Like, I get comments from people telling me it's weird I always try to peel potatoes like I am trying to make the worlds longest 1-piece potato peel. To me it feels way for efficient and fun to continu down a potato in 1 peel, while circling around it, instead of randomly scraping a hundred different pieces of peel off and having to reintroduce the cutter knife to the potato for every piece.
The most effecient way is to NOT peel potatoes. Why would you ever want to peel them? Potato skin is yum and rich in nutrients, whereas the flesh is mostly carbs. By throwing away the skin, you're not only wasting nutrients, you're getting rid of the texture and fiber it adds.
I used to eat the skins until my kidney stone went to the lab. No more skins or spinach for me. :-( Kidney stone pain is an amazingly-effective incentive for dietary change.
I was a bartender for a bit.
It's normal for coworkers to complain about picky/annoying guests.
A coworker came up to me:
Me: Was he... Old?
Me: kidney stones. That mans probably had a few, and he's done with em. Give him a sidecar of fresh lemon juice (something we had on hand), you'll make his day.
What does lemon do to kidney stones?
My guess is it helps dissolve them?
A quick bit of research shows that citric acid prevents kidney stones from forming, actually.
I assumed it was common knowledge but yeah, y'all. If you wanna avoid kidney stones, lemon juice is the ticket.
I'm gonna go chug one of those lemon juice bottles
Yes, maybe, if you put kidney stones directly in lemon juice, but kidneys filter blood, not the content of our stomach. Maybe it makes the blood more acidic...? Not a doctor but I doubt it can be that effective
According to this it binds to the calcium?
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-things-can-help-take-pass-kidney-stones-2018030813363
Below this comment is Harvard medical school contradicting you and saying that citric acid is effective in preventing kidney stones. Do you stand by your uneducated guess?
Lol I love that people are in here assuming I just pulled lemon juice helping kidney stones out of thin air. It is good to be skeptical, but not without doing your due diligence. Google is both user friendly and effective.
Y'all, you just got educated by a bartender. Remember that the next time you assume you're better than your waitstaff. (Not you, person I'm replying to, but the armchair naysayers).
Spinach causes kidney stones? Ru roh
Spinach is oxalate rich, and oxalates are the main cause of kidney stones https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/5-steps-for-preventing-kidney-stones-201310046721
Not necessarily, it's specific to one's body chemistry.
Some recipes seek the smoothest consistency. Skin interferes.
If you aren't cooking that specifically, just wash the skin.
Do you mean there's something other than roasted and mashed?
Oh... How could I forget gnocchi?! That wondrous improvement on pasta
Mash with skin, hmmmmm.
It's delicious.
You don't need fibre.