Hi,
I don't mind peeling for gratins or mashed potatoes. If it is for potato salad, then I cook with the skins on and peel afterwards.
In my other life, I once served a meal with potatoes boiled in their skins. All the Russians present politely peeled their potatoes before eating. I'm sure when they compared notes later, they thought I was rude to delivered a cooked unpeeled potato to them.
A few years later, a friend from Moscow visited the the United States. Somehow stuffed potato skins came up in a conversation. They could not believe such a thing was possible. It was inconceivable why anyone would bother to make this and charge for potato skins. We ended up at a Perkins ordering stuffed potato skins costing somewhere around $6. Thereafter just the mere mention of potato skins was enough for convulsive laughter.
Regards,