Peel veg or not?

[Electric_Andy]

each fruit had to be in its own bowel

Sounds very unhygienic!

 

[classic33]

When I was at sea one of the weirdest bits of food hygiene was that in the crew mess we could not mix fruit each fruit had to be in its own bowel.

That's just nuts!

 

[raleighnut]

As others have said it depends on the condition of the skin. Local shop does some small Salad spuds that are good cooked as 'new potatoes' but they are sold all year round.

 

[nickyboy]

I don't even wash apples

Mrs N is an assiduous washer of all fruit, veg and mushrooms

I, on the other hand, don't bother washing any of them

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Offhand, radishes and tomatoes are the only veg I can think of that I don't peel.

That's wise, potato skin is poisonous.

Potatoes are from the same family as deadly nightshade, and the skins contain solanine, the same toxin.

mm - so wot about jacket potatoes?
Woz spudulike some Putin conspiracy?

 

[Petrichorwheels]

well, especially as someone who has eaten oranges* peel and all for as long as I can remember I think I will lean towards minimal peeling.

* On the concern about pesticides etc, my initial reading before I consulted you wise lot seemed to imply that with an orange these will go right to the heart of it. So maybe best to avoid oranges.

 

[Salty seadog]

I also use the peeler for butternut squash - though my wife prefers to use a knife for that.

They are tough.

 

[Paulus]

When I was at sea one of the weirdest bits of food hygiene was that in the crew mess we could not mix fruit each fruit had to be in its own bowel.

Do you have toilet issues with their own bowels?

 

[Chromatic]

I think it's only dangerous if the potatoe has sprouted and you eat the "eyes". But I could be wrong. I've never eaten raw potatoe skin, but I've eaten plenty of jacket potatoes with bits of eye on them (my mum was a no nonsense cook) and they do make the old tongue sting a bit but I've never died

I have and I'm not dead.

 

[Salty seadog]

They are tough.

Haha, just noticed the typo. Ah well....

 

[Arrowfoot]

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Offhand, radishes and tomatoes are the only veg I can think of that I don't peel.

That's wise, potato skin is poisonous.

Potatoes are from the same family as deadly nightshade, and the skins contain solanine, the same toxin.

I must have one hell of a constitution, as I regularly eat them raw and unpeeled, and several at a time.

 

[classic33]

Offhand, radishes and tomatoes are the only veg I can think of that I don't peel.

That's wise, potato skin is poisonous.

Potatoes are from the same family as deadly nightshade, and the skins contain solanine, the same toxin.

Tomatoes are a fruit though!

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Tomatoes are a fruit though!

AH, but they're not the only fruit. ...or is that oranges? I always get them mixed up, so I've had some really weird soups.

 

[Moon bunny]

Tomatoes are a fruit though!

So put them in a fruit salad.