In a recipe it says to use potatoes pared, and quartered, what does that mean?

Answer 1

Pared means take the skin off, (with a peeler is easiest) and quartered means cut them into four pieces.

Other answers are confusing "Paired" with "Pared" There is no such thing as Pairing potatoes. Paring means peel the skin away.

Answer 2

Pared means you remove the skins.
Quartered means you cut each potato into 4 pieces.

Answer 3

Quartered Definition

Answer 4

Peel the potato, cut it down the middle horizontally and then vertically into 4 pieces.

To 'pare' something is to trim it (see any dictionary)

Answer 5

cut a potato once in half means pared then cut across the potato once creating 4 pieces , which is quartered

Answer 6

pared is to peal the skin and quartered means to cut into fours. Usually halves and then halves again.

Answer 7

Peel them, cut out the "eyes" (little brown spots) and then cut them in half one way and then cut them in half the other way, making each potato into roughly equal fourths.

"Pared" is another word for "peeled and cleaned"

Answer 8

it means peel the potatoes and cut the potato into 4 pieces.

Answer 9

That means to cut in half the cut each piece in half again, into quartered pieces for the reciep

Answer 10

that means that you need to cut your potato in half. the other means that you need to cut it onto fours, first cut it in half then in half again. You can remove the skin or not it depends on whether you like it or not. or if the recipe says that u need to take the skin of. :D