Peel

Removing the outer skin or layer from a fruit or vegetable. Use a Y-peeler in long strokes away from you, or peel ginger with the back of a spoon.

Peel

Used for

  • potatoes
  • carrots
  • ginger
  • citrus

In the kitchen

  • peel away from your body
  • use a sharp peeler
  • use a spoon for ginger

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