Do you eat the skin?
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Growing up my family always ate the skin of baked potatoes. I can't think of a time when we ate sweet potatoes except for the sweet potato and marshmallow bake for Thanksgiving. We certainly didn't eat plain roasted sweet potatoes.
I was preparing some sweet potatoes to bake in the oven tonight, felt like I couldn't get them clean enough, and later would be munching on a bit of dirt if I ate the skins.
So do you consume the skin on your roasted sweet potatoes?
Yes. It's good for you and peeling is boring.
I don't on baked potatoes, although I do on all other potatoes except for occasional mashed. But I also almost never eat baked potatoes, I prefer potatoes with thinner skin that I roast (skin on).1 -
Go_Deskercise wrote: »strongwouldbenice wrote: »I don't think twice, I eat the skin of all potatoes, pumpkins, zuchinni etc.
I thought this was going to be a thread about eating the skin of weird fruit, such as a kiwi fruit.. yuck!
I eat the kiwi skin!!
Me too. I thought everyone did.1 -
Are there people who eat kiwi skins??[/quote]
There are, I saw a girl eating one like an apple recently.. that's probably why it was in my head!1 -
I love the skins, I brush them with a vegetable brush.1
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Go_Deskercise wrote: »strongwouldbenice wrote: »I don't think twice, I eat the skin of all potatoes, pumpkins, zuchinni etc.
I thought this was going to be a thread about eating the skin of weird fruit, such as a kiwi fruit.. yuck!
I eat the kiwi skin!!Go_Deskercise wrote: »strongwouldbenice wrote: »I don't think twice, I eat the skin of all potatoes, pumpkins, zuchinni etc.
I thought this was going to be a thread about eating the skin of weird fruit, such as a kiwi fruit.. yuck!
I eat the kiwi skin!!
How?!?
When I could handle more fiber than I can now, I ate kiwis with the skin on too! I'd usually cut the kiwi into quarters, pull of the little stemmy piece, put it in my mouth and chew it up. Much quicker than trying to peel it while the fruit just turns to mush.
I don't peel them and I don't eat the skins. Usually I cut them in half lengthwise and scoop the pulp out with a spoon. It's very quick and easy. Sometimes I just cut them and eat them like would unpeeled citrus fruit wedges -- just bite/gnaw out the fruit, inverting the skin as I go, and then just discard the skins.2 -
When baked potatoes are correctly cooked the skin is crisp, salted, and the potato next to the skin is well done. A caramel color. It is the best part of the potato. I could take you all to Peter Lugar Steakhouse, but this link will have to suffice.
https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/oven-baked-potatoes/4 -
wilson10102018 wrote: »When baked potatoes are correctly cooked the skin is crisp, salted, and the potato next to the skin is well done. A caramel color. It is the best part of the potato. I could take you all to Peter Lugar Steakhouse, but this link will have to suffice.
https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/oven-baked-potatoes/
I love baked potato skins!
My ex's mother used to cook potatoes in the microwave and call this baked, but it is not even close as far as I'm concerned.
My mother never peeled, but at my OH's insistence I have started to peel potatoes for mashed or potato salad.
I never liked sweet potato skin when boiled, but do like them when baked.
It was so liberating when I realized the skin on ginger was entirely edible and that there is no need to peel this.3 -
I rarely eat sweet potatoes, but I love a good baked russet potato and eat the skin. I slather it in oil and salt it with large grained kosher salt.
When I eat sweet potatoes it is typically in a stew or during the holidays when my mom makes her baked sweet potato chipotle casserole...which I assume to be similar to this marshmallow concoction I hear about, but hers is just the sweet potatoes and chipotle and the sweet and spice are awesome. I've never done the marshmallow thing...it sounds kind of weird.1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »I rarely eat sweet potatoes, but I love a good baked russet potato and eat the skin. I slather it in oil and salt it with large grained kosher salt.
When I eat sweet potatoes it is typically in a stew or during the holidays when my mom makes her baked sweet potato chipotle casserole...which I assume to be similar to this marshmallow concoction I hear about, but hers is just the sweet potatoes and chipotle and the sweet and spice are awesome. I've never done the marshmallow thing...it sounds kind of weird.
I do live a brown potato with a roasted skin, oiled and salty.
The combination your mother makes for sweet potatoes sounds really good.0 -
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I eat the skin on pretty much every potato and most fruits. Not bananas and avocados, haha.2
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I eat the skin on all potatoes including sweet potatoes. I love eating Kiwi with the skin on. My wife and kids were disgusted when they first saw it and now we all eat them with the skin on. There are lots of nutrients in the skin of most fruits and vegetables. The outer most layer of onions has the most nutrients in it as well. Only peel just the very outer layer of skin off onions. Anyone else eat rhubarb like celery? We have a small farm and my kids will go just cut off a stick off the rhubarb or a handful of sugar snap peas and munch on them while doing chores.1
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I always eat the skins, even of kiwi. I can't eat banana skin though. Watermelon is ok but a bit tough. All potatoes are fine though. I particularly love a crunchy baked potato! It's the best part!1
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I'll eat skins in general; they're supposed to contain a lot of nutrients, and I do like them. My Spanish father, on the other hand, would eat no skins of anything if he could help it: potatoes, apples, tomatoes ... if he could peel it, he would.1
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I eat Kumara skin - which I think is called a sweet potato in the US - I get a bit confused by what Americans call yams, vs sweet potatoes etc. But I eat the skin of all of them, and I eat Kumara almost every day. Not Kiwi fruit though, they are a bit fuzzy and being a New Zealander I don't think the best ones are available here, they are all exported.
I even leave the skins on potatoes that I'm mashing, but that is more laziness than anything else.2 -
I usually remove the skin of sweet potatoes. I don't like the texture of it.1
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I do enjoy the skins on regular potatoes, but have never liked the skins on sweet potatoes. The texture just isn’t right for me. It’s fine to eat them if you like them though.1
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