Jacket out of potatoes

Get cooked potatoes out of their jackets pronto. Before boiling, score the potato skin all the way around the center. When it's boiled, dip into a bowl of ice water for about 10 seconds. Grip both ends of the potato and give a slight tug. No matter how bumpy, long or short the spud is, you'll find that the skin splits down the middle and falls off easily in two clean halves.