When a recipe calls for you to peel potatos, do you absolutely have to, for the dish to taste good?

It depends on what you are making and your preferences. If you are frying them, peeling them is best. For mashed you don’t have to but I prefer to. For baked you don’t want to and I eat the skins as well. But if you don’t peel them, do scrub them clean.

I always leave them on, that’s where the healthy fiber is. Of course it depends on the potato, too. Russets are very different than red, etc…

Keep ‘em on, for laziness’ sake.
Or buy peeled ones.

I used to thiver at the thought of eating unpeeled potatoes, but it actually very yummy.
It has a bite to it.
A crunchy one.

@rebbel
I tried pre-peeled potatoes once. They were absolutely vile.
Probably due to the chemicals they used to industrially peel them.

I never do.

Some people like them better with the skins. It depends on the recipe.

Since I can’t really cook, I follow recipes exactly. No improvisation on my part.

I don’t like to leave the skin on my french fries. I prefer my fries very crispy and that doesn’t work well with the skin on. I sometimes make oven baked fries and I do leave the skin on for that. I’ve made mashed potatoes both ways and found I prefer them sans skin.I feel it is imperative to leave the skin on my baked potatoes because I eat the skin and all. I just make sure to scrub them well before cooking

I feel that cooking is a personal preference type of thing, so I do it both ways to determine which I prefer. New recipe—skin off. Once I know the recipe it can go either way until I know for sure

I rarely peel any vegetables, and I rarely take the seeds out of vegetables

I usually boil my potatoes with the skins on.

My mom always said they were more nutritious with the skins on.

I follow any NEW recipe to the letter the first time I try it. After that, it becomes MY recipe & I bastardize it any way I see fit. Peeling potatoes one handed would try the patience of the Pope, so I have an electric potato peeler that works really well. I have a few recipes that don’t taste as good with the skins, so for those I’m NEVER too lazy to peel…all others are subject to my mood of the dayl!!!

I definitely don’t want skins in my mashed potatoes!!!

I leave them on, and you can make them crispy when fried. In fact, they’re the best bit.

Some dishes the potato skin will turn everything brown. It depends how you are cooking it. It should only happen if the potatoes are being boiled in water or a light colored liquid and you use the liquid in the dish.

I think most recipes you can leave the skin on.

If you decide not to be lazy, peel the skins right into a pan, add some oil and salt and sauté for a few minutes. Really yummy snack while you’re waiting for everything else to cook.

When I use red potatoes, I don’t peel unless it’s for stew. Even then, I don’t peel 100%. The skin is pretty thin and edible.

The fresher the potato, the better the skin!!!

It depends on the potato and you’re preferences. Personally I don`t really care and I just bake a potato, Slather it in butter and then eat it like an apple.