Potatoes: With or without skin
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taunto
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In Indian/Pakistani Cuisine potatoes play a major role and we always use potatoes after peeling their skin. However till I came to US, I never really saw potatoes cooked WITH skin. I read someplace that the skin of potatoes itself holds alot of nutrition.
So. Do you peel or you don't?
So. Do you peel or you don't?
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I love the skin. Sweet potatoes, not so much, completely different.0
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With skin - fibre.0
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i have never left skin on, seems quite icky! although i have heard its a lot better for you nutritionally!0
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I have heard the same about the skin. I like mashed potatoes with the skin left on, but baked potatoes not so much.0
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With, unless you really hate the skin or the skin is green.0
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With skin. I know it's common without but it seems weird to me.0
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Love the Skin, drives me nuts that my husband doesn't eat the skin on his baked potato!!0
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In Indian/Pakistani Cuisine potatoes play a major role and we always use potatoes after peeling their skin. However till I came to US, I never really saw potatoes cooked WITH skin. I read someplace that the skin of potatoes itself holds alot of nutrition.
So. Do you peel or you don't?
With the skin. I feel the skin is the best part which it is because it has all of the vitamins and nutrients in it0 -
Skin when possible. Baking potatoes really have to be scrubbed to eat the skin.0
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I love the skin. Plus it's much easier to leave it on. Just make sure you clean it thoroughly!0
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The skin is delicious and the most nutritious part. I especially love mashed potatoes (red or white) with the skins left on. Very rustic and yummy.0
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Keep the skin! How else will they be delicious and crispy?
Plus, Vitamin C and all sorts of other good stuff.0 -
With skin.
I try to buy organic and the way I bake them (sliced with olive oil) I always keep the skin on after I scrub them.0 -
hey, I'm actually eating a russet potatoe right now! I like it with the skin.0
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I like to keep the skin on mostly because it's supposed to be more nutritious and has all the fiber but my bf read somewhere that the skin is "toxic" and doesn't want to eat it anymore. Not sure how accurate that claim is because I've always read it has all the vitamins.0
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Oddly enough, if they are red potatoes, I will leave the skin on. Otherwise, they get peeled. However, if my husband is the cook, he will once in a while leave the skin on white potatoes, and it doesn't really bother me. When it's a baked potato, I will often eat the skin, so there's really no rhyme or reason to my logic.0
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Thin skin potatoes like Red Bliss or Maine, yes. Thick skin like Russet or Sweet, no.
But I hate peeling so I can't claim it is all for healthy reasons.0 -
The skin is the best part, definitely on.0
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With the skin -- so long as its been throughly cleaned.0
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