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« on: January 01, 2017, 10:41:01 »
Good Morning All and a Happy New Year to us.
I know this is not a TV Programe however
This Morning Sir Kenneth Grange  he of HST▸ (High Speed Train) fame will be the castaway on Desert Island Discs on BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Radio 4 at 11:15 am with a chance to listen again on the Radio 4 website later on if you missed it

Sorry for the short notice only just found out about the programe  enjoy  WP.
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2017, 20:31:49 »
Listening at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086l4zd and learning why potato peelers are so difficult to design!
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« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2017, 20:34:38 »
Yes I noted that, yet I remember my mother having a device for scrubbing the skin from potatoes in the 1970s. As was suggested, scrubbing is probably the only way to remove the outer layers of a potato automatically rather than trying to peel it.
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« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2017, 20:51:00 »
Rumbling in water works too. That's how Fish & Chip shops traditionally do it. With a large drum that rotates the spuds and they are scrubbed by rubbing the drum sides, bottom and each other. Running water washes away the scrubbed skin. Provided you don't over rumble you lose far less potato than peeling.

Home rumbler/peelers are also available.
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2017, 22:35:53 »
Or, there's this method, employing a toilet brush, drill and bucket, from the Crazy Russian Hacker:

https://youtu.be/XY6I71-bajo

I'd suggest a new, unused toilet brush.
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« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2017, 22:41:53 »
Isn't 'crazy' and 'Russian' a tautology?  Roll Eyes
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