We all love new potatoes, we just hate scraping them. Buy a pair of those exfoliationg gloves that you're supposed to scrub yourself with in the shower, pop them on and rub the skin off the spuds.

Good idea
But I love them cooked in the skins ;)

I'm lazy, i never normally worry that much. veggies get a quick rinse under the tap - if they're lucky :-)

I''m off to buy some gloves!

I love potatoes in their skins but hate it when the skins are half on and half off ;)   Think I'll just wear the gloves and rub away tho ;)

Thats a bloomin good idea, I'll have to get some gloves!

I just use the kitchen scouring pads, very quick and easy ..

Noooooooooooooo!!
The skins the best bit!! :-o
Dripping in butter....Mmmmmmmm.
(It is a good tip tho' if you like 'em naked!)

Nice to see you up and about....Missie

> I just use the kitchen scouring pads, very quick and easy

Ditto :) but only on my husbands....I love the skins so have to do 2 pans!!

We love them with skins on too, my kids won't eat them if they haven't :)

Oh I love skins to just like them cleaned up a bit first  :-D

I think I'm doing it in my sleep Yvonne ;)

For mash I never skin and boil.  I zap the potatoes in the microwave and when they are okay to handle I just remove the skin with my fingers, easy.   Because the potatoes do not absorb so much water the mash is really a lot more flavourful too.

When I'm doing mash, (which is nearly every day as my OH loves it), I bake the potatoes in their jackets then scoop out the potato and mash it with butter, (no milk as this can make them rubbery unless you use hot milk), then serve the skins as a starter with dips. However, the microwave tip is brilliant for if I'm in a hurry. Thanks

Actually, I got the idea years ago from a recipe for twice-baked jacket potatoes.  You bake the potato, cut it in half lengthwise, and scoop each half out - being careful not to break the skins.  You return the skins to the oven, turn of the heat a bit, you want them to get crispy.   Take the insides and mash them up either smooth or lumpy (to your preference) and mix with as many fattening ingredients you can find - butter, cream, soft cheese, bacon bits ... the list goes on and on.   When still warm (or heat in microwave until warm again) put the filling back in each jacket half and serve.

I am too lazy to wait for real oven-baked jacket potatoes - but lately my husband has asked for them so I start them off in the microwave and finish in the oven.  They are better then microwave-only in that they are fluffier - but the skin is not the same.

... I'm hungry now!

I do that one as well but I sprinkle the top with grated cheese and put them under the grill. Now you've got me craving them, have to have them for supper tomorrow.