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Re: Eating Fruit Skins

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Post by kelipso »

sho_hn wrote: post #10

When I realized you can just eat kiwi with the skin on (if it's a very hairy one, brush them off under running water) and in no time it actually tastes better (adds some lovely contrast), it became my favorite zero-ennui fruit. It almost feels like a cheat code for something so tasty and large to require so little effort! Now, I never thought that kiwi skins are not edible of course, but I just assumed they're someho…

Haha literally ate kiwi with skin on for the first time today. It’s a lot nicer, you just rinse it and eat it!

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Post by [deleted] »

busymom0 wrote: post #27

On a related note, a friend of mine removed both the skin and even the center core (the seeds part) of cucumbers. I think all that's left is about 30% of the cucumber. I found that truly bizarre. Her reasoning was that it was too watery (???)

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Re: Eating Fruit Skins

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Post by EvanAnderson »

bobbiechen wrote: post #4

I do like to save watermelon rinds and cook them into soup. Anyone have a use for banana peels?

Thanks for sending me down that rabbit hole. Neat.

We throw away a butt-ton of watermelon rind in the summer. I never thought to see if they could be used for something.

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Post by doctor_blood »

busymom0 wrote: post #23
EvanAnderson wrote: post #6

I am reminded of the saying in my family: Anything is edible if you're willing to eat it. My late father-in-law ate entire apples-- core and all. I've tried but I can't stomach the texture or how much more the fibrous parts of the core get stuck in my teeth. It doesn't disgust me, I just don't prefer it. Not to miss an opportunity to talk about apples: I started eating three apples / day for lunch last year. I hadn't…

Aren't the seeds of the apple supposed to contain cyanide? Article points this out too and risk doesn't seem worth it. I used to eat the whole apple long time ago until someone pointed that out and from my googling, it was correct. Now I try to eat all of the apple except the seeds and stem. I like putting my apples in the fridge. Love me a cold and crisp gala apple. On very rare occasion, the gala I get are mushy. B…

You would need to eat the seeds of SEVERAL HUNDRED apples in one sitting, and you would need to grind them up finely beforehand to get full amygdalin absorption.

We're talking about almost a cup, or 100+ grams of apple seed here.

Your body continually neutralizes cyanide with the enzyme rhodanese, so there's also no danger of cyanide accumulation from eating a few apples a day.

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Post by jdkoeck »

sho_hn wrote: post #10

When I realized you can just eat kiwi with the skin on (if it's a very hairy one, brush them off under running water) and in no time it actually tastes better (adds some lovely contrast), it became my favorite zero-ennui fruit. It almost feels like a cheat code for something so tasty and large to require so little effort! Now, I never thought that kiwi skins are not edible of course, but I just assumed they're someho…

My favorite thing is leaving the skin and slicing them. Each slice has the perfect amount of skin and pulp, it’s crunchy, it’s heaven!

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Post by downrightmike »

NoImmatureAdHom wrote: post #36
sho_hn wrote: post #10

When I realized you can just eat kiwi with the skin on (if it's a very hairy one, brush them off under running water) and in no time it actually tastes better (adds some lovely contrast), it became my favorite zero-ennui fruit. It almost feels like a cheat code for something so tasty and large to require so little effort! Now, I never thought that kiwi skins are not edible of course, but I just assumed they're someho…

I like that you can take a bite directly through a kiwi

Big grape.

Re: Eating Fruit Skins

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Post by downrightmike »

cush wrote: post #3

People throw away so much strawberry in an effort to cut the leaves off. Just eat the leaves. Next time you go to eat a strawberry, try eating the leaves too - they're very mild in flavor, and you waste no strawberry!

White part under them tastes like nothing
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