While some readers may be sceptical about the ‘saving a month of your life’ claim, it might not be that far off from the truth.
The little things we do with our life tot up to a lot of time over 80 years or so. Brush your teeth for five minutes a day? That is 2,430 minutes of your life, or around 101 days – two and a half months.
And the average person cooks for an average of 72 minutes a day, which means that over the course of a life, three years are spent cooking up our favourite dishes.
So if you are a big fan and regular cooker of the spud, this tip could be shaving minutes off your week.
Sometimes it is the little things in life that end up making a big difference.
And if you are a regular potato-peeler, then this piece of advice could save you from spending a entire month of your life at the kitchen sink.
With just a quick tweak to how your boil your potatoes, you can turn the chore of potato-peeling down from a five-minute, messy knife job into a two-second magical party trick.
The secret ingredient? one bowl of icy water.
These two steps will make your life a whole lot easier:
Step two: And now the magic part – scoop the potato out of the pot and plunge it into a bowl of icy water