Yes, @shanibeer, that definitely captures the general idea. Here is a story, from my mother, which tells you all you need to know about my upbringing (in regard to our subject this morning):
"As the younger daughter, it was my job to peel the potatoes. More than once, my mother scolded me for 'cutting too deep' into the potato and I had to go back and try and scrape off what I had left ..."
Pretty close to the story I heard. More than once ... 😉
My grandmother, in turn, was the granddaughter of a Prussian military officer, who emigrated here in the 1850s and fought in our Civil War. While she passed in the '60s, my impressions of her linger still. Leaving me with no doubt as to whether or not my mother was ... "exaggerating" ...
I can believe it! I too was told I was cutting too much potato with the peel (although I didn't have to go back to the scrapings). I think @phoenixwren would enjoy this thread 😍
(Big smile here) ... You two ladies are a hoot! (@phoenixwren) Somehow we have "veered off course," from our focus on saving money to how deeply we cut into the uhhh ... "meat" ... of our vegetables!? 🙃
Oh wait! No! No, we didn't ... My dear mother is still amongst the living. And I can assure you right now, she is nodding in agreement ...
hahahaha. I legitimately didn't know potato peelers were a thing for many years. In our house, when we scraped carrots before eating, we didn't use a peeler, we used a serrated steak knife, so that way it only took the barest shaving where the dirt wouldn't wash off. xD