Can you eat peach skin?
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »I absolutely eat peach skin. And I leave kiwi skin on when using them in smoothies, I peel it off when just eating them, but that might just be habit. I have some kiwi in the house now, I'll try not peeling the skin next time I have one and see!
Or get the best of both worlds by simply slicing them in half and scooping the flesh out with a spoon (as you might eat a melon). I find the kiwi skin holds up to this treatment (although I usually hold them in my other hand while I do it -- the skin is more prone to tear if the kiwi is just sitting on a plate -- your hand gives it more support.
I didn't eat peach skins when I was a kid, but they seem less fuzzy in recent decades. I eat the skin if I'm just eating a whole peach by itself, but if I'm putting it in a fruit salad or slicing it over cereal or into yogurt -- really, anything other than just eating them as a whole fruit -- I still peel them.
This is part of why I've never tried the skin. I am a total sucker for food that is its own container, and find scooping kiwi VERY satisfying. I have, however, been enjoying kiwi on a slice of toast with my cuppa in the morning (not today: today was all about the protein!) and next time I do that I will absolutely give the skin a chance.0 -
estherdragonbat wrote: »If I'm eating them fresh, it's skin and all. In baking, I peel them. (I believe that if I were making jam, I'd leave it on; I think there's a natural thickening agent in it. Or is that just apples?)
Lemons are great for pectin. You chop it up, stick it into the foot of a pair of tights and cook it in the jam, squishing it often. Then take it out for the last 10 mins of boiling!1 -
As a Georgian, Peaches are meant to be eaten skin on.
However, I've never heard of eating kiwi skin. I have a question about it. Do you rub off or cut off the fuzzies? But we eat peaches in pies, cakes, peeled, cooked, raw, upside down on the monkey bars. 0 -
kommodevaran wrote: »Don't eat kiwi skin. Peach skin is meant to be eaten.
This.0 -
Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too
... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza.. 1 -
The good nutrients are in the skin of the peach. That's the part I eat first. I don't eat the stem, and I don't try to eat the pit, although that's also edible. And I eat kiwi skin. I don't like chicken skin. Pork skin, fried, is fine, though.0
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I eat peach skin but not kiwi skin.. just personal preference, no real reason.0
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GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.0 -
PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »I eat peach and kiwi skin. And apple skin...sorry, I thought you were supposed to eat them that way? Isn't peeling them like ripping the crust off the bread (where most of the nutrients are)?
Why would there be more nutrients in bread crust than the rest of the bread? It's the same dough as the rest of the loaf.
Well, my mom gave me the same load of garbage when I was a kid. The little dots on the apple peel were the vitamins, and the same for the dark crusty part of the bread. Not sure if she believed it or not. Apples, the peel and flesh are different altogether. Bread on the other hand is made from one wad of dough.
Yes, but the density and chemical processes that produce the crust of the bread are different from those that produce the non-crust portion of the bread
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Maybe your friend is on a potassium-restrictive diet? Vegetable and fruit skins hold a lot of potassium, and peeling off the skin is a good way to dramatically reduce your potassium intake.0
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GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.
Lol. There are people who don't know where there canned foods come from. There are people who can't tell the difference between different species of animals or insects. Had a lady on FB post a pic of a carpet beetle and asked if it was a roach!
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It never even occurred to me to peel a peach, especially when they're perfectly ripe and yummy. I've eaten them with the skin since I was a kid. I like the texture, but I can see how some people might not.
Wouldn't touch a kiwi skin, though... too tough.0 -
A friend and I were debating this, she peels and chops her peaches whereas I eat them whole after washing the outside. I don't really notice the fuzziness but was wondering firstly if you're meant to eat the skin (like you can with a kiwi) an secondly how many people peel them vs eating the whole?
I have never peeled a peach in my life. I've never seen anyone peel a fresh peach before eating it. I would guess it is just preference.
I always peel kiwi fruit. I remember being shocked seeing someone eating one with the skin. The skin just looks gross to me but I guess it is not harmful to eat it.1 -
Confuzzled4ever wrote: »
That...makes a lot of sense, actually.0 -
Nectarines. Non-fuzzy peachlike yumminess. All the skin, all the time.0
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GlassAngyl wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.
Lol. There are people who don't know where there canned foods come from. There are people who can't tell the difference between different species of animals or insects. Had a lady on FB post a pic of a carpet beetle and asked if it was a roach!
I had a young adult ask me recently whether cows were "the ones with horns." As opposed to horses, I guess. She was absolutely serious. I mean, I realize you don't see many cows in real life growing up in suburbia, but still ... there are photos, movies, televisions, paintings, the Internet ... Not to mention school. It just seems like somewhere along the way, the difference between cows and horses should have come up.
ETA: The young woman who asked me this is quite bright, so I guess I'm inclined to think the schools are at fault. Or maybe there's just too much to know and learn these days that "common knowledge" isn't so common anymore. Or maybe I attach too much importance to knowing the difference between a cow and a horse.0 -
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.
Lol. There are people who don't know where there canned foods come from. There are people who can't tell the difference between different species of animals or insects. Had a lady on FB post a pic of a carpet beetle and asked if it was a roach!
I had a young adult ask me recently whether cows were "the ones with horns." As opposed to horses, I guess. She was absolutely serious. I mean, I realize you don't see many cows in real life growing up in suburbia, but still ... there are photos, movies, televisions, paintings, the Internet ... Not to mention school. It just seems like somewhere along the way, the difference between cows and horses should have come up.
I live near the ocean. I met a man in his sixties at the beach one day who has also lived here all his life and he didn't know the difference between a dolphin and a seal.
On another day a different middle-aged man was all panicked because there was a dead orca, and he was, "Calling it in!!" I went down there to see it...
It was a sea lion on the surface, sunning himself, with a flipper in the air.
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.
Lol. There are people who don't know where there canned foods come from. There are people who can't tell the difference between different species of animals or insects. Had a lady on FB post a pic of a carpet beetle and asked if it was a roach!
I had a young adult ask me recently whether cows were "the ones with horns." As opposed to horses, I guess. She was absolutely serious. I mean, I realize you don't see many cows in real life growing up in suburbia, but still ... there are photos, movies, televisions, paintings, the Internet ... Not to mention school. It just seems like somewhere along the way, the difference between cows and horses should have come up.
The English lit AP test I took my senior year of high school included an analysis of a Sylvia Plath poem called "The Sow." Apparently a lot of people (NOT from where I went to school) complained that they did not know what a sow was or that they confused a sow and a cow. First time I ever felt all smug about the fact my great uncle raised hogs on his farm (which we used to visit when I was a kid).2 -
zachbonner_ wrote: »Peach skin contains high amounts of cyanide. I would advise against it.
It is the pit not the skin of the fruit that has some cyanide. http://www.seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/fruit-nutrition-seeds-skin.php1 -
I eat peach skin and kiwifruit skin. More fiber. I also eat the whole apple, skin and core, and just leave the twiggy stalk. Don't need to bother looking for a trash can that way.0
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cmriverside wrote: »Nectarines. Non-fuzzy peachlike yumminess. All the skin, all the time.
I used to be disappointed when my mom brought home nectarines instead of peaches. I missed the fuzz.0 -
Don't eat kiwi skins imo... When I was little I could eat like 3 kiwi at a time and my dad would peel them for me and one time he got sick of peeling them and said "im sure it's fine just eat the skin". It was not fine. It tasted okay during but afterwards my tongue hurt so bad I only had soup for 2 days.
Maybe I was just allergic to the skin?0 -
lynn_glenmont wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.
Lol. There are people who don't know where there canned foods come from. There are people who can't tell the difference between different species of animals or insects. Had a lady on FB post a pic of a carpet beetle and asked if it was a roach!
I had a young adult ask me recently whether cows were "the ones with horns." As opposed to horses, I guess. She was absolutely serious. I mean, I realize you don't see many cows in real life growing up in suburbia, but still ... there are photos, movies, televisions, paintings, the Internet ... Not to mention school. It just seems like somewhere along the way, the difference between cows and horses should have come up.
ETA: The young woman who asked me this is quite bright, so I guess I'm inclined to think the schools are at fault. Or maybe there's just too much to know and learn these days that "common knowledge" isn't so common anymore. Or maybe I attach too much importance to knowing the difference between a cow and a horse.
Long story short... father-inlaw asked supermarket girl where the beetroot was.. She led him down the canned vegetable isle. He said he wanted FRESH beetroot, he was met by a confused look and was told "Beetroot only comes in cans".
He later sought her out and gave her a stern "I found it!!!!!" while shaking the fresh beetroot at her
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »GlassAngyl wrote: »Blinks.. uhh duh? My sil peels everything too ... I try to tell her you can eat fruit peels (well, most) and that the vitamins and nutrients are more dense in the peeling, but she wasn't raised that way. I think it's the difference between those who were raised in a more natural environment and confuddled modern people who are still trying to figure out how to grow Pizza..
I now am trying to picture fields of pizza... right next to the spaghetti orchard... near where Peeps are bred...
I actually cycle past a PYO farm on my way home. I'm not going to suggest they expand, though.
Lol. There are people who don't know where there canned foods come from. There are people who can't tell the difference between different species of animals or insects. Had a lady on FB post a pic of a carpet beetle and asked if it was a roach!
I had a young adult ask me recently whether cows were "the ones with horns." As opposed to horses, I guess. She was absolutely serious. I mean, I realize you don't see many cows in real life growing up in suburbia, but still ... there are photos, movies, televisions, paintings, the Internet ... Not to mention school. It just seems like somewhere along the way, the difference between cows and horses should have come up.
ETA: The young woman who asked me this is quite bright, so I guess I'm inclined to think the schools are at fault. Or maybe there's just too much to know and learn these days that "common knowledge" isn't so common anymore. Or maybe I attach too much importance to knowing the difference between a cow and a horse.
Maybe she meant cows vs bulls?0 -
You can absolutely eat the skin of kiwifruit (not kiwi, that's an endangered bird ffs!). If they're fuzzy, just shave them (the fruit, not the birds).0
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »You can absolutely eat the skin of kiwifruit (not kiwi, that's an endangered bird ffs!). If they're fuzzy, just shave them (the fruit, not the birds).
You're such a New Zealander I still cant tell the difference between sex and six when you guys say it, they both sound the same 1 -
my 2 cents....absolutely yes0
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I had no idea you could eat the skin of kiwis! I liked them so much when I was younger that once I “burned” my tongue eating so many. After that I’d only eat 1 or 2 at a time.0
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