# Potatoes & Milk - Been there, done that **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864 "2008-12-05T15:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeanArenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/21 "2008-12-11T00:49:21Z")
> [@schindler](#): > > bad way to go about it. Simply take up bodybuilding. That way, as you build a tremendous amount of muscle, your metabolism requires far more calories to support itself. AND the weightlifting itself burns serious calories (stick to large muscle groups… lots of squats, deadlifts…) Can we agree on a compromise between aerobic and anaerobic activity? If you do ~50% of each, you could make your hearth healthy, and maintain a very high muscle mass, which will help your aerobic exercise mean more too. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/22 "2008-12-11T16:02:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m surprised that Cecil didn’t mention cabbage Or Guinness. Which is good for you of course. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/23 "2008-12-11T16:10:12Z")
I’ve always heard spuds and butter milk. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/24 "2008-12-11T16:11:14Z")
> [@SeanArenas](#): > > If you need 1750 calories per day to maintain your weight, that means you need to burn about 4,000 calories per day in additional exercise. > > According to [about.com](http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-burned-chopping-wood-a150), it takes 408 calories per hour to chop wood, so 10 hours of that activity and you’re set. I chose chopping wood as a random activity, though. According to [nutristrategy](http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist3.htm), the same weight person can do a mere 4 hours of competitive ice skating to make up the calories, or running at 9mph for 4 hours. Making moonshine burns how many calories? ---
**Author:** ![SeanArenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/25 "2008-12-11T16:57:38Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Making moonshine burns how many calories? I don’t know. But while you certainly can make it while you’re on this diet, you can’t drink it. (How much molybdenum is in 'shine anyhow?) ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/26 "2008-12-11T17:07:27Z")
> [@SeanArenas](#): > > I don’t know. But while you certainly can make it while you’re on this diet, you can’t drink it. (How much molybdenum is in 'shine anyhow?) Shine can be made from potatoes. Russian Shine? Tater Shine? ---
**Author:** ![SeanArenas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeanArenas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeanArenas)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/27 "2008-12-12T01:11:27Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > Shine can be made from potatoes. Russian Shine? Tater Shine? I thought frying potatoes might be the line we’d draw, but if you aren’t limiting how you use the potatoes, there may be some interesting possibilities… ---
**Author:** ![RogerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ba0ec/32.png) [@RogerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogerH)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/28 "2008-12-16T22:01:30Z")
As I remember the Irish boiled their potatos whole in the skins. My English mother would severly peel all potatos then soak them and chop into small pieces before boiling excessively in a large quantity of water. So, the calculation based on nutritional values clearly depends on the method of preparation. My wife, who was born in Ireland, tells me that even the household cats were fed a diet of potatos boiled in a cauldron over a peat fire. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864/29 "2008-12-16T22:29:32Z")
We still boil our potatoes in the skin as often as we peel them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-milk-been-there-done-that/475864.md?page=1)