Do you have an Oxo Good Grips potato peeler and are you terrified of it?

I hope you gave the donor a good telling off!

Wow.....when want to do mashed potatoes..I don’t peel the potatoes....they are well washed these days and the peel has lots of nutrients.
I chop the potatoes and boil as usual...mash as usual....no probs.

I use an old Lancashire peeler which must be at least 30 years old and I manage fine with it. Don't like these new fangled peelers so I'll stick to my old one.

That type of peeler (in pic) is great for Parmesan shavings. I love my oxo peeler too

But are you a Lancashire lass Phoenix? If you're not.... that's why you struggle with 'em!

Chewbacca never been able to get on with the Lancashire peelers, perhaps because I'm left handed?

Anyway, will stick with the one shown up there ^^

I always use a paring knife for potatoes. Much easier. Potato peelet is kept for carrots and parsnips.

I love mine too . I bought a pair of Kevlar gloves on line . They’re made of the same stuff as bulletproof vests. I don’t wear them for this peeler but I do for that other instrument of torture the mandoline. No injuries so far.

I've just seen your post, Chewbacca - it seems we have a similar problem ?

I buy that sort, and like them.

The only trouble we have had with them is that they seem to turn invisible after a couple of months - either that, or one of us keeps unintentionally throwing them in the bin.
Either way, I keep having to buy replacements. I started buying them in very bright colours, hoping that would solve the problem, but they still keep disappearing!

I always use a Lancashire peeler; they're the only ones that I can use without severing digits. In 2019, I bought, and inadvertently threw away with the peelings, 4 such peelers. I'm reluctant to pay more than a couple of quid each at that rate.

No but have a lethal OXO grater which I have sliced finger on and will never use again! Back to my old one which is from Next!

Lovely, lucywinter

Give him a 5p piece asap!

Callistemon son gave it to me. Along with a lavvie seat. Bless. ?

Just like that phoenix. Shan't stop using it. Takes more than a missing fingernail to put me off.

I've got that one too. It does the job perfectly for me.

Do you mean this one?

Love mine, can be used by left or right handed people, great for carrots, potatoes, parsnips! Takes very thin peelings.

I have the y shaped one, love it, very sharp

the one I cut myself on is a swivel one as well.
I prefer non-swivel!!

Is it the D shaped one?
I can't get on with those

We do have one, different make (bought overseas from a camping exhibition) which is a straight and right-left handed but so sharp I tend to cut myself on it. I leave that one for DH to use.

Who gave it to you? If you pay them 1p for the peeler and don't accept it as a gift then you won't cut off your friendship.

The standard one is fine. I've had one for years but I cant cope with any other sort of potato peeler anyway.

I just bought myself one yesterday haven't tried it yet.

AIBU to never peel but simply cut the eyes off with my knife?

I've got a similar one in my kitchen drawer. It is very sharp, I've given myself more than one unexpected manicure.
I do use mine, but not for potatoes. I usually peel carrots and parsnips with it, they are not so round and knobbly.

I have had one of these for 10 years. All my helpers, friends and carers use it.
It moves fast you soon learn to be careful and then it is brilliant.

Yes, I have one. Well, two actually. One is the 'normal' sort and the other, D-style, is better for carrots.

Both are lovely and sharp, which is why I like them. In my experience blunt kitchen knives, which slip, cause more injuries than sharp ones.

Hope you are recovering well, lucyw.