can you peel a potato as well or does the shape need to be very round?
1265041
I never thought of that! So I tried it and it works....to a certain degree... Since tater peels seems to be much harder than apple peels, it takes more pressure to work. And unless your tater is very symmetrical, it will leave bits and pieces of peel on the spud that you may or may not want to remove. Frankly, I don't think this peeler is made to do this, and it may wear out the little peel blade more quickly. To make a long story short...yes it will peel potatoes.
1265042
I have one and Yes you can pill a potato but you need to go slow it core's it like a apple and cuts it into rings it gives a great presentation for fried potato fries it dose not matter the shape just go slow to start
1762211
I would guess no. The plastic is not very strong and potatoes can be tough and thick. Maybe if you first cut the potato up into small pieces but that kind of defeats the purpose of having the chopper do the work.
727432
I bought the wide one and you can put a potato sideways on it. I guess it depends what you will slice on it, but the wide one gives more leeway.
1777311
Why yes, it will core potatoes if you keep the spiral attachment up. If you do not want to do this and just peel the potato simply lower the spiral attachment so that you just peel instead of spiral. I like to use the spiral attachment to make scalloped potatoes. The center piece can be baked or fried separately from your recipe of choice or you can chop the center piece into your recipe. I hope this answers your question?
1707172
I don't include the peels but I would imagine it would not be possible for the peels to come through. I guess it would depend on how thin and soft the peel is. One problem that does arise in general is that the potato does not all squeeze through. It leaves a 1/2 - 1" inch packed layer. What I do is scrape it and fluff the remaining potato, add more if I have it and do the process again. Otherwise, it is impossible to squeeze the packed layer.
969708
Hi Zora, you can't adjust the thickness of the slices but you can choose to just peel the apple and slice it to the thickness you like, say with a knife. It won't be in a spiral shape though.
636828
I guess you can, but the shape is not made for it. You put the coconut around the scraper, not sure how you want to do that with a potato :)
1911721
No, it core and slice at the same time. You can peel without slicing or coring
1662175
You can peel potatoes if they are pretty uniform in shape and not too big. The things that have not worked on this handy little machine are pears that were too soft and very, very large apples. The corer/slicer piece does come off, so I guess you could just run them through without that. Should work!
1598408
There is a long flat peeler blade on one slide and the julienne on the other, so you could make long flat peels with that side.
1394707
I just checked mine, and on mine the blade that slices is adjustable. It can be moved out of the way, so that you only peel and core. You will always core, the coring is part of the frame. So if you did a potato, it would core it. We make sliced apples (similar to Famous Dave's Apples) all the time using this, and it works awesome. Can core, peel, and slice a full apple in about 10 to 15 seconds.
2098626
I have peeled potatoes, and it worked great! I think it would hold up just fine. I haven't had any problems and have had mine for a while now.
1357603
I'm sure you could with a smaller potato. Otherwise you could try a mandolin :)
684927
No, this will not peel your vegetables. It will slice them or just spiral them. Perfect if you want to do sweet potate fries, zuchine, beets... I love mine! Very easy to use and clean.
1667711
I prefer a straight edge peeler for reds and bakers. However this works much better on sweet potato. I love it for butternut squash also! Don't be afraid to use it on the hard stuff, you may wear it out which is why i'm buying another after maybe 3 years of use and abuse. Great for apples too. I can't imagine living without one (or two if you want one for tomato and another for really tough peeling. My 17 year old son did manage to break the potato eye remover off, but he is 6' 2" 190# and not particularly delicate. (I can't blame Zyliss for that one, I love all their tools.)
1561671
Yes, you can peel an apple or potato without it being sliced, however the apple will still have the core intact.
709130
It won't work well unless you cut off the narrower part of the pear before you put it on the prongs. Apples work well because they are round.