And the question of 2012 goes to...

[Ally]

...Jacob!!

Him and another 12 friends are going to Competa tomorrow for 3 days.

They're taking food and drink...loads of both!

And the question was.......mum, how many chips will 15kgs of potatoes make??!!!

Lots...was that the right answer?

[Kaz]

15kg worth? Unless of course they need peeling

[Ally]

Well let's hope it's not kak handed leftie Jacob peeling with his usual knife technique as they will be micro chips.

[Kaz]

[cruiser2]

Ally,
I thought you were hijacking my quiz.
With a sharp knive and a steady hand it is possible to peel a potato with six strokes. You finish up with a square potato and a lot of waste.
There are left handed potato peelers.
Suggest to Jacob they all peel their own.
Next time he comes to see you, keep him occupied by learning how to peel potatoes.

[debih]

[JoM]

LOL this thread reminded me that on Christmas Eve night, faced with loads of potatoes and carrots to peel, I couldn't find my peeler...and I still don't know where it is! I wouldn't mind but I've had it for years and it's the only kind I've ever found easy to use and it doesn't look like they're available any more

[miasmum]

well don't leave it like that Jo, so what did you do???????

[Kaz]

I never use a peeler although I do own one - I never got the hang so I use a veggie knife

[Workingman]

Please don't be hard on us southpaws. It is hard for us living in mirror-image world.

Take knives, knives. Modern knives are edged so that a fine slice falls away from the blade in poetic motion. NOT FOR US! For us the knife slips off, skids across the worktop, scratching it, and ends up stuck 'tween the top and the edge of the sink. So, we make adjustments to the angle of attack, but the knife knows this and makes us cut off big chunks when the recipe clearly states "thin" slices.

Then there are swing doors in corridors. It does not matter where we are in the world the right-hand door is the one that always swings away: always. The result for US is stubbed toes, dislocated wrists and bloody noses., because we always go for OUR option.

And don't mention restaurants: DON'T!. There should be huge fines for them laying out tables with the cutlery, cups and glasses in the wrong places.

But before I go I must mention our heroes... those, obvious, left-handers who invented velcro and slip-on shoes. Well done peeps! You right-handers have no idea how much they mean to us, or how confusing and psychologically damaging it is for us southpaw toddlers to be taught how to tie up shoelaces by people WHO HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING!!!