1 year ago
@w4taup because its cooking while its in the water so you are pretty much peeling it while cooking it.
tronclay 1 year ago
Seems like a lot of work and energy, I'll keep my peeler thanks.
jddub28 1 year ago 5
Why peel potatoes? Most of the nutrition is in the skin!
tylertyler82 1 year ago 17
@tylertyler82 Because Potato salad don't start as good with it D:
XSouthXNightX 1 year ago
Looks like a good idea, but don't think the potatoes would be cooked enough for potatoe salad. Do they have to go back in the water ??
getwithit02 1 year ago
@getwithit02
good question but good idea if you were making scallop potatoes. I have an issue with my hand cramping when peeling potatoes so I'm gonna give this a try.
SatearNoFear 1 year ago
@getwithit02 I cut mine in half first before boiling then they're cooked in about 25 minutes and I just let them cool (without the ice water) and the skin comes off pretty easy after that.
barbe76 1 year ago
@getwithit02 Just what I was wondering. 15 minutes would not cook the potato enough.
FranCording 1 year ago
Love Idaho potatoes.
lllllllllllllll88 1 year ago
HOLY!!!
MelOhSoDivine 1 year ago
pretty cool i wanna try it lol.
inlavako08 1 year ago
You can peel a tomato any day, Oh, and "Looking well, Ms. Wells!"
rshollan 1 year ago
11 million hits to watch potato peeling, I dont think so. Really, its to watch " Mary Ann " peel potatoes ! Man, Ied love to be shipwrecked on a deserted island with her anytime !!
mrstevehartman 1 year ago
its sad. now she's acting on idaho potatovideos via youtube
ned262626 1 year ago
well that was pretty cool wasnt it...
hannahblue60 1 year ago
This is a precious video and I love the humor. "Mary Ann" is great!
MichelleVasquez55 1 year ago
Only took 20 minutes and a chance to really burn my fingers to get a peeled potato. Somehow this makes no sense at all.....
denivalcory 1 year ago 2
@denivalcory it's a much less messy way to peel...
Sasukelegend5 1 year ago
@denivalcory I was thinking the same thing....Once she said "throw out the potato peeler and get a REALLY SHARP KNIFE", I was thinking this isn't going to end well. I could have used the peeler and finished the pototo in only 1 minute without dirtying up 2 large dishes.
john422401 1 year ago 5
It would definitely come in handy when you have to make mashed potatoes for dozens at Thanksgiving or in the summer for potato salad. One potato, not a big deal, but several potatoes, definitely hate peeling them. And how could peeling a potato possibly be considered good exercise? That is just dumb.
rlauk 1 year ago
cool
maggiebaron1 1 year ago
I love Dawn Wells! and her idea of cutting the skin around the 'waist' is smart. I boiled potatoes whole the other day and tried to peel them...hot!! I thought of putting them in a plastic bag, to make them sweaty, so you could slip them off - like how you do for roasted peppers. this just makes it easier. And you dont really need that much ice, its the cut that helps the skins come off so smoothly. Nice one MaryAnn!!
jamileena 1 year ago
HA HA HA SHE IS SO CUTE.
katrinaparis 1 year ago
One can always buy organic and eat the mineral rich skins. Excellent in potato salad. Reds look especially beautiful cut up with the skins left on, although any skin colour is acceptable. (IMO, I'd rather peel than do this)
wowsie900 1 year ago
104 dislikes? Must be fans of Ginger.
/Not that there's anything wrong with that.
EdwoodCA 1 year ago
Still looking hot, Dawn!
erosromantic 1 year ago 50
Kinda pointless... with a good bird's peak pairing knife or a comfortable and sharp peeler, the peeling process should take mere seconds - the knife/peeler should easily slice off the skin with minimum pressure applied. Besides, potatoes cooked with the skin on taste quite different from the peeled ones. I mean really, is it that hard to spend two-three minutes to peel a whole pot of potatoes?
animaegray 1 year ago
I would do things to her today that would never be allowed on TV. Roar I love me some Dawn Wells - marry me right now
JahaysusKahrist 1 year ago
Still just as stunning as before. Gorgeous.!
ibtnm25 1 year ago
GMO potatoes! Feed them to a rat see what happens.
wookiesexx 1 year ago
Dawn, thank you so much for the tip but did you or some of the younger women now-a-days know that you can peel tomatoes the same exact way? If you have tomatoes from your garden or some of your tomatoes start to get soft but not rotten you can do this same method. Greeneyesmom
greeneyesmom1 1 year ago
don't you have plants (inside or outside) that would like a little water after the ice has melted? and isn't it true that it's better to have a full freezer than a half-empty one. taking the space to make ice could actually be the green approach.
i can't wait to try this
2bh56mmm 1 year ago
That is so awesome! Thank you Dawn!
sireesanwar 1 year ago
Oh my gosh, she's still just as cute as she ever was. :) Great tip, too - I have arthritis hands and I definitely plan to try this!
carolanivey 1 year ago
She's good looking!
bealtespip123 1 year ago
Thank God I have Money to buy peeler......why to waist so much ice.....m sure you cannot reuse it for drinking......save water man thats the need of an hour. Yes when you get tired after peeling you can use this ice for drinking :-)........I will it take as nice alternative......
mimiboy06 1 year ago
Dawn Wells still looks terrrific. I always thought she is better looking than Tina Louise.
903davesharonpoky 1 year ago
Cheesy video... but I'm totally going to try it!
SandSnowMXGirl 1 year ago
Great tip, and Ms Wells is as cute and personable as ever. Thanks!
massij 1 year ago
I think that if you're willing to just throw them in cold water and wait a little longer than it takes to make a youtube video, you could get the same results. Don't get hung up on the ice cubes. Great to see Dawn, I'm 45 and married, but I don't think I ever got over my crush on Mary Anne, lol.
scaryfuture 1 year ago
what a whore!
Sk8erKidZ66 1 year ago
You must be kidding! All of you! Wasting energy on ice cubes? If you have them, use them. If you don't, just let the potatoes cool down in the fridge or whatever. it's good info for those who don't know the tip.......geez! and yeah so she looks good but what does that have to do with anything ..........
delila1samson 1 year ago
Calm down, she put, like, 4 ice cubes in the water. Plus, this is meant for peeling potatoes in mass, not just one.
dogwood1995 1 year ago
Dawn likes plump potatoes !!
mrstevehartman 1 year ago
Jeeze Dawn, do you know what ied like to do with that potato your holding ??
mrstevehartman 1 year ago
This is pretty cool!! Peeling the potato just became soo much easier!
hotchile12 1 year ago
r u kidding! This is the best tip I have had in a long time!
powersgirls1 1 year ago
I would plow this old lady.
reptilianshifter 1 year ago 27
Can you believe she's over 70 now? She still looks great.
dsrtflwr 1 year ago
She looks incredible still
lambchopxoxo 1 year ago 2
Awesome potato tip! That will save time, my fingers, and fingernails! Woohoo & She does still look nice.
MissMissysYT 1 year ago
What a great tip from a great woman--she was my favorite on the series!
TheJvonc 1 year ago
This is the way I've peeled sweet potatoes for years, didn't know there was anything new or special about it!
Sungold 1 year ago
Great video for those in a hurry. But the environmentalist won't like it. It uses energy. Someone asked about the peelings? Somebody who has had their colon removed can't eat the peelings.... too much roughage. Yes, the potato does need to finish cooking but then chop in desired size pieces and finish. No big deal!
MsTexasToast 1 year ago
That's how you skin a tomato too.
TheTruthRocks 1 year ago
WOOT thx for this vid dawn, this helped me alot :) saved me time from peeling alot of potatoes ^^
Nydeth 1 year ago
now that is neat.think i will try that.
3willtell 1 year ago
Awesome!! thanks D.W. Lookin good...
libssuck55 1 year ago
God, this woman is still gorgeous !!!
rllang01 1 year ago
@rllang01 : and now a bored housewife! lol
sweetsingeruk 1 year ago
love the way the earrings and sweater match. Why are there so many critical comments about the actress?
jillsimbari 1 year ago
I aways had a huge crush on Mary Ann ... couldn't care about Ginger. But now she has revolutionized the potatoe peeling industry I'm more than smitten.
SteveW2003 1 year ago 2
Who in tv has not had work done? At least Ms. Wells is still ADORABLE! What a fun video and she was clearly paid by Idaho Potatoes, so ripping on her taking 20 min to cook one is just silly. You go Dawn, your video was sweet and is a hit on Facebook !!
greymacaw 1 year ago
Dawn, you were hot then and you are now! GGGRRRRRR!
Otaruihc 1 year ago
Why even peel it? I figured skin has nutrients too. Is there something I don't know about why skin is bad? Dawn is the cutest woman to ever crawl the face of the earth. Better than Sally Field,,,Joyce DeWitt..Rachel Ray and all those other look-a-likes.
ZZAAN84 1 year ago
who cares what she had done... she looks friggin great!!
Thanks for the great video will try it next time I make potatoe
salad!!!
stampnsp2 1 year ago
Dawn Wells, you are awesome!
zeekle 1 year ago
Great tip! I think I'll try this on a banana
cyberpunkk1 1 year ago
What can you say. After all these years she still rocks!
jpx08 1 year ago
Her lines are lame as hell.
Ghostanti1 1 year ago
Forget all that. Mary Ann makes my water boil even at 60s something ! Ied still love to eat her " Coconut cream pie " all night long. Sex and food have a very fine dividing line ! Shes almost a regular " Rachel Ray " ! BUT... Dawn is better and Ied peel her potatoes, anytime !!!
mrstevehartman 1 year ago
And you need to stop relying on your microwaved brain. It is elementary that when a person puts a potato in a microwave that it is NOT a potato when you take it out!!! The DNA is changed. THAT IS CALLED RADIATION.
bemadfamous 1 year ago
Where's Ginger ?
TMcKasy 1 year ago
I want her to be my second mom. :)
asiancaramel 1 year ago
@asiancaramel
Did you know that a potato has a higher glycemic index than sugar? Talk about spiking your blood sugar and then crashing! We shouldn't even be eating them anymore.
dlinkhart 1 year ago
the Professor had difficulty with some of the technical jargon as req'd by his character. To his credit he was the first to admit this Gilligan's Isle trivia factoid. The series was in fact titled Gilligan's Isle originally but the powers that be were concerned with the literacy question so they opted for the more readily consumable: Gilligans Island. (and not Gilligan's Isthmus). :)'
PigsCanFly99 1 year ago
This is amazing !!!!! It really works. I had to make 10 lbs of potatoes for potatoe salad and it worked like a dream!! 4-12-10
649woodwater 1 year ago
Mary Ann should show us how to make coconut cream pies.
leafyutube 1 year ago
Dawn Wells (aka Mary Ann) was beautiful when she was on Gilligan's Island, and she's still beautiful. I have always wanted to eat one of her coconut cream pies! We love you Dawn (Mary Ann).
Beautifulmusiclistnr 1 year ago
I Love You Mary Ann !!!!
sparkyslove 1 year ago
Totally Awesome, I wondered how my Grandmother did that so well!
LanceWinslow4 1 year ago
lol. Dawn is a lefty so let's look at her carbon footprint. Electricity or gas usage to boil water (also a precious commodity) and the electricity and water (see earlier comment) to manufacture the ice to put the potato in. Bad lefty!!
GuinnyIre 1 year ago
this is a common practice, it works with tomatoes and any stone fruits well. I believe it's called "emonder".
madparade7 1 year ago
Good Idea. However, that particular potato is not a boiling potato but a baking one. And I usually boil my potatoes the day before I want to make my salad, put them in the fridge and the next day, yes I can pull the skin off with my fingers since in the boiling process the skin naturally splits.
Estherredstar 1 year ago
if anyone is really listening, she isn't saying the potato is fully cooked..just enough that you can get the skin off. But really , by the time you score the potato and cook it enough to put in the ice water..then finish cooking it..well isn't it just as easy to peel the damn thing...
valljez 1 year ago
Will this woman ever cease to be a DOLL?!
ZZAAN84 1 year ago
humi am soo lonelyy any one up for some chatting with a cute girl
KassandraYWalker 1 year ago
Oh, rocklionZ81, for heaven's sake - can't you recognize a full face lift, lid lift and even her hands have had something done!!! These are not the hands or face of a 71 yr. old woman....
mbgal47 1 year ago 2
I'd like to smoke a joint with her. I bet she laughs and laughs and can't stop gigiling!
uncleluck 1 year ago
This also works for boiled eggs, difference only is after adding ice to the eggs after boiling them for ten minutes is add 2 tablespoons of baking soda, bammm, they slide out of shell. Just amazing..dont ya love the internet :)
DAWNYY55 1 year ago
I have done the same for potato salad, but for mashed potato???? I am a tickler on hot food being hot
Brodiesmommy10 1 year ago
Drop the potato back in the boiling water for a minute. 10 seconds in ice water will not cool down the entire potato.
trevismyusername 1 year ago
Maryann can peel my Idaho spud anytime she wants
kfumike 1 year ago
is the potato cooked all the way through is my question.
natpaige007 1 year ago
Why not try and see? I can't see it being fully-cooked but it would depend on how far she scored the potato, temperature of the water (which depends on altitude), etc.
trevismyusername 1 year ago
We use the same method to peel tomatos for guacamole--works great!
NumericaR 1 year ago
I am still in love with her. She was always my personal favorite! :) Wow she looks great still!
rocklionZ81 1 year ago
Cool idea, but why would you peel the potato at all? Most of the nutrients are in the peel! The peel also makes the dish more appealing, not so bland looking and very tasty
tdavis16301 1 year ago
One might want to make mashed potatoes, and peels are nasty in mashed potatoes.
marvy1118 1 year ago
Ever since I remember my mother has been doing the same to peel potatoes. She lacerates them slightly, boils them and keep them in normal water for a while and later just slides the peel over.
You need not use ice cold water, that is very energy inefficient (to waste ice), for something so trivial as potato peeling. It won't take much time for the potatoes to cool in normal water, moreover you need only the surface to cool.
v2talk 1 year ago
yessirieindeedie, dontchaknow.
DONNANDMARY 1 year ago
She was hot then, and still hot now.
dmb3808 1 year ago
Why waste all that energy making ice cubes for this purpose? It only takes a few seconds to manually peel a large potato, and it's exercise that's good for you!
JimT161 1 year ago 9
@JimT161 So I assume you don't bother running your freezer unless you're making a few ice cubes for your next glass of lemonade? In the time saved by not peeling the potato manually, you could run your push mower and get some real exercise.
FloydTurpenteen 1 year ago
@JimT161 I suppose perhaps it might keep some of the nutrients in the potato that are lost by peeling it the usual way.
punkrockgoth1988 1 year ago
@JimT161 I believe her method's good when you've a large number of potats, say restuarant or big dinner
BanderHM 1 year ago
@JimT161 It dosen't take energy to make ice cubes!!! That is amazing how she did that.... now I just have to try it!
wrightgirl57 1 year ago
@JimT161 Have you ever tried to peel a hot potato? This is a great way to prevent burned hands.
Dembonz49 1 year ago
@JimT161 You presume that none of us have automatic ice makers. Why don't you just go join an amish community or something?
dbm6969 1 year ago
If you're already running a freezer anyway, you're not "wasting" energy making ice cubes; I guess you don't cook for a lot of people; else you wouldn't be making pronouncements that smack of moral judgement - like peeling potatoes is good excercise. When you're also husking corn, chopping for green salad, making dressings, peeling & coring for fruit salads, baking bread, etc., those seconds add up, and are therefore, valuable as hell!
Go ahead and hand peel the pots - I'll take the hint!
afringedweller 1 year ago
@JimT161 Waste energy? Making ice cubes? "Oh god, running water and the freezer is exhausting to me because I like to peel potatoes "manually"." Ass
Ilovefunnyshit 1 year ago
AMAZING!!! Bother her AND the tip! I make homemade potato salad all the time!
Savedbytheblood100 1 year ago
You don't want to use a microwave because they kill your food by molecularly restructuring it... it is dead and even unhealthy! Go ahead and google dangers of microwaving food... we tossed ours out and use the old fashioned stove. And as far as large spuds go... keep boiling them after the skin if off... maybe even chop them up a bit first. To hot? Use rubber gloves.
tviman 1 year ago
@tviman You need to stop relying on google to provide you with an education. Microwaves do not "restructure" food. Any heat will change the quaternary and possibly the tertiary structure of proteins, that is called cooking.
vgferenzi 1 year ago 8
@vgferenzi HAHAHAHA PEOPLE ARE NOT USING MICS CUZ THEY CAN LEACH PLASTIC CHEMS INTO FOOD , AND IT KILLS NUTRIENTS IN FOOD FASTER THAN REG COOKING , STAY AWAY FROM MICS
oiyabastard 1 year ago
@vgferenzi somebody put up a new backboard, 'cuz you just slamdunked on him!
kentamitchell 1 year ago
@tviman you must be completely retarded
GemaRastem 1 year ago
@tviman you went "full retard" on this one.
learnercass 1 year ago
She obviously has found the fountain of youth. I love the tip.
airangel2win 1 year ago 2
What she doesn't tell you is that unless the potato is pretty small, it's not ready for mashing after just 15 minutes of boiling. You're going to have to put the skinless pot