Their skins are usually pealed when eating, and one of the most well-known methods of pealing the skin is to separate the skin and the potato by inserting the knife underneath the skin and move it along the circumference of the potato, then the potato are pushed out when eating.
皮は除いて食べられるが、剥き方のひとつに皮の内側に包丁を入れてぐるりと切れ込みを入れた後、中身を押し出して食べる方法が良く知られる。