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Here's how you peel potatoes with as little effort as possible

FINALLY.

DaveHax / YouTube

IF YOU SPENT your evening peeling spuds for the dinner, you’re probably exhausted.

Trying to free the delicious innards from the skin a tough job that has taken countless hours from Irish people*.

Now, Dave Hax is here to fix that for you.

It’s not a massive leap, in fairness.

Cut around the middle of the skin

Knife

Boil the spuds

Boil

Add cold water

Cold

And peel

Peel

Thank you, Dave Hax. You’re our hero.

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*Ok, it’s a minor inconvenience. But it’s still a pain.

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