I can't be bothered to peel the potatoes....

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.....what would happen if I cut them up into pieces and boiled them with the skins on? (I want to make mash). AAnd a I the laziest person around tonight?

TIA

Nothing wrong with leaving the skins on, you can either peel at the end or mash as is!

oh - so I'm not just lazy, this is acceptable is it?

i do it all the time. it's fine. i do wash them, b/c we buy organic ones and they usually have a lot of dirt on them.

I am

What happens when you mash them though, will it be all bitty?

itll be fine

i do it all the time

tattie skin is good for you

I know - we eat them all the time as jackets - but masing just seems odd!

not lazy at all...the skins are very nutritious and full of fibre.
we mash them in their skins all the time.

I make mash with potato skins in all the time. I use a wand blender, so there aren't giant bits of skin in, but the skin is still there. I call it dirty mash. Tastes lovely.

Right I had better get on and put them on then I guess... Thanks everyone!

lol at dirty mash

in an effort to get our 2 and 4yr olds to eat some more veg they are currenty having Groovy Mashed Potato...its white and green and orange potatoes!

(its potatoes with skins, carrots, brocelli, all mashed up together, and baked beans mixed through, and served in the saucepan)
that last bit is very very important according to ds!!

gloworm can I be the first to say eurgh!!!!

Although anything to get them to eat their veg I guess!

nigella doesn't peel hers before mashing

mind you she uses one of those potato ricers which extract the skins fromt he mash

actually gloworm that sounds delicious

dd1 loves it too

This is exactly what we had last night, mashed up with a bit of wholegrain mustard and olive oil, I rarely peel, the skins are where all the goodness is.

I don't always peel for mash either.....

I never peel potatoes, except for mash when I take the skin off after boiling.